That's iPhone speak when you see me spell that poorly.
Yes 12 is pretty old for a Newf. Guinness is stone deaf and the only goid that's come from that is that he is no longer afraid of thunder or fireworks. We haven't kearned a thing thiugh, since we keep talking to him and calling and whistling for him.
He knows he's a good boy.
Guinness is gone. Godspeed Guinness.