Not Too Much Pain

There hasn’t been much improvement in the last 2 days but I don’t think he has gone downhill either. He really struggles to get up and sometimes I think he feels it’s just not worth the effort. When I was getting the food ready, he did not come and I had to go to get him and encourage him to get up and come and eat. It’s the getting up and down that seem to be the problem. Outside today he hobbled around, barked at cars on the road, got between the girls and barked at them but did not go for the walk with me tonight around the yard. He told Marilyn:

• His hips look like girls hips now;
• Minor tremors occur when he is outside at times and he tries to hide it from me;
• He likes to lay in the sand because it feels good;
• He doesn’t have pain that he can’t handle right now and is taking one day at a time;
• It takes all of his concentration to get his leg muscles to work together to move now; and
• Sometimes his toes hurt on his rear legs.

He Needed Help to Get Up

I feel he went a bit downhill this week. His walk is very crooked and he stumbles. This afternoon he laid down on the floor in the living room and then couldn’t get up and after a few tries just stopped trying and looked at me like “now what”. I pushed a mat a bit under him and he got up. It was a struggle but he did it. Outside he is happy and hobbles around the yard. He seems to like to spend time under the porch. I don’t think he can control himself as I found a very wet spot on a rug today.

Ups and Downs

Maintained this week… no better but no worse. Occasionally find him looking scared and not wanting to go out or maybe it’s he doesn’t have the comprehension what I’m asking… who knows. When I go to him and lead him out he comes but I really have to be insistent. Once he’s out he’s fine. Sometimes he trots on all 4 feet and other times he can barely get up. The barely getting up could be because he overdid it perhaps. Eats well.

Hiding in the Bathroom

In the last few days he has gone ever so slowly downhill. This morning I found him hunkered down in the windowless bathroom and he didn't want to come out of it. I believe he may have had a seizure. He looked scared so I brought him out to the living room. I had to leave and when I got home he was outside hopping around and had a great attitude. Another thing I noticed this morning was how big his feet looked.