Well,..I'm only an old rabbit hunter,.and just like my fat whippet,..definitely well past my 'sell by' date,..
But,..even though my bitch has suffered permanent cruciate ligament damage on her back leg, and also,.as she twists and turns,. her shoulder joint, torn and ruptured at an early age, regularly slides out of its socket
And in truth, she is only any use now as a 'marking dog' for the ferreting game,...and we still keep her on, as a pet,.
HOWEVER,..,I feel 100 % sure that if she could speak,..she would definitely say,.." Better to have lived one day as a tiger, than a thousand