Is 8 old?

[crow_noir]

This is about the time that you want to start doing blood work and stuff to check on her vitals. Start talking to the vet about diabetes, thyroid, liver function, etc. About age 10 you want to start doing bi-annual check-ups on a dog. (Sooner if a problem has been found.)

My Shepherd lived to be 16. When he was 10 people were guessing his age to be between three to six years old. Someone only guessed six once!!!

Take good care of a shepherd and they'll long outlive the stereotypical nine - 11 years old.

People on this board will probably get sick of hearing me suggest it to people, but i strongly believe in elk velvet antler. I'd stake my life on it i believe in it so strongly. We almost had to put King down when he was 13 because he was getting so stiff. He'd scream just about every time he tried to get up. He could walk fine once he was up though. There was nothing else wrong with him. (Well, other that congestive heart failure, but oddly he still had a strong heart. One diuretic every four days did the trick.) MSM didn't do much, so our vet asked if we'd like to be part of a study group. Seeing as EVA is all natural we said sure. We were skeptical at first, but as promised with in 10 days King was practically back to being a pup again!!!

P.S. For a dog that size i recommend making sure you get the 300mg and not the 250mg EVA.

My one dog sandy is 8 yrs old and she is now starting to walk slower and seems to be more and more like an old little lady... I was wondering if 8 yrs old is considered old age for a german shepard or husky? I know smaller dogs live alot longer than bigger dogs but shepards are medium size dogs. Her teeth are starting to wear down also and i'm guessing thats due to her getting older also. I think 8 is considered older for a dog but I was wondering everyone else's opinions?