I am dog-sitting another labrador now for a week. He belongs to a friend who is going on a trip. He is old too, but not as old as mine. Seems older though, because he is ailing, and came with a bag full of medications. Has some kind of cancer, and arthritis, which is being treated. Treatments seem to be keeping him comfortable, because he is doing a little bit of cavorting with my young dog at the moment. Four dogs is a lot of dogs to have fighting for space under my desk.