Dottie visited the vet’s office this weekend. About two weeks ago after rough-housing with the neighbor dog she began to limp on her back left leg. She’s 7 now, we knew that when we adopted her that she would eventually have hip problems due to her size. I wasn’t really ready to deal with it yet, though. Luckily Courtney was kind enough to join me at the doc’s. I didn’t want to hear any bad news.

After a little poking, and a little more prodding than Dottie liked (she cowered behind me after the prodding part) the doc gave us suggestions for glucosimine supplements and a starter supply of rhimydol for the tough days. After popping a few of them Dottie seemed to liven right up. She can now go back to giving me dirty looks and slobbering on my face while I sleep.