Spot wrote:

I try to keep him from jumping and keep him off the stairs so we don't
aggravate it

By the time Chile had her back problems (age 14), she wasn't able
to jump up onto furniture and the bed, and we had created "steps"
for her and Gordo to use. They still leaped straight off onto
the ground. (In retrospect, that wasn't such a good idea. If
they can't jump up that high, they shouldn't be jumping down
either.) So we removed the steps so that they wouldn't be on
furniture unsupervised. They still managed to take a few flying
leaps, but with no further injuries. Our house is one story, so
we didn't have to block off stairs. And we put ramps on the
steps outside.

but he still occasionally has some minor dragging of the one
leg. The best thing we did was to get some weight off him it really helps
tremendously.

It sounds like Buddy is doing much better.

FurPaw

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