We're worried about Turbo.

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Who is, by the way, our Jack Russell of about eight or nine years.

Lately (as in the past two months, more frequently as it goes on), Turbo has been having trouble standing up. Most of the time, he doesn't have any difficulty, but sometimes he just scrabbles like his back legs can't hold him. He's pretty fat but that probably isn't it because he usually can stand up just fine. Hugh thinks he might be having little strokes.

:(

Mom and I have tried to lift his rear up while he tries to stand, but he just falls down. It's like his legs can't hold him.

Does anyone have any idea what's wrong?

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My grandparents' dog slipped and fell in their yard a while back and apparently did some kind of nerve damage to her back, she had the same problem where her back legs just sorta wouldn't hold her.

The vet actually did acupuncture for it, and it seems to have fixed her up a little, she still has more stiffness in her back legs than before but is walking okay.