I didn't realize Duke was that old! It's very encouraging that he's doing so well since he's a large breed.

I think I just get overly worried about aging.

If you'll remember, we never got to keep our dogs very long when I was growing up. The longest we ever had a dog was 3 years, so I have never been able to watch the family dog grow old.

Shelties are supposed to live around 16 years, but Jake was so slow and everything, I thought he was prematurely aging. Now I think he was in chronic pain. It seems like giving him rimadyl just about every 3 days has been keeping him in a good mood.