I'm currently thinking about end-of-life decisions for my cardigan corgi, who's now 16. He's lost a lot of his sight and hearing, some of his mobility, and probably has dementia as he spends a lot of time turning in circles. It's hard to say if there's still anything that he gets joy from, but because he also doesn't seem to be in discomfort, I'm not sure how to weigh that. He's also not a particularly vocal or demonstrative dog and I do worry that if he was in discomfort, he wouldn't display it. For now we'll carry on as we are now, but I have trouble determining at what point we should take action.
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