I've used steroids on the dogs and not used steroids. Personally, if they can get by without the steroids, I'd rather they did. Steroids are extremely hard on dogs so I avoid them if at all possible. As long as she's quiet, I'd just go with it and see what happens.

I know how stressful it is. I adopted Darby in 2014 after losing Miller and he had back problems after only a few months. He was NOT good on crate rest. Very upset and stressed so I had to keep him restricted and quiet anyway I could. But it worked. With chiro every 6 weeks, he hasn't had a recurrence since then.