Hi all,
I am posting this question for my sister. She has a 2 year old part Bermese Mountain/GSD dog. She has had him for about a year, and tonight, when she came from work, he was having trouble standing and she had a hard time getting him to walk for a potty outside. He is usually very active - she takes him for 2 walks a day - but is now on the couch and doesn't want to get up. He will hobble for her, but she doesn't want to push him. He let her brush him and she tried massaging his hips - she said he seemed to like it. Any ideas? She is stuck in the house right now until her BF comes back - she is scared that if she takes him out she won't be able to coax him back in.
I'm worried because it seems to have happened so suddenly. He is a big boy - about 110, but she has always been careful and gives a glucosamine pill each day.
Thanks for any advice. I'm sure she'll visit the vet tomorrow, but right now she is really worried . . .