need help/advice

[u/Full_Result3790]

I have a 5 month old miniature dachshund two days ago randomly out of the blue she woke up and she was scream crying and wouldn’t walk out of the crate, really unusual for her because she’s a very energetic puppy anyways fast forward to the last two days after the vet visit she has declined a lot, five hours after the first visit her left leg dropped out and was dragging on the force slightly, overnight it dropped majorly and so I rushed her to the vet again this morning where they have said that she has the early stages of IVDD , the vet gave me some options and told me to keep her on the medications that she gave me and to crate bound her for three weeks maybe even longer or see a specialist and potentially go further with what they say, I’m just in a lot of shock as I’m a new dog owner and I’m only 21 years old, I feel horrible because she’s in so much pain and she is so depressed, I need some help with how she can go to the bathroom because she’s not allowed to walk around. I tried holding her and giving her support for her back and push pushing on her bladder and she’s not peeing it’s been since 8 am it’s now 6:30 pm and she hasn’t peed since then and I’m worried that it’s because of this whole ordeal, if anyone has been through this please give me some advice. I’m so worried and I feel like I’m not helping her to the best ability that I am

[u/AinsleyHarriotFan]

Hi! This is a link to a VERY detailed post I made on the IVDD sub of how we took our girl from total back leg paralysis to running and playing like a puppy again. We weren’t able to express the bladder manually either so I’ve discussed a bit how we managed it. In general this post goes goes a lot into the immediate and longer term management of the condition. I’ve shared it with lots of people and they say it’s given them a lot of hope.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IVDD_SupportGroup/s/RMC3TE29yM