anniemac
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Elton has always had puppy like behavior. I adopted him when he was over 4 1/2 and I felt he was like the energizer bunny :jmp2:. He will be 7 in November and is pretty healthy. He had an ultrasound that showed some valve leakage but pretty good considering his age and there was no enlargement. He has a grade 1 murmur but at 7 I feel pretty lucky but he will continue to have exams. However, he is not as active as he used to be. He would chase the ball for hours but now he is not the energizer bunny he once was. Believe me, he still has plenty of energy and will chase the ball but I have to think that dogs (like humans) slow down as they get older. He is starting to get what a friend with a 16 year old cavalier said were age growths. His first one was this summer and was checked, biopsied and benign which I was told is normal. I don't feel 7 years is old but I feel I am still a teenager myself even though I am 37. He is on a good diet and is really healthy but any tips from others? I know some are active like humans for a long time and he still is but is it normal for them to start to slow down around 7 or is this still pretty young? When I say slow down, I mean that he is not as playful with puppies (never really was) but doesn't play as long as before.