Hello from Battle Creek, Mi

Hello all,


I been reading this site for quiet sometime and finally decided to register. I do have a 2 year old GSD named Bosco. He is our guard dog in the house and fills the house with happiness. He is our perfect dog, but he is still a big puppy.

Couple things about Bosco:
1. He is still growing and I can tell because a week ago, we noticed he is starting to show a saddle. As of before he was mostly black. He is sizing up pretty good and I have him on TOTW (Venison) since he was 12 months old. Last year, he started limping on his front left leg. I took him to the vet and took x-rays and nothing showed up. And they said to take it slow for couple weeks and he got better. Now he s been limping for the last week from the same leg. I checked all his leg from the top, joints, bend and pull on it and don't mind a thing. I massage it for him everyday and still cannot find the source of the pain. I am on a budget and cannot go with the x-rays and the vet visit again.

2. He is a pretty behaved all the time, but I need some help change a habit of his. We have few steps in front of the front door of the house, and when we let him out, he jump the steps flying. I am scared he is going to hurt himself or fracture a bone. Lately I been walking him down the steps and them let him go. What else can i do to explain to him that he need to go down the steps slow...


Thank you all for your help!