My Arthritic Dog 7-7-11

I have acknowledged it before. My dog is old. She is 10 years and 4 months old. She is large for her breed. She is a purebred Samoyed. I have polled many people who profess to have familiarity with this breed. I seldom hear that one of these dogs lives to be older than 9 or so. When she started going downhill in Michigan, I shipped her down here to Sarasota, figuring to make her last days happy ones. That was one year and 5 months ago. She responded to my 150 clients by "perking up" considerably. Six months ago, she developed a severe limp. It was her left front leg, and it was diagnosed as arthritis.  To be cont...