A dog post

We were relieved to find out this weekend that Carter does not have heartworms like we had suspected. What he does have is thyroid trouble. He's gained 2o lbs. in less than a year and is almost unable to walk around the block anymore. All he wants to do is lay in his crate. Thankfully it is treatable and once we start the medication he should start losing weight and gaining energy! Yay! One of the reasons we got a dog was to get more active, but at this point we can't even take him with us when we walk because we have to drag him along. He is also much older than we originally thought, like twice as old. The vet placed him closer to 8 years old! He has some aging problems like arthritis and eye sight that is starting to go bad. But at least we aren't putting him down this weekend like we thought might happen.