At what point do we decide a dog is "too old", today, tomorrow or the next day? Am I too old today, tomorrow or will I be too old the next day? None of us know the full facts, why decisions are made and decisions are very easy with HINDSIGHT, and a knowledge of "IF ONLY.......", but all feel we are experts and know better than the poor chap who had to make an awful decision.......I took my dog on the fells, mountains, long distance walks right up until the day before he died, which happened to be at home. Had it been the day before, he would have been in the hills,. Not only was he elderly, he was blind, but only I can know whether I made the right decision to take him in the hills each day...all I know is he had many years of happy life doing what he loved the most....walking the hills and fells with me. I know that if I had to make a decision like this poor chap, then from my armchair I really don't know what I would do and would only know at the time by being there.