Spenser has health issues like any elderly mammal, in his case: a ligament at the base of one fang sprang loose so he has a walnut -
sized tumor - like thing on his jaw, doesn't
seem to bother him but causes just awful bad breath; arthritis in all four corners; torn ACL on at least one hind leg; cataracts (can't hardly see) and can't hardly hear (== not afraid of thunderstorms anymore!)