Well, after a friends suggestion, I decided to take Kate to another vet to see what is wrong with her back legs. It took the vet all of 5 mins to tell me, Kate has Luxated Patella, and she has strained her back because of it.

I was actually tearing up at the vets i was so relieved.

She wont need surgery, and she will probably live a long and happy life, and probably wont need a wheelchair. I am so glad I pursued this and found the problem.

But she will have limited activity, and definately no jumping. Also I will most probably have to take her to a chiropractor occasionally, later in life. Her back alignment is fine right now she jsut strained it.

SO I have pain meds and anti inflammitory meds, she will sleep all day today while i am at work. she has been resting last couple of weeks, altho she has wanted to be more active. She did lose some weight, shes back down to 23.8 lbs, and since shes a smaller corgi, both the vet and I have agreed to get her down to 20-21lbs ideal weight so she wont have added stress on her legs.

I was told this is hereditary, not something she developed later, her legs have always been on the wobbly side, its just too many things have happened over the last few months that have alerted me to a problem. she did gain weight, which added stress, and her back probably has been hurting for awhile and shes been hiding it as much as she can from me. But her moping around, and jsut laying in my room not sleeping for hours tells me this was not normal and something was wrong. not to mention how she acted at the dog park!

So I wanted to let everyone know, and many many thanks for all the posts and comments, lets hope for the best for her!

Pat (and Katie)

Oh and by the way, after adopting Ringo, Kate has changed, she is social again with other dogs. she went right up to a bull mastif yesterday at the vets, and nose to nose enjoyed the greeting! she was very friendly! no nipping!