The Bad Back Pack

For French Bulldog parents facing IVDD.

Lived experience braided with cited clinical evidence, at the moment you need them. Built by two Frenchie parents who have been there, twice, two weeks apart.

Start where you are Read our story

If it's happening right now

Something is suddenly wrong with your dog. Start here.

The fastest path to the right vet, and what to do in the next ten minutes.

Go to emergency

Meet the pack

Babi

Two surgeries

Went down twice. Ventral slots at C3-C4, then C4-C5. Came back both times.

Juju

Conservative

Managed conservatively. Crate rest, meds, and time did it.

Where to start

Wherever you are on this, start there.

Deciding

Conservative or surgery, and how to weigh it

Considering

Thinking about getting a Frenchie? The honest risk first

We always knew IVDD was the risk.

It comes with French Bulldogs, and we knew that. What we didn't know is how it would actually arrive: at 3 AM, twice, two weeks apart, with both of our dogs. Over two months, two clinics, two surgeries, and a recovery system we built from scratch, both came back.

Us, with Babi and Juju

SGD $30,000

Out of pocket, after insurance, across two dogs and two surgeries. And the money was not the hardest part.About US$22,000

The IVDD year

Six moments, June to August 2025.

11 June 2025

Juju starts panting at 3 AM. Advanced Vetcare, a pain injection. By morning, the yelp on touch.

13 June

Juju's CT scan. Multifocal IVDD across the spine. Conservative management starts.

24 June

Babi goes down too. Beecroft. A clinical diagnosis from across the room.

8 July

Babi's first surgery, a ventral slot at C3 to C4. Two nights at Beecroft.

5 August

Babi's second surgery, C4 to C5. The relapse. Different vertebra, same dog.

20 August

Babi cleared at the two-week recheck. Both dogs in recovery. The house settles into the routine.

Why we started this

The site we wish we'd had.

Everything here is tested against one question: is this what we wish we'd had the night our first dog couldn't settle and we were scrolling for answers? If the answer is no, it doesn't ship.

The site is built to be useful, not to keep you. The hope is you find what you need, your dog recovers, and you don't need us anymore.