Woman brings home an 'old' shelter dog. Then discovers his real age. 

I adopted a young dog 10 years ago. Times passed - he is 13 years old now and I am not prepared for goodbye.

@@angelikaradominska5512 It's never easy. I unfortunately lost my best buddy last April and it was very unexpected and he got worse rapidly as had a brain tumor. I still cry every day without him in my life. I've lost more people throughout the yrs then most could comprehend or "deal" with and he had helped me so much with the loss of my oldest brother and then my father the following year. I had lost dogs before as a young kid and still mourned them, but nothing compared to how I feel now. Totally lost and never smile or laugh anymore and hate the holidays now..

I adopted a senior cat that came with my house. Now that I've fostered several alongside him I am absolutely a senior cat and dog lover. They're so much more chill when they realize they're safe. Well, except Stewie, the one that came with the house. Even at 17, he's a menace. He's a non-stop whirlwind of fluff and activity.

@@dieseldabz7104 I had a dog like that. When I thought of him for only a moment I'd start to tear up and not even be able to speak about him without choking on my words and failing miserably at trying to hold back my tears. I was absolutely heart broken for 10yrs. I still am, still get teary when I think of him& even now my eyes are flooded just writing about him. I'll always love and miss him, but my heart has finally begun healing ever since I adopted my pitbull Ramsey. I didn't think I could get close to another dog ever again, I didn't want to because it hurt too much. I even kept my walls up, kept Ramsey at a distance because I was afraid to get emotionally attached...but day by day he grew on me & broke down the walls I'd built and, in doing so, brought so much joy back into my life. While he'll never replace Bud in my heart...or be remotely as smart as Bud was 🤫 he's not very bright...& Despite the fact that he's really nothing like Bud was aside from also being over 100lbs & a pitbull/mastiff mix.. Despite the fact that he isn't Bud & never will be, I've found that I do love Ramsey with every fiber of my being, which is something I thought I'd never have again with any other dog. He's my best friend & I couldn't imagine life without him. I often look back on the decade of my life spent without any dog in my life, how devastated & utterly heart broken I was all that time & I now wish I'd adopted a new Buddy much much sooner. Life isn't life without a dog to share it with. If I could go back in time I'd go rescue a dog right away, not a decade later. Somewhere out there your perfect pup is waiting for you to find him & rescue him from the cold metal kennel he's stuck in. He's just as sad, heart broken & lonely as you are & had been waiting to find you, love you & be loved by you...Anyway, think about it. It really helped me heal more than I could ever describe to you in words. Maybe just go visit the shelters and offer to walk a few pups. Just being around them could help even if you're not yet ready to begin a new journey with a new best friend. I found Ramsey (aka: My Bubby/Mr.Bubbles) on Christmas Eve 2017 and holidays have been so wonderful & joyful again ever since that day. ♥️🐾 Edit: also, my heart goes out to you for the loss of your dog, but also your brother and father. I too lost my brother, very suddenly and unexpectedly. Nothing can prepare you for such grief. Only once you've lost a sibling do you realize that that's the person you spent more time with in life, than any other person on earth. Losing my brother created what feels like an immense black hole in my life, like a huge portion is just gone, missing..That's one of the reasons I wish I'd found a dog again sooner than I did. He would've helped me immensely through that time. I'm glad you had your fur buddy to help you throughout your loss. ~ Wishing you the best in your future endeavors & much healing within your heart ❤️🐾

Good work

❤️ someone is chopping onions ...

Thank you 😊

animal cute

You're precious. 😘

That dog is garbage

I wish hillbillies, self-proclaimed breeding experts, and people too cheap and lazy to fix their animals would stop cranking out dogs and selling them on Craigslist. Guess where the unsold "products" wind up?

u betcha!!

If animals could talk....if they could write, and began a religion, guess who The Devil would be.

AMEN - my heart stays broken due to all the homeless animals in this world - so thankful that Leo was one of the lucky ones who found a loving fur ever home❤

Sincere condolences on Moonshine's passing. Wonderful that you gave her those 1.5 years of love and affection. 🖤

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So sweet you made me cry 😢

What a lovely thing to say❤

Heartwarming that you gave her some good time, and she gave it back to you. Heartbreaking it wasn't, and never is, long enough. Regards from Pennsylvania,

Awww that’s so cute! May I ask, what is a luggage?❤

@@instant_dweeb1396 a puggle is half beagle and half pug.

I love the sounds he makes

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Our puggle changed my life. They are amazing dogs! Enjoy your new puppy!

God bless you for being so kind

I don't care what tradition dictates, the chaining of sled dogs is disgusting. No animal, wild or domestic chooses to live like that. If you're a musher and say you love your dogs, I say bullshit!

@BRUVVAA yeah it’s sad seeing the misinformation around sled dogs and racing greyhounds. Greyhound racing is already dead, and with it the racing greyhound will die out within a decade. Let’s not let the same thing happen to the Alaskan husky

@@Automedon2 dam straight, right on!

My first dog we rescued as a pup and he never knew what to do with toys. Some dogs just don't care about toys!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️bless you!

They're so adorable together 🥰

Yeah he totally struck gold in this lady's house, a loving human and a friend of his own species!

@@rainymornings I know right?

@@chrissigrigsby871 They are 💕

Yes, our supposedly senior dog was with us for 12 solid years. The rescue had thought she was 7 or 8. Our vet figured 4 or 5 maybe (Australian Shepherd/Lab mix). She was also very vocal, like this fellow, which was always fun, as our other dog would do the head tilts like...What are you talking about???

Wonderful to hear about Nellie ~ so glad you found each other and so much love.. & 7 years together, bless her, & you, & the power of love & connection & feeling safe & cherished 😍💖💖

@@antiquegirl6505 yayy, love that when they put their heads at angles to 'listen' better!/ figure out what's being communicated.. wonderful Beings, precious furry friends 😍🤗🐾🤗🥰

@@manyBlessings2all Thank you! 👍😊🐕

19?!!! That’s amazing.

Sounds like she was lazy, and decided that you needed the exercise, more than she did. I can relate, we had one that would want to go further, then would just sit down, and was done! Fortunately he was only 25 pounds. Great memories!

ROFLMBO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yup, she had you trained til the vet exposed her scheme😅😂😊😂

@@fredziffle5219 so true.

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Coach or couch. Well, Leo needed both. A couch to be a potato on and a life coach to learn how to be a dog.

Yes, they do ❤😅

Kallie will teach him how to dog. My older cats also showed the feral kittens I brought home how to be proper cats, perform cat ablutions and how to live in a house. They were great socializers.

Awesome. Glad you have each other.

@@carolg.6838 amazing! 🐶

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armatian 🤗 Great Comment!! That was so very noble, he's🐶 living his life like it's golden!💛💙❤

I really admire the course of approach that you have taken with a 3 legged dog - humans can be far too fickle with their judgement of appearance and sadly if no one is interested in the animal they can be put to sleep - it's wrong and downright cruel.

Me too, when he had those big ol’ ears sticking straight up at the sound of Alexa I wanted to see a front view so bad 🤣

Was it pretty expensive because of medical care?

@@emmalucas5379 Emma, I too have adopted senior dogs and some cost money and some nothing but food and monthly heartworm. When you adopt one from a shelter most have already done a full physical and lab and will advise you of any needs. Just my two cents. But the rewards are endless!!

@@emmalucas5379 They never cost me any more than it would have with a young dog.

I agree. I adopted my own rescue a little over a year ago. She's an absolute ham and I love her so much.

I have adopted or re-homed Senior Cats as I live in a Townhouse estate in a two-bedroom duplex with a small block of land - I love dogs but don't have enough yard space. The cat that I re-homed from Gumtree back in April 2022, was only two year old, so the story goes however, the Vet Nurse at a local vet clinic said that the cat may be older. The Microchip indicated that her date of birth is 1st May 2016, so Peppa the Tortoise Shell cat is actually 6 year old at time of writing. The vet nurse asked if I wanted to keep the cat and my response was 'yes' as we can't blame the cat for second and third hand information passed on by the humans.

They said our cat was at least 10 + when she was taking home from the pet shelter. But that would mean she was put down at 28 years old human life. At which time she was much older frail stiffer not smelling her food or eating or drinking her water too good. I took out my shoelace from my shoes. I enticed her with it only a little either by moving it slowly in front of her or dangling it up a little I can’t remember exactly how but I remember it didn’t rake much before she turned instantly into this little playful flexible excited kitten. It was a miracle to see her transform in a flash. Soon as I stopped playing her body contorted back into an elderly cat again. Never forgot that.

Merry Xmas. I don't understand people buying when so many are there. My mom raised Maltese. It put a strain on our relationship. Some dogs never got out of pen so I'd come home late and let them out. My son's cat of 14yrs just died and I pushed him to go get another at shelter. He's happy again. God bless you and us all.

God bless you!!

Men can't be mama's sorry, but there's no way you missed that, and you can ignore them being called woman, but you shouldn't go along with it, you are respectful enough by not making a fuzz about it, but to lie to yourself is just silly, there's no mama.

This dog turned out not to be a senior. He was five.

Older dogs are worthless as pets, only good for Korean meals. If you're going to adopt a pet and form a relationship with it, make sure you do so with an animal that's only days old, not years. The only thing worse than old rescue animals are the white women who adopt them and won't shut up about it while ordering their vegan burritos at Chipotle.

@@PointsofData yeah but when they decided to take him on they were prepared and opened up for a senior. That is the part of him (and lots others) so many people skipped over. It's really great both these dogs got love from pawrents who have comfortable homes for them.

I read your story and it made me very emotional cause I also rescued a senior and he stayed with me 7.5 years and crossed over this year on thanksgiving day now as heart broken as I am I believe he gave me thanks for saving him on thanksgiving day. I still miss him terribly but like you I gave him the best years of his life. So thank you for sharing

@@sunelias842 oh I feel ffor you. So sorry you lost him. And for sure he showed you all his thanks by passing on on Thanksgiving. So beautiful…. Take care🙏🏻

@@phillipwalker8827 cool it phillip

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