Aw Myndi, Marlin sends his sympathies, he knows EXACTLY what you are going through. Well, hips not knees, for him, but arthiritis in the legs and spine, yep.

Ellie, when Marlin gets up, I try to give him a bit of a massage all over, but especially the spine and rear legs. This helps get the blood flowing to those areas. Seems to help.

I totally forgot! Marlin is also on gludosamine and chondroitin, has been for 3 years or more. I buy Joint Care 3 from Drs. Foster & Smith.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=19868