My Geriatric Canine

My dog Amos is no spring chicken, but he isn’t a geezer just yet either. Throughout his life he’s had consistent reason to visit the vet. Two knee ligaments repaired, many many lumps removed (one cancerous), various sores, etc. We say he’s limpy, lumpy and humpy and always wondering what’s next.

Recently he’s been mopey and his tail and ears reflect the not-feeling-well attitude- not a good sign. So we took him to the vet and got it check out. Turns out he has a subluxed tail bone (a little out of joint) and it should get better with time. While we were there, we had blood tests run- which could reveal cancer or any other terrible things. It turned out that he is fine and the tests were negative. Good news.

It wasn’t until we got home and started looking at the receipt until we realized that he is officially an old dog. When they did the blood test- it was a “geriatric panel” which means- “old dog blood test”. Just as we had expected- he has officially become an old dog. We’ve been telling him for a while, but now it’s in print- a doctor said so.

After all the things he's been through, I should be thankful he has made it to the part of his lfe where he qualifies for a geriatric panel. I hope he's around for many more.