Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I took our dog on a different walk this morning.  She's very old, but I realized she was probably bored with the same trek every day, so we went a different route and I do believe she was perkier and more interested in her peemail and the smells.  We had a blood panel done on her a couple of weeks ago and the vet said her bloodwork was that of a much younger dog.  So she's got more life in her, despite fatty lumps and a growth on her elbow.  Our kids' pets are also old: both our younger daughter's cats,  our older son's cat, our younger son's dog.  It's hard watching them age.  But our dog is very interested in the new grandson, and loves visitors or a change of pace.  We're pretty boring, and the problem is:  we're old too!