thanks guys!!! you are great people...let me say...the first morning she hurt i gave her 1/2 aspirin...generic...when i called the vet around 9:00 a.m. THEY told me to give her nothing but tylenol....i have heard the same thing about tylenol...i figured that i was giving so few...4 total that she'd be o.k.....she did not have any reaction...he gave me rimadyl...75 mg. to give her twice a day for pain....then he said to get glucosamine and put her on for 4 to 6 weeks...so i gave her those yesterday and last night...she is a little less stiff this morning....so you guys think its' o.k. to put her under for x-rays???? she is not figedty...she is a very quiet dog...( the houndie in her)i guess i will ask one more time if i can hold her...otherwise i guess i will let him proceed...we need to see if it is rhumatoid or osteo-arthritis.....thanks for all your thoughts and caring!!!! the deli dog