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My chocolate lab Moose turns 14 on February 28th and I totally understand. Just this morning woke up and he wasn't at his usual place next to the bed and I almost panicked.... He also has issues. He has cataracts, is hard of hearing so startles if you go to pet him too quickly and his back legs are very stiff. All that being said, he adores us, still loves his pets, still slowly goes up the stairs to join us at bed time and I still take him for very very slow very very short walks because at the sign of a walk he is as elated as when he was a year old pup. I have three other dogs and he is my heart. He also has tumors and occasionally they open-just this week he was at the vet to get one cleaned and cauterized. At this point we are avoiding any procedure that would require anesthesia so we treat topically as we need. I do give him CBD oil twice daily in his food, glucosamine, bone broth and carprofen as an anti-inflammatory. All of which seem to help.