I have a 6 month old Am staff / Boxer mix. We have noticed that he seems to have a hard time getting his back legs going when he has been resting.
For example, he will be laying down. When he decides to get up, he will drag his back legs for a few feet. Eventually his legs "warm up" and he appears to be perfectly fine. No issues walking or running of whatever.
Any suggestions on what this could be?? I am most likely going to take him to a vet over the next few days, but wanted to check here to see if there are some things I should do prior to that.
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Are they kinda stretched out behind him for a few steps? Two of my dogs (one little senior and one big young adult) do that all the time as a getting-up stretch.
One time the dog-sitter called me in Massachusetts to say that Oliver had injured his back legs somehow and then she described how he gets up from his bed and does that.
I was glad that she called and I tried not to giggle.
Also, I should have mentioned. The puppy is struggling not peeing in his crate at night. We are to the point finally where he will have a dry crate 6 nights out of 7 per week. Not sure if that helps with this (thinking that a weak backend is not helping the crate training)
We currently have both hardwood and carpet floors.
The dog may be getting stiff after playing on hardwood floors, followed by laying down. If you take a brisk walk without stretching, you'll get stiff, too.
We bought a crate that was designed for a dog his size as an adult (I think it was like 40-60 lbs), do not have the dimensions with me and we used a divider to keep the crate small when he was a puppy to help with potty training. After he grew a bit we removed the divider and it actually improved the potty training. He has plenty of room to stand up and stretch out.
His crate sounds plenty big. It sounds like he's a typical, rambunctious Boxer-mix who plays hard and whose muscles get a bit stiff after laying still- so he stretches out as he stands up.
I'd mention it at his next vet check-up, but other than that, he sounds fine.
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