Mobility observation notes

If your dog cannot stand or walk without help, has an obvious fracture or has been involved in major trauma, seek emergency veterinary care now. Do not force movement or wait to fill in this tracker. Pain can lead to biting; ask the clinic how to move your dog safely.

Write what you actually observed, including unusually good or bad days and changes in activity, surface or treatment. Do not provoke stairs or jumps to obtain a rating. The five labels are informal observations, not a validated scale, total, diagnosis or treatment test. A lower or higher entry does not establish benefit, harm or safe waiting. Share the record and context with your veterinarian; contact them about concerning changes without waiting weeks or collecting a minimum number of rows.

Entries are stored in this browser when storage works; if saving fails they last only until reload or close, with a visible warning. Nothing from this tool is uploaded. Print the rows to share them yourself. Browser clearing or device changes can lose records; keep any important copy separately. Unobserved activities should be left as not observed, not silently counted as normal.

General educational information, not veterinary advice. Sources checked November 11, 2026. These guides and the browser notes are editorial aids, not a diagnosis, a validated pain score or evidence that a treatment works. No entries transfer to an app or clinic record. Contact your veterinarian about changes rather than waiting for a pattern.

• Cornell: osteoarthritis
• Cornell: recognizing pain
• VCA: home modifications
• VCA: pain, limping and emergencies
• Cornell: joint supplements
• FDA: NSAID safety
• FDA: Librela safety reports
• FDA: current Librela labeling and owner sheet
• FDA: owner information sheets

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