When I was young in the early 2000s my family’s dogs had a litter of puppies (puggles specifically) one was born too small with obvious mental deficiencies, and physical issues. Like when she was a puppy when she would run her front legs would often lock up and she would fall forward. No vet could diagnose her and everyone suggested she should be put down because it effected her mobility deeply.

My parents took her to Tufts on a suggestion and they are the only ones to try to treat her. They ran a multitude of tests and kept her for a week. They gave her back with a vitamin regiment. It eventually went away, the physical issues i mean, mentally she always struggled.

she ended up living 14 years thanks to Tufts. She did die from a likely combination of both Cushings disease and cancer