Table 1.

Presenting complaints, historic and diagnostic findings for all dogs

Presenting complaint	Incidence	Historic findings	Incidence	Diagnostic findings	Incidence
Deteriorated mood	4/47 (9%)	Single leg lameness	12/47 (26%)	CrCL	6/47 (13%)
Deteriorated attitude	14/47 (30%)	Urinary incontinence	5/47 (11%)	Elbow DJD	17/47 (36%)
Reduced playing	15/47 (32%)	Prior paresis	6/47 (13%)	Carpal DJD	10/47 (21%)
Difficulty walking	25/47 (53%)			Shoulder muscle pain	35/47 (74%)
Painful vocalizations	17/47 (36%)			Anticlinal pain	37/47 (79%)
Difficulty trotting	39/47 (83%)			Iliopsoas pain	18/47 (38%)
Difficulty jumping	43/47 (91%)			Shifted/Fixed Pelvis	34/47 (72%)
Difficulty upstairs	35/46 (76%)			HL CP deficits	9/47 (19%)
Difficulty downstairs	25/46 (54%)
Difficulty rising	29/47 (62%)
Stiffness after rest	37/47 (79%)
Stiffness after exercise	37/47 (79%)

Prior paresis — a clinical history of hind-limb paresis that left the patient recumbent for 3 or more consecutive days; CrCL — cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency (either unilateral or bilateral); DJD — degenerative joint disease diagnosed by the presence of palpable exostoses, reduced range of motion, and pain at end range of motion; Shifted/Fixed Pelvis — asymetric position of ilial wings coupled with reduced sacro-iliac or lumbosacral joint mobility on palpation; HL CP — hind limb conscious proprioceptive deficits.