So glad she is feeling better!!
Can you try a deep step to the couch or her favorite furniture? At least she will not leap as far. It could help her but you'd have to teach her to use it.
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Maybe, maybe not...my dogs LOVE their crate. If they're not feeling 100%, they prefer to be in the crate as opposed to being outside of it. Maybe she's feeling safe and secure and enjoying her new digs?
I am thinking she probably knows no one will touch her there and she wishes to...
I wonder if they can give her a more potent injection to get the inflammation to a lesser degree and then use pills to hopefully keep her at that point? It won't help much if surgery is her only option and perhaps you'd be more certain as where to go next. Darn. I hate when financial...
Pineapplemama--I had the same problem with my Standard Dachshund (29 lbs at perfect weight) several years ago. She was 9 years old and I took her in the day she acting like her back hurt as I knew they were prone to this problem.
We tried the steroids first and they helped for almost a month...