Thank you so much everyone. Tom says ta muchly too.
He is a sweet lad with a super temperament and his ma and pa love him alot. I just got back from the vet with him as he was limping badly last night on his rear right leg.
He is already on very low dose of metacam for his stiff back legs (he has one drop every 3 days) and had one yesterday afternoon so, when I saw him limping so badly, I gave him another drop and rang the vet first thing. By the time we got to the vet the matacam had fully kicked and it was all I could do to stop him doing a dance routine.
So embarrassing but vet said I did right thing and to take him back if he starts limping again when metacam has had time to wear off. He thought it is either a strain or maybe arthritis getting worse but commented on how fab my boy is for a 17 year old
Tom has bought some dark glasses and a hat so don't bother coming Ellie, you'll never recognise him. He says Rascal looks like a handful and he needs peace and quiet.