Senior Dogs
I am of the opinion that dogs are a gift that humanity simply does not deserve. While there are some dog breeds I have mixed feelings about, I’ve come to accept that you can’t judge an entire breed based on one bad experience with a dog—Wow, kind of like people that way! Sorry, I just had to—Almost everyone gushes over puppies, but I want to give tribute to the seniors in our lives. I have two dogs, a Boxer and a Shih-Tzu, Leyna and Lilly—and no, I’m not sure what our obsession with names beginning in L is—. I’m not going to lie, they are really old; Leyna is the ripe old age of 11 ½ while Lilly is quickly approaching 17. They have been a part of my life and my family for almost as long as I can remember. They don’t play much anymore and they don’t get around as well as they used to. They have the typical health problems that come with old age and then some. Almost two years ago Leyna, the Boxer, was diagnosed with cancer and we had to get her leg amputated to stop it from sp...