Reasonable quality of life
 

I have a lovely 12 y/o lab x with terrible arthritis, one knee where he isn't weightbearing at all and both hips - we've been upping meds with the vets help to get him comfortable now 3 different types of tablet and a liquid twice a day. He is happy, waggy tail, climbing over small stone walls (to escape!), shiny coat etc. so I think we have the meds right for now. He sleeps a lot! doesn't want to get up or down and has bald elbows where he's lying down all the time. I talked to the vet this week about when to make the decision, she said to wait until he started to wee / poo on himself because it was too painful to get up to go outside !!! I was horrified by that, I don't want to leave it until it is that bad - by a long way. Am I being overly harsh to think about just before winter when it gets cold which I imagine is much more painful?I'd welcome peoples thoughts on what is reasonable quality of life for a dog - thanks in advance.

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