
About 6 months ago Shady had the odd episode on a lead walk where she would suddenly drop her head and go as slow as a snail and look like she was slightly lame on her near fore leg. I would stop for a few seconds and give her a fuss (she looked like she was exhausted) and then she would set off normally again.
It could happen just 2mins into the walk or 20 mins into it. There was also some days she refused her breakfast (very unlike her) but it didn't seem to tie in with this strange happenning on her lead walks.
Now it is getting more frequent and happens at least once on most of her lead walks but not everyone. She is also refusing breakfast every morning but eating fairly normally the rest of the day.
When I take her over the field for a run off lead she seems fine, although now the warmer weather is here she does a couple of chases of the frisbee then lays in the cool grass for a while but I class that as normal as its still warm in the evenings when I take her.
I can't put my finger on what could cause it. Its like she has just walked 50 miles and can't take another step. I have also noticed she is much quieter in the mornings when she gets up and just comes down goes to the loo and then lays back down to sleep.
I havn't taken her to the vet as there is nothing to see and in the vets she would be acting quite normally and spending so much time there with Milo I don't want to seem like a paronoid mum.
Anyone else ever had anything like this? Or got any ideas?
Shady is just 4yrs old and a Rottie x GSD.