We have a 19 year old kitty that gets waited on hand and foot. Watching her walk is painful, but she still gets around and enjoys life, bless her heart.
can your vet give her anything to make anything better/less worse?
She loved my grandpas farm. She could run the fields for hours. She loved to swim. One time, I was out by the pond, waxing my car, and she was in the pond swimming around. The barn swallows flew overhead and would swoop down towards her and she'd turn and swim after them, barking at it,. Another would swoop and she'd turn anb swim and bark. This continued on for at least 2 hours, without her feet touching land.
Her last 4th of July, we walked up town and I took her to the pond at the park. I unhooked her leash and told her to go ahead. She looked at me with a look, as if to say "REALLY". Then she ran in. She swam and swam and swam some more. Then she came out. I could tell she still had more in her. I told he that she could swim some more if she wanted to, so she turned around and went back in. I swear, dogs DO understand what we say.
When she came out, I could tell she had enough, so we started walking home. We had walked maybe 200 hundred yds, and I could tell the arthritis was bothering her, but we kept going. She went maybe another 100 yds before she just kind of stopped and said "Dad, do we really have to go home? I'm tired and I ache." So I picked her up and carried her the rest of the way home.
She's been gone almost 22 years now. I will always remember that day with her.