Thanks for alerting me to this thread!
My prayers , gratitude and respect go out to this fine young man and his family. A true Marine, so worthy of the title. And those Marine K-9's have Marine qualities. It is uncanny.
My pupster has arthritis and has been on rymadyl. I will Freepmail some of the posters on this thread who have dealt with this too. Lola gets a weekly or biweekly massage by a licensed massage therapist. It really helps.
this thread needed a Kleenex alert!
Our Vickie developed epilepsy and arthritis. We had her on phenobarbital and something to relieve her arthritis. She had a good 4 years with us. oldenuff2no, I saw a program that suggested during the Vietnam era, dogs weren't considered military issue, and many dogs stayed in country. They had to leave their partners behind. I hope you didn't experience this trauma. Can you clarify?