Hip Issues In German Shepherd-Lab mix
Hi there!
We have a sweet 5 year old girl who is declining a lot sooner than seems normal for her age. She is a German shepherd and black lab mix that my fiancé got when she was a puppy. She seems to have issues with her hips, and her back legs have given out on her a few times (particularly on stairs). Her blood work is pristine and the vet said maybe arthritis of the hips but it’s not obvious. She is not energetic and running around much anymore, and seems overall uncomfortable. She constantly whines to go outside but then comes back in a minute later just to repeat the cycle over and over. The vet has her on a medication which when we did a 7 day trial seemed to help a lot. We didn’t have her on it while we waited for blood work to come back though. She’s been back on it for a bit now (like a week and a half) and there is no improvement this time at all. Has anyone experienced anything like this? She is such a good and sweet girl, we worry about her and her quality of life at this point.