Saw the vet. He said the first big cold can throw an old dog off pretty bad. Rock's back-end is worse so he did neural therapy, hopefuly that keeps us going for a bit.
Nothing is broken or sprained in the front end. and he doesn't feel any joint issues at all so Nsaids unlikely to really help in any way. He recommended laser on the front end (and did..some...eletrictherapy or something??). We did our first laser session, i found another place that is closer and has cheaper laser packages so am likely going to set up 5 more sessions (vet recommended 6 over 3 weeks). and some magnesium supplement.
He also recommends teeth scaling. I think he knew the odds of us doing a full on cleaning were small and he thinks he can scale some of the bad teeth (at risk of causing infection). He'd have me with him, and Rocky would get trazadone (?) a bit before hand and local anesthetic. waiting for a quote.
He didn't seem to think the heavier duty boots with grips wuld be the best thing to try (as I was thinking, likely to just throw him off balance a lot more). I may try a smaller size of the boot he is wearing. I think i've figured ut a way to help him without killing my back on walks.
he expects Rocky to sail thru xmas - he's ALWAYS told me this, he said Rock could make 14. I've always been the doubtful one :Phttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e691067119.jpg