I have had to deal with arthritis in a dog in the past. It is a progressively degenerative disease. Your guy may be having more severe symptoms when he moves certain ways or if he over does some movement. If he has degeneration in the neck it would be very easy for him to stress the vertebra in that area and cause swelling around the nerves and connective tissue. The anti inflammatory will help some but it can be hard on their stomach.
My little guy could not take the most common supplements for arthritis. It almost killed him when we first tried the combination supplement.
Being an arthritis sufferer myself I can tell you that some days are better than others. There are a lot of variables as far as the pain threshold. It would seem that if your guy is looking down at times he may have stressed the area that is effected with arthritis. I can testify it really hurts. |