Poor barley had a bad morning today. Went of for normal walk, him having fun, weeing on every available piece of grass, dodging puddles and mud, you know normal doggy stuff. Then for no obvious reason he started to limb, i checked his paw incase he had stood on something, but all was fine there. I let him stand still for a few minutes then continued but still the same, with every step his limp got worse, we were only half way into our normal walk. He managed to limp to a bench where he layed down and refused to move for over 5 mins, in this time i occupied puzzle with a ball as he was getting very grumpy towards her as she wanted him to play and he was not in the mood. Eventually i helped him to his feet and we made our way back to the car. Thought about taking him to the vet but they are closed today so would have to pay for very expensive out of hours fee for something that could not be serious as first thought. He was better after having a rest but still limping. What was different about this limp was that it was his front leg not his back ones as we know he has problems with his hips so a front leg injury will not help at all. He has had some pain medication and some anti inflammatory stuff that we have spare for when he does overdo it or hurt himself. Rest for the rest of today and tomorrow, if he is no better of worse tomorrow he will go to the vet and have his hip x-rays moved forward and get his front leg done as well. he has had a heat pack on his shoulder and is currently sleeping with a blanket over him, snoring his head off. there is no swelling or heat, nothing in his foot, no cuts on his pad, so don't know what he has done but hope he gets better soon as we start training classes again on friday that we will probably have to miss now because of his leg, but we will see how he goes.