God bless you for making the effort to do that for her! One of my girls is getting pretty gimpy too, breaks my heart.

Jackthewall81 - get yourself another dog! Don't deny yourself the joy, ALL dogs are awesome! I love my dogs and couldn't stand to be without at least one. If I lost one, I'd have another puppy before the dirt settled on her grave. My dogs love each other and are so used to having a companion to play with, each of them would be traumatized to be alone. I'm a believer that you should have at least two dogs, they need a buddy to hang with.