Hi all!
So we noticed our new 4 year old girl was walking very slightly shakily in her back legs the first day we brought her home and most of the next day, but just last night she looked wobbly and shaky and started laying down a bit more and today she went back to just a slight hardly noticeable shake in the back legs. No limp, no issue walking or jogging (she hasn’t run yet cause she was justspayed so we’ve limited her activity).
She shows zero signs of pain or discomfort, but she does stretch them out every time she gets up from laying down for awhile. Also, she’s goes up stairs fine (although slow) but she refuses to go down them. We’ve had to carry her down every time which she hates.
I took her to the vet and he told she has weak hips and thin muscles and he wanted to do an X-ray, but I couldn’t afford it today so I told the nurse when she came back with the information and she asked if she was limping and I said no and that she just had the wobbly walk and she said it was fine. They didn’t make it seem very urgent or serious, but I’m wondering what you guys think. I just adopted her from the shelter and she is sitting at 60 pounds right now which the vet said is about 15-20 pounds underweight for her size. So, could this be partly because of how weak and thin she is? She’s also getting over Kennel Cough.
Until I can get her in for an X-ray I’ll keep a close eye to make sure it doesn’t get worse or she starts feeling any pain, but in the meantime I’ve been looking into hip and bone supplements and wonder what you guys think of Nutramax. I’ll link it below. Just something to go alongside the weight gain regime I have her on to get her joints healthy and strong.
https://www.chewy.com/dog/dp/101451...MIlYbEpLnl4gIVibXACh1ScQTdEAQYASABEgLbg_D_BwE
Thanks guys!
So we noticed our new 4 year old girl was walking very slightly shakily in her back legs the first day we brought her home and most of the next day, but just last night she looked wobbly and shaky and started laying down a bit more and today she went back to just a slight hardly noticeable shake in the back legs. No limp, no issue walking or jogging (she hasn’t run yet cause she was justspayed so we’ve limited her activity).
She shows zero signs of pain or discomfort, but she does stretch them out every time she gets up from laying down for awhile. Also, she’s goes up stairs fine (although slow) but she refuses to go down them. We’ve had to carry her down every time which she hates.
I took her to the vet and he told she has weak hips and thin muscles and he wanted to do an X-ray, but I couldn’t afford it today so I told the nurse when she came back with the information and she asked if she was limping and I said no and that she just had the wobbly walk and she said it was fine. They didn’t make it seem very urgent or serious, but I’m wondering what you guys think. I just adopted her from the shelter and she is sitting at 60 pounds right now which the vet said is about 15-20 pounds underweight for her size. So, could this be partly because of how weak and thin she is? She’s also getting over Kennel Cough.
Until I can get her in for an X-ray I’ll keep a close eye to make sure it doesn’t get worse or she starts feeling any pain, but in the meantime I’ve been looking into hip and bone supplements and wonder what you guys think of Nutramax. I’ll link it below. Just something to go alongside the weight gain regime I have her on to get her joints healthy and strong.
https://www.chewy.com/dog/dp/101451...MIlYbEpLnl4gIVibXACh1ScQTdEAQYASABEgLbg_D_BwE
Thanks guys!