Should my 7-year-old dog have joint health check-ups?

Annual joint health checks aren't standard practice in the way dental checks are, but at 7 — particularly for medium and large breeds — it's worth raising with the vet at the annual vaccination appointment. What breed is she, and is there any stiffness at the moment or is this purely about getting ahead of it?

For a Lab at 7 with no symptoms — that's the ideal time to have a simple joint assessment done, not to diagnose a problem but to establish a baseline. Ask the vet to do a basic range-of-motion assessment and note it in her records. If you want to do something practical today without waiting for a vet appointment, start her on YuMOVE Adult as preventative maintenance — it's the right level of support for a healthy active Lab at this age, and it's far easier to maintain joint quality than to recover it. Then at the annual check, you have the vet baseline alongside knowing she's been supported for a year.