I met a lady with a Newfie on the heath 2 days ago. Gorgeous dog and she said she had another 2 at home the same age as Parker (10) but all they wanted to do was potter about in the garden and she didn't take them out for walks anymore. Parker had about 2 hours exercise that day including fast zoomies with Izzy, plus trick training and playing with toys. However, 10 years old is a good age for a newfie when my manager at work had hers put to sleep at 6 and a half.

On the other hand I saw a 15 year old Staffie being walked the other night and it was upseting watching it as it had very bad movement (arthritis?) and the owner had it off-lead and was walking ahead of it and I personally would consider having a dog put to sleep with difficulty walking like this.

It is just one of my bugbears-people who walk elderly dogs and don't walk with them but "half a mile" ahead.