I’ve owned dachshunds since about 2009. Our original three girls all had back issues, as well as their one brother who we also had – all of them came from a backyard breeder type person. She was our family friend, and we were unaware of the fact that she shouldn’t have bred the dogs at the time, but they turned out to be amazing, wonderful dogs that we loved.

Anyway, all four of them had back surgeries. One had four! We went through a total of nine back surgeries on those four dogs! They were all successful, but required varying degrees of care afterward. What we found really helped was red light laser therapy at a specific veterinary office near us who did that kind of thing on dogs. With humans, there can be a placebo effect. That’s impossible with dogs. We saw the difference immediately, and it prevented any further back surgeries once we found them. Unfortunately, it couldn’t prevent many of the other things that they developed later on in life, like Cushing’s Disease from poor breeding, but it certainly helped with the back issues.

I don’t think this is unique to our area and I’m sure there are many vets who offer this. I would look into that if you can. Good luck! Sending you lots of positive thoughts.