Max is our sweet Lab/Golden cross – when we adopted him five years ago, he was a spry 10 year old – but now at 16 his face has gone almost completely white, and he’s gotten arthritis in his back legs and hips. We’ve been worrying about his decline, as he’s had more trouble with the stairs and going from sitting to standing. He really liked his new memory foam bed, but he still was very stiff – so I decided that some how I would find a way for Max to get a massage.

Marmot and Max on Max's memory foam dog bed!

I had heard a rumor that there was someone in town who did canine massage, so I Googled it and found her, and she came out to the house a week later. She spent over an hour with him and the next day, he obviously felt fabulous because he was running in the yard again! We’re thinking that with how great he seemed to feel afterwards, we might do regular visits with her!

posted on January 11, 2012 in 101 in 1001, pets
the honey b blog

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  • tabitha


    how awesome!
    so sweet of you guys to do that for him

    16 is an amazing age for such a big dog
    and i still think that’s the nicest thing–that you adopted an older dog
    very few people in the world have such big hearts
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  • M. Bowen


    Melanie here! I enjoyed this piece, please email me–I have a question about your blog. MelanieLBowen[at]gmail[dot]com

  • Lil' Woman


    What a lucky little man. :)
    Mia is super jealous now.
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  • Sarah


    That is so sweet! And 16, wow! I think that’s great that you adopted him when he was so up there in age- not many people do that! :)
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