I'm back. I did surprisingly well at my mom's. I introduced them to the snobby joes, black bean and butternut tacos, vegetable pizza and quinoa. They did great and admitted that at first they were a little afraid but that everything was surprisingly good. I am curious what the scale will show in the morning.
Hope everyone is having a great Vday with their loved ones.
I nursed the family through the flu and haven't caught it myself(knock on wood!) However, we all now have horrible head colds. I'm trying to work this morning, but sinus medicine doesn't make one very intelligent.
She's has been favoring her hip a lot. She loses her balance some on walks, has trouble getting up off the floor and on to the bed at times. Other days she acts like she's 6 months old. I imagine it's just her getting older but I'm wigged out. We have a vet appt. tomorrow. Good bye extra money this month.
Yeah, this is the curse of loving big dogs. It really, really sucks.
My male Pyr had some of the same symptoms you describe, and then suddenly one morning he couldn't stand at all. I took him to the vet expecting it to be the end, but we started giving him Rimadyl daily and he rebounded and lived another good quality year. Eventually, the severe arthritis won, but the Rimadyl really extended his life is a great way.
Thanks girls. My mom has talked me off the ledge over the weekend. Her dogs have all ended up with arthritis but she reminded me how well they did with medication. I'll let you know after our appointment today.
Honestly my biggest worry is that something is going to happen to her where she can't move and I cannot move her myself since she's so big. I stress over this quite a bit.
