I haven't been in a few years, when the dogs start getting old (My English Setter is 11) it gets to be pretty hard on them. I took the Gordon Setter I owned out snowshoe grousing when he was 13, and he slept for about three days afterward.
Several times I checked his pulse. He had me worried.
I had the right gun along, however. The folding 12s with 30" barrels are great circus balance poles.

Best,
Ted