re: Our Dachshund is paralyzed from a fall. Anyone dealt with this before?

put the dog down and buy a real dog for christmas.

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The surgery only had a 50-50 chance when it could be done.

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Our experience with canine spinal surgery was pretty awful.

We spent $7,000 on a procedure after being told by the surgeon that there were 60% odds of improving our Great Dane's life.

The wise gal who runs the rescue agency where we adopted our dog cautioned us against the surgery, saying that most owners regret it.

But the fella was our loyal friend and we couldn't say no.

After a painful recovery there were a few weeks of improvement, followed by a rapid decline so terrible that we had to euthanize the dog soon after. Sad days.

YMMV, but if we had to do it over we'd be much more skeptical of that hotshot surgeon's promises.

ETA: lack of bowel control after the surgery put a big strain on our sleep hours and family life. Luckily we had an indoor area with stained concrete floors -
nevertheless, it turned into a pretty foul ordeal.

Thank for the offer and sorry about your Boxer. He's just too small, 17lbs, and wouldn't fit. He needs to lose 3 or 4 pounds now. He's a normal size long hair dachshund.

Over the years have had three dachshund's suffer that. Got surgery each time within 24 hours of their injury, and each recovered fully.

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You like animals too much

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Sorry you're poor

Sherwood south animal hospital did ours 2 years ago for 3500.

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Our 7 year old dachshund Cappy jumped from our couch while we were out and ruptured a disc in his spine.

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My Miniature Pinscher suffered the same type of injury. Except he didn't jump from any furniture. He was up on his hind legs, waiting for dinner. He jumped up and over my other dog and landed awkwardly and immediately went limp on his back legs. They were dragging.

I ended up taking him to a veterinarian weekly that specialized in acupuncture. We did not see any improvement. This was after I was told that surgery would not help.

He lost all control over his bladder and would poop all over himself. He was the equivalent of an elderly person in a nursing home.

I made the tough call to put him down. It wasn't an easy decision, but it was the best decision for him. He was no longer a dog. He had become a patient. And that wasn't fair to him.

Time will help heal all wounds.

Good luck with your decision.

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Our 7 year old dachshund Cappy jumped from our couch while we were out and ruptured a disc in his spine

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Happened to my 6 year old dachsund mix. I rushed him to the emergency vet clinic, and ponied up the money for the surgery. Granted this was all done within 24 hours, so his surgery success was put at about 98% success.

It took him several months to get full use of his legs back, and over a year later, I would say he's 90% back to normal, which is actually a good thing because he was way too hyper and jumpy.

A lot of people told me I was crazy to spend the money I did to save my dog, but the reality is during my divorce he was one of the only things I had to lift me up through it. I owned him the best shot, and so far looks like it was worth it.

Edit: I went to Sherwood Animal Hospital for the emergency visit and surgery. I think in all it cost around $3800.00, and that included them keeping him for a week before he was healthy enough to be sent home. He had to be in a kennel for 4 straight weeks and was pumped with meds as he healed. He was able to use his legs like a wobbly drunk about two weeks after surgery, and just steadily got better from there. A year and 4 months later, he walks almost normal and runs completely normal. Has a little swish to his step at times, but he's 100% normal with about 90% mobility, which for his little arse is a good thing.

What is a daily, and are you sure that 5500 is totjly worth it?

LSU Vet school is crazy arse expensive. They wanted $1500 to keep a cat overnight. We told them no.