[Dailydrool] back problems

[Racetrcker at aol.com]

Our Rocky, who is now ten and a half, is having major back  problems.  He 
was having great difficulty getting his back end up the other  day and his 
vet took xrays and found that he has a problem between his lumbar  and 
thoracic discs and also some arthritis between the adjoining discs.  He  is on 
robaxin and dexamethasone for two weeks.  He's been on them for six  days plus 
injections of them the day before.  He seems quite a bit better  at times but 
at other times, like right now, he has a lot of trouble getting up  and 
moving.  We were told that after two weeks, he should stabilize and the  
problem area between the discs will harden and not be painful to him anymore  
although he will lose some mobility.  I might not be getting this exactly  right 
but that's the general idea.  He is such a big sweetheart and we  really 
hate to see him in pain.  He is not supposed to jump up on furniture  or get 
excited and run around and he has always been one to take care of himself  
when he's hurting.  He had surgery on both front legs when he was about six  
months old and taught himself to be careful while he was recovering from  
that.  
 
My question is has anyone tried acupuncture on their basset  for this or 
any other problem?   We are willing to give it a try if we  get any idea that 
it might help him.  Looking it up online, it seems like  it might help him.  
I haven't asked our vet about it yet and I'm not sure  what he'd think of 
it.  
 
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
 
Carol  
Rocky (I am such a good boy)
and Maddie (I don't know why Rocky doesn't want to play with  me anymore)
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