We have a 10 mth old bullmastiff Tessa. We adopted her from the rescue. For the first 3 months life with Tessa was perfect! All of a sudden one day she refused to go out. The strangest thing is how and when this happened. We took her out at 7 am, we all left and I returned about 1030 am (our pretty normal schedule). When I tried to get her out, she just hankered down and backed up. For 4 days we tried to get her out and ended up literally pulling her to go out. Well we finally found out she has diskospondylitis (an infection in her spine area). She is being treated for this and while her stay at the vet was short, they encountered NO problems with her going out. We brought her home yesterday and went to take her out and BAM we are right back where we started from. I have not been able to get her out all day. When I opened the front door and walked to the mailbox, she stepped out on the front porch, but apparently I was not quick enough to get her in because she began stratching at the door. We live a pretty rural area, our back yard is fenced in, she knows all the neighbors adn we have never let her out without one of us being with her. I am so frustrated with this any suggestions. I am sure something has spooked her or is bugging her when she goes out, but we have got to get her out to "go" before she explodes!! We know she is in alot of pain from her diskospondylitis, but if the vet had no problem, then we cannot understand why we are having a problem! HELP!!!! please.
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