JesseBank:
Watt, what can I say. I always look forward to your posts.
I have great empathy for you - my yellow lab is 11 and has a good deal of orthopedic issues. Our hikes have shrunk massively as well - she misses most of the good ones these days. It's a bitter thing to have to deal with, but their demeanor remains so cheery and joyful that it's somehow easier. Your pictures definitely choked me up a bit.
I hope Sun remains the happy boy he seems to be, and that you've got many more adventures to share!
Jesse and Nick, thanks for your sentiments -- Sun is doing very well, even did 3 miles for my birthday, he's limted by his cousin Storm's arthritus more than his own age... Here, on our home trail a mile from home is a familiar trait -- rolling in the dirt, wet from the creek with the Pacific Ocean instead