Getting Old

Our house seems to have a few geriatrics (dogs that is - mind you the humans are getting older also!) And let me tell you getting older for any of us, is not fun.

2 days ago we decided that Lilly, our 14 year old whippet (a much travelled whippet, let me add - she was born in the USA and went to Australia with us and then returned with us back to America in the late 90's) was really not eating very fast and that she probably had a couple of teeth that needed to be removed So I took her to my vet and yes, she had 2 teeth that needed to come out. Prior to the surgery they ran a series of blood tests to make sure she could survive the surgery and this determined that she had Pancreatitis.

She survived the surgery just fine and the tooth removal was OK, but she is not impressed with the new low fat (8% or less) diet that she has to be on, and so for one of the few times in her life, she would not eat her dinner. So I guess we have to work at the new diet and try to make it appetizing yet good for her. She is also a little unsteady on her legs and the picture above is the first time that she has managed to get onto the couch, since coming back from the vets.