Originally Posted by CDSmith

Thanks. I feel exactly as you do.

He has shown signs of having some pain, mostly during this past winter. But I quickly got him onto a good pain med from the vet, and he quite quickly returned to his old self and has been that way ever since.

His back legs still work, he can still go for walks with me, so I'm inclined to be of the mind that legs that are a little stiff isn't quite reason enough to have his life ended.