hoishi damaged his back when he was hree years old jumped a 2 foot wall not knowing it was a ten foot drop the otherside..he was paralysed from the neck down i had to manually make him pee and evacuate his bowels ..he had swimming chiro..acupunture ..physio and no drugs...but as he has gotten older he is now 11 years old he runs around but when the weather is cold he scrunches his back and stiffens up i use metacam for three days and he is fine he may not have another bout for months...as long as it is taken short term and as the vet instructs the side effects are minimal but overdose and you can have problems with kidneys...it is a non steriod anti inflam liquid you give in units per kilo of dogs weight daily for three days then three days at half the amount.....
madison