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One more time (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 hours ago by ickplant to c/dogs

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[–] ickplant 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. My husband and I adopt older dogs from shelters to give them a good few last years. Right now we are taking a break and adopted younger dogs for my son, but as soon as they cross the rainbow bridge, we are back to grey muzzles.

[–] frickineh 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I love older dogs. I used to foster seniors (one of whom my parents adopted), and we adopted my current dog at a very youthful 6. She's 9 now and a total butt. I love her to pieces. We've also had really good luck - all but one of my dogs has lived to 15+. If my dog wasn't so hostile, I'd happily have another one but she's not a fan.