Candace, Ozzy is "at least 14." I added that in my initial post.

Well, it happened again at 4:30 this morning. He woke me with that horrible scary yelping. I set him on the floor, and he kept at it for bit, then stopped. No arched back, this time. He was shaking with fear, poor dog.

I lifted him back on the bed and gave him long slow strokes to calm him down.* He yelped when I lifted him. Half an hour alter, he was sound asleep and snoring. Me? Wide awake and worried.

I'll phone his vet when they open at 9 AM. I'm puzzled if it is a back /disc issue, as Ozzy walks and that is about it. He doesn't run, jump, can't even do stairs.


I just learned that reading "The Other End of the Leash," by Patricia McConnell!