Life With Emma & Pup

After we lost Bruno, we changed everything

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We lost Bruno to IVDD when he was 7. He went paralyzed in his back legs over a single evening. We tried surgery. We tried rehab. We did everything we could afford. He didn't come back. When we got Cooper, we promised ourselves we wouldn't wait. We did the research most Dachshund owners only do after disaster. Vet data shows 2 out of 4 long-backed dogs develop IVDD. Once disc damage happens, the road back is brutal and uncertain. We started Cooper on a red light therapy pad (LumaPet) at 18 months. It's 660nm and 850nm wavelengths, the same therapy vet rehab clinics use post-IVDD. The difference is it's drug-free, $79 one time, and you can do it at home as a preventive ritual instead of waiting for the crisis. 10 minutes a day. Cooper falls asleep on it most nights. The mat sits on his spine and the warm light penetrates into the disc tissue, reducing inflammation at the cellular level. He's 3 now. No back issues. No close calls. We can't undo what happened to Bruno but we can give Cooper a different outcome. If you have a Dachshund, Frenchie, Corgi, or any long-backed breed and you haven't started prevention, the protocol is at the link. dogspinehealth.com/pdp