It's been not quite a year since Sherman came home with us, and I took him to the vet's for some vaccine boosters. He weighed in at 102lbs (almost 10lbs up) and after hearing the story of how swimming agrees with him, but that he limps if I make him walk, the vet offered up the possibility of using carprofen on him (it's an NSAID anti-inflammatory). The first day I gave it to him he played and frolicked more than I had ever seen from him. So I'm giving one to him every day, and noticing that all sorts of things that I thought were "just how he is" are more likely a response to arthritis pain. For example, he's shown here sleeping in a much more spherical configuration than he could do before.