2015 update

Oscar will be 13 this year. He's not doing so well - he's definitely showing his age these days. We're preparing ourselves for the unimagineable. Sometimes he doesn't want to eat and occasionally his back legs go from under him. Each time, we think "this is it" and then he picks himself up and carries on. Some days he's like a teenager - bounding ahead of us on his walks. Other days he dawdles behind us. We just keep reminding ourselves that he's a very very old man and that it's ok to be picky and to behave a bit strangely! As long as he's still getting pleasure from life ...  

2014 update

Oscar is nearly 12. He's feeling his age but still enjoying life. He gets a clean bill of health every year at his annual check-up ... Except for arthritis. We keep him on a good grain free diet so he doesn't have much inflammation. He's happy and healthy. Without the hip replacement surgery there's no doubt he wouldn't be with us still.