It’s been a long four weeks for 9-year-old German Shepherd, Indy, after being rescued from a 50-foot hole in Bonita. Now, he is recovering at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital in Sorrento Valley after a back surgery Tuesday. “After all his swelling and infection went down, they did another MRI and they found a bad disc, so they had to go in and fuse two vertebrates together,” said Indy’s owner, Mark Pugh. The ruptured disc in one of his vertebrae was causing compression of his spinal cord, making it difficult to walk. “He had nervous function, you could pinch his legs, he’d move them, he’d move his tail, but he couldn’t get up on his back legs because of the pressure of the injury,” said Pugh. On February 1, the retired police canine was rescued by Chula Vista firefighters after falling into the deep hole. The rescue effort took three long hours. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/update-on-german-shepherd-that-fell-into-50-foot-hole/509-ba61cefd-73d6-4347-af17-43d37a7a89a9