Poor Weary Sandra!! I think we may have been joined at the hip in a previous life. Are you related to me?? Besides the worry about everything part, our dogs are similar too! My part lab Cody had hip dyslasia too. He is 9 and had had it as far back as I can remember. He lost 30 pds and it has helped considerably (not implying your dogs need to do that,my Cody is a piggy). For years he has been taking Cosequin, which is glucosemine (sp) (the cartilage repair stuff) and on occasion, Maalox coated aspirin when needed. Recently, due to the weather, I reluctantly put him on Rimydal (the vet did) but only at night for 2 weeks. I was assurred and promised that it would not hurt his liver for that short period of time, but he now has arthritis in his front paws too. Otherwise, he walks an hour every night and seems fine. The trash thing is another topic. No counter surfing but the kitchen table is a free for all..yum yum napkins or an unguarded (for a split second) morsel of food. Quick? Stealth? Like lightening! And then quickly hide under the kitchen table where nobody can reach you! And wag the tail too! Just to show who's boss!!! Don't ya love it? Clever? Gesh! Thankfully it isn't every day. I know, I know, I try to ignore him but he winds up ignoring ME so I apologize causd I miss his attention..and yep, Carrie can now lecture us both on one session! I'm with ya babe!!!!!