What would you say is the #1 thing you do to make sure he has a good quality of life? He looks really, really good.

  

Its very hard to narrow down to one thing, since last March I've been working from home so Bruce and his bulldog brother Butch have been my constant companions, Bruce loves to be outside when the weather is nice so we spent many, many hours outside all spring, summer and fall. Bruce has also been a fussy eater his whole life and so he tends to get little treats in his meals every day (my husband hunts so we have a freezer full of deer and moose, we refer to it as the really expensive dog food - Bruce loves it!!!). In the last 3-4 months he's had a harder time getting around and the vet recommended glucosamine and omega 3, so he gets supplements every day, and since he's fussy he gets them coated in peanut butter and they are served as dessert every evening. I'm currently waiting on the vet to call so that we can discuss whether keeping him on metacam longterm or something else is the way to go in order to keep his pain from the arthritis in check (there have been a few mornings when he's had a really hard time getting up and it just breaks my heart - I refuse to have my boy in pain, he's a trooper but I will not have him suffer).