Thanks. I imagine your vets will be a bit shocked -- they really sounded supportive and on top of things.
I wouldn't say you necessarily need an MRI unless you are considering surgery -- but certainly having the MRI to consider surgery sooner rather than later would be the norm. You would generally want to know if you are looking at discomfort from say a small syrinx, or lots of syrninxes that could cause serious pain sessions, or what... :neutral:
I'd mainly want to talk to someone who would take seriously the idea of pain management. Adding metacam would be the start, but I'm surprised he was stating that the condition doesn't progress (goodness! He must not believe any of the published scientific papers or the experience of neurologists who have seen hundreds of dogs now with the condition!) -- especially in a dog so symtpomatic he could make a diagnosis on clinical appearance alone without an MRI! -- and also that he doesn't seem to think any of those symptoms indicate pain.
I wouldn't say you necessarily need an MRI unless you are considering surgery -- but certainly having the MRI to consider surgery sooner rather than later would be the norm. You would generally want to know if you are looking at discomfort from say a small syrinx, or lots of syrninxes that could cause serious pain sessions, or what... :neutral:
I'd mainly want to talk to someone who would take seriously the idea of pain management. Adding metacam would be the start, but I'm surprised he was stating that the condition doesn't progress (goodness! He must not believe any of the published scientific papers or the experience of neurologists who have seen hundreds of dogs now with the condition!) -- especially in a dog so symtpomatic he could make a diagnosis on clinical appearance alone without an MRI! -- and also that he doesn't seem to think any of those symptoms indicate pain.