Rick, the sad part is that you can get more attached to a pet than you do a relative. Our vet told us that dogs are very good at hiding their discomfort. Cherish these last good days with your dog, but realize that 14 is a good long life expectancy for a lab. You will need to ask yourself sometime in the not too distant future if you are postponing death or prolonging life? Just don't wait too long like we did with our lab Rex. In retrospect, we should have done what was the most humane thing for the dog earlier than we did. Tough call.
