My male ****-A-Poo named McLovin will be 9 years old on June 15th of this year. 5 years ago, we took him to a Vet when he seemed to have pulled a muscle in his back, he was a little slow going up the stairs and went to his favorite hiding spot under the bed. We had x-rays done and they were negative for any disc or back problems, the Vet thought he had strained a muscle, gave him some muscle relaxers and he was fine. July 2nd of 2017, same thing happened, we did not do an x-ray, Another Vet gave him Codeine, a muscle relaxant and Prednisone. Vet said he may have a disc issue after examining him. In 3 days he was perfect, finished the Prednisone but stopped the other 2 drugs as he didn't seem to be in pain. Last Saturday, the same thing happened, same medication given, he is as of yesterday perfect again
In McLovin's "normal" life, he walks fine, holds his head up, stands straight, back perfectly straight and flat, all four paws pointing straight forward. Happy as he can be. As most of you know about ****-A-Poos they can jump around a lot because they tend to get excited and bouncy. We try to keep him doing that as little as is humanly possible. The emergency room Vet was really putting the "Up-Sell" on me, I believe that to be true as I did have codeine left that was 40 days expired from the last time that it was prescribed and she started telling me all of the negative things that can happen to my dog should I use it. Doggy Codeine only has a shelf life of about 6 months?? Of course they owned the Pharmacy too. So, they suggested MRI's, specialists, etc. I don't know, I just felt like, really, its not like this is a constant issue, or am I just being cheap and naive. I really love my Dog, actually sometimes more than people, so I want to make sure that I am doing the best thing for him but am not sure what that is. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Al
In McLovin's "normal" life, he walks fine, holds his head up, stands straight, back perfectly straight and flat, all four paws pointing straight forward. Happy as he can be. As most of you know about ****-A-Poos they can jump around a lot because they tend to get excited and bouncy. We try to keep him doing that as little as is humanly possible. The emergency room Vet was really putting the "Up-Sell" on me, I believe that to be true as I did have codeine left that was 40 days expired from the last time that it was prescribed and she started telling me all of the negative things that can happen to my dog should I use it. Doggy Codeine only has a shelf life of about 6 months?? Of course they owned the Pharmacy too. So, they suggested MRI's, specialists, etc. I don't know, I just felt like, really, its not like this is a constant issue, or am I just being cheap and naive. I really love my Dog, actually sometimes more than people, so I want to make sure that I am doing the best thing for him but am not sure what that is. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Al
