Just spoken to a lovely vet who I found online who is attached to a hydrotherapy centre, she also does acupuncture. We had a long talk about Sonny and his problem leg. We concluded that there is no point in looking at expensive referrals to neurologists as I would not consider putting him through an operation at his age and stage. One of the things which works against him is his temperament, so nervous in any kind of clinic situation. However, I am trying to do the best I can for him so I can be sure that I have thought about all the possibilities so I can live with myself if the worst has to happen.
Today he is so pleased to see me and thinks he's a puppy again bounding around the garden, the leg problem not so much in evidence. Perhaps he just needs to go everywhere at speed in his golden years.
The idea of speeding up rather than slowing down into old age quite appeals to me. Pack everything in, do what you want to do and don't procrastinate, we don't know how long we've got. Yet another brilliant lesson from my dog xx
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