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UPDATE: After I posted on here earlier we had several calls to our vet, the office she works at does not perform this type of surgery. But she referred us to someone she knows and trusts in Roswell. We took Dexter over there expecting the worst. We met the surgeon and talked with her a good 20 minutes or so BEFORE she examined Dexter. My wife and I just wanted to get a feel for what kind of office/facility this was. After the exam the vet confirmed what we already knew but was very reassuring that we caught it early enough to correct. We discussed different options and we decided to go ahead with the surgery. This office was several THOUSAND less than the place we went to this morning. Dexter was very alert through all of this and the looks he gave my wife and I during the last round of exams told us he's not ready to cross that bridge. The vet stated there is a 95 % success rate and Dexter " should " return to normal fairly quickly ( 2 months or so ) . She stated he will be walking quite regularly in just a few days. On Doxies and other breeds that are prone to this when they go in and " fix " what's broke they also clean out ( my term ) discs on either side to hopefully eliminate future occurrences. We are just waiting on the call from the vet that he made it through the surgery that should be in the next few hours. They will also give us a call tonight around 9:00 for another update. If all goes as planned we can pick him up tomorrow !
I am 58 years old and have owned dogs all my life so I have been through the worst of times with many of them. But I gotta tell you Dexter just was not ready it was very eery the vibe he was sending us. Even the vet and the assistants made comments on how alert he was. Or maybe my wife and I are just nuts ! I have spent SO MUCH money on Porsche's , boats, RV's etc. that are just material things this is the least I can do for my loving buddy. Fingers crossed all goes well as we know there are no guarantees in life. Thanks for the support guys it means a lot .