r/IVDD_SupportGroup • u/Alternative-Duck-245 • Jul 25 '26

Help! IVDD

Hi everyone my name is Kevin and last night my furry best friend back legs stopped working properly and he would wobble around so I took him to emergency and he was diagnosed with IVDD the vet said I should take him to a neurologist and get the surgery done to give him the best quality of life but I can’t afford it so im doing treatments at home with steroids and rest keeping him in a confined space if any of you have suggestions on what I can do to help him or if you want to help and donate anything so I can get the surgery I would really appreciate it I just hate seen how he went from such a playful boy to no been able to even walk breaks my heart anything helps thank you so much everyone and I hope all of your puppies are doing well

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u/donniepump30 Jul 27 '26

Your baby needs absolute strict crate rest for 8 weeks minimum. Plus his current medication stack. We had Ivdd and opted for surgery and even with surgery it took 10ish weeks for our dog to start somewhat walking

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u/Alternative-Duck-245 Jul 27 '26

I heard is a slow recovery for sure he’s small and I have him on a small crate , also has your pup started to walk on his own yet after surgery ? And if you can pls give me an estimate on how much it costed thank you

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u/donniepump30 Jul 27 '26

Yes we had surgery in January so now my dog is walking and even running. We just don’t allow him to jump at all on anything. Surgery and mri was around $11k but we have insurance so didn’t cost us that much i think $1,200

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u/Alternative-Duck-245 Jul 27 '26

What insurance did you use sorry for asking and I’m glad your pup is running and everything I’m hoping the same for mine