The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154445 Message #3823324
Posted By: Ebbie
28-Nov-16 - 03:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Our Amazing Dogs
Subject: RE: BS: Our Amazing Dogs
keberoxu, I used to take old/unadoptable dogs just to give them a happy ending. Worked and I loved each of them However, just about the time I thought I couldn't bear the pain of the inevitable loss again- usually within a year - I got an unadoptable youngish dog, a Cairn terrier just four years old. What made her unadoptable was that she had a congenital, inoperable condition where part of her liver had migrated through a hole in her chest wall. At age 9, that is where her cancer began- but oh, I had five good years with her.
These animals - dogs and cats - were all adopted through the local humane society. Interestingly, even though the normal cost of adoption through them is just under 100 dollars, I have not been charged anything for any of them. Good policy.
Just maybe that fact inspires other people to adopt older animals.