Ten years is old. Large breed dogs are considered geriatric at 5-6 years of age. They can live longer than 10 years, however into their teens they are getting very old. Good Luck!

The beetles were used to eat rotting flesh off of dead carcuses. They actually cleaned the dead animals down to the bone. The show was about a compnay that's specializesd in cleaning up old dead animals bones so they could then be assembled for museums.