thanks! thats what my vet said, that Ladybug is very very lucky, getting the care, the diet(i feed raw) etc.. that considering the shape she could be in, she is doing xtremly well. she said to double her suppliments, and we are trying asprin for a week to see if it helps her movement, if it does then she will put Bug on something safer for longer term. right now my biggest concern in her heart, since aftre doing some research on it, I discovered that several things Ladybug does, that I did not mention to my vet, not occuring to me that they had anything to do with anything.. are in fact answered perfectly in the case of heart failure..things like panting a lot(thats recent, never really thought about it) and standing with her front legs spread wide, head and neck lowered like a hyena..that was the one that had me scratching my head the most, she is a very narrow chested dog, like what the heck was she doing? but apperntly that is a classic sign of heart failure..they do it to increse oxegen intake....here I thought something was wronge with her legs! in any case, I bought her some hawthorn today, its it is supposed to be exellent for the heart, exstenisvly tested, and very safe, hopefully that will help, as i would much prefere to suppliment naturally then to use pharmacudicals..going natural hasnt failed me yet!