wenchy
October 20th, 2010, 12:31 PM
They are so kind. So gentle. So silly. Ever so grateful. They yearn for little more than love and a soft bed to rest their old souls and time to lounge in the grass in the sunshine. Sure some have medical issues/ behaviorial issues and maybe not a " lifetime " ahead of them but they deserve to live the time they have left in a secure loving place. Not end their lifetime of servitude in a pound or kennel. They are VERY easy to love, generally easy to integrate/please and especially easy to look after ( even the big guys ! ). Please do not overlook them!! They will return the love 1000fold. Of course they usually already have impeccable manners on lead, with people etc. Basically the perfect package :D
We found our silly 11 yr old GSD through : http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/maturedogs.html ( adopted through a shelter )
His former people dumped him off moving into a new home ( they also attempted " trading " their poor senior kitty in for a new kitten GRRRRR ). He was completely atrophied of any overall muscle ( looked like an egg with 4 sticks as legs, could not squat to do his business as hed shake like a leaf and could not balance ), had an awful coat but beautiful warm loving brown eyes. A few months of TLC and a 6 yo deaf sister to show him the ropes and hes now fetching balls, meandering the trails, loving having learned how to " kill " his stuffed babies ( thanks sis! ) and loves trying to sprint with his speedball sister ( he makes it a few steps hehe ).
After the emotional rollercoaster of losing my 12 yr old gsd last yr wouldve never thought wed have both a spoiled princess deaf girly and a dopey old boy. In future we will only take in more seniors and/or blind/deaf. It has been extremely rewarding. hope many others find room in their hearts/homes for the oldies too ( although there are clearly an abundance of wonderful people here who already do ). Please support organizations etc like :
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/maturedogs.html ( donations always welcome :thumbs up )
http://blinddeafdogs.blogspot.com/
Wolfgang :
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5020087899_7a5ec977f9.jpg
Crazy sis LadyBird
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5020088001_e036c0feb2.jpg
We found our silly 11 yr old GSD through : http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/maturedogs.html ( adopted through a shelter )
His former people dumped him off moving into a new home ( they also attempted " trading " their poor senior kitty in for a new kitten GRRRRR ). He was completely atrophied of any overall muscle ( looked like an egg with 4 sticks as legs, could not squat to do his business as hed shake like a leaf and could not balance ), had an awful coat but beautiful warm loving brown eyes. A few months of TLC and a 6 yo deaf sister to show him the ropes and hes now fetching balls, meandering the trails, loving having learned how to " kill " his stuffed babies ( thanks sis! ) and loves trying to sprint with his speedball sister ( he makes it a few steps hehe ).
After the emotional rollercoaster of losing my 12 yr old gsd last yr wouldve never thought wed have both a spoiled princess deaf girly and a dopey old boy. In future we will only take in more seniors and/or blind/deaf. It has been extremely rewarding. hope many others find room in their hearts/homes for the oldies too ( although there are clearly an abundance of wonderful people here who already do ). Please support organizations etc like :
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/maturedogs.html ( donations always welcome :thumbs up )
http://blinddeafdogs.blogspot.com/
Wolfgang :
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5020087899_7a5ec977f9.jpg
Crazy sis LadyBird
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5020088001_e036c0feb2.jpg