Spotlight your Seniors!

[Brightelf]

Do you share your life and love with a senior? GSD or mixed-breed? Let's honor those seniors here, and give everyone a chance to appreciate and get to know them better. Lady Jane? Chama? Shadow? Zamboni? We'd love to hear about the seniors on the board!

What is your senior's personality like? How did you acquire your senior dog? What is his/her best qualities? What surprising quirks has your senior got? This is a brag zone!

How are you managing the health of your senior? Some folks may be unaware of available good treatments and supplements that we can share here.

How are you holding up and dealing with things regarding your dog's health and aging? What brings you special strength and comfort in dealing with meeting the health challenges? Got coping advice for dealing with the stress of caring for a senior?

Got a funny story about your senior to share?

Thanks for spotlighting these super seniors, be they GSDs or mixed-breeds!

Let's meet those seniors!

[Cathygirl]

This is Jessie.
She turned 11 on January 26th and we have had her since she was 8 weeks old. She is a very, very gentle girl. She loves everybody she meets. Loves our kitty Sammy and loves her brothers.
Jessie is a model for good health. She has never been to the vet for any illness at all, only regular check ups. She can pretty much eat any food and nothing bothers her. I have only recently seen some changes in her. Her eyes are starting to cloud and once in a very great while she gets up a little slower than usual. But when we go for a walk back in our field she runs around like a little puppy and runs circles around the boys.
Here is my baby girl. May we have many more years with her.



Yesterday, playing in our creek with her brothers


Giving her daily kisses


And one of her that I really like, she was 10 in this picture

[Brightelf]

Oh, Cathy! Jessie is just stunning! What a regal girl with a gorgeous, eye-catching coat, and gentle, warmhearted eyes she has. Thank you for sharing Jessie and her gentle nature with us! May she continue to do so super!

[LJsMom]

Lady Jane Cobb is 13 years, 4 months old. We've had her for 3 years. She sees a chiropractor every 6 weeks and had been doing really well until Vestibular Disease struck a few weeks ago. She is much, much better but her rear is wobbly. We started Adequan injections last Friday.

Here she is snoozing:



Steel is 9 years, 8 months old. We've had him a little over a year. He is super sweet - the best behaved husky I've had. He never does bad things. He still has Lyme Disease. I'm very worried about my boy.

Here is Steel looking petrified of LJ, and LJ looking annoyed:

[Brightelf]

We know already that I'm a Lady Jane Cobb fan! Such a lovely girl she is. I really hope the Adequan makes a difference for her. She is such a beauty! My gosh, handsome Steel-- a well-behaved Husky! I wonder if LJ keeps him in line? Thank you for sharing about Lady Jane and Steel. What sweethearts they are!

[LJsMom]

Thank you Patti. LJ does keep him line. When he ticks her off, she mounts him. He immediately falls to the ground and rolls on his back. He loves to leap over her when she squats for a pee.

[Fee]

What a great idea Patti and thank you for allowing mix breeds

Jessie is too cute, especially the one giving kisses. She looks great for her age. Unfortunately I cannot see LJ's and Steel's pic

This is Ginger. She is now 15. Her happy-gotcha day is June 7. We hope she still will be with us. A stroke last year has diminished her eye sight and hearing but she aged well. She gets a bit confused upon awakening but still can run, goes to work with my husband every day and LOVES her dog cookies and begs for them She is still raw fed and barely ever was sick in her life. In her younger days she was an agility, ski-joring/sledding dog. She was so agile and fast, too smart for her own good, very loving but she can also be very stubborn at times LOL I believe she safed my life twice. She was a stray and most likely abused and she has been with us since puppyhood.

[LJsMom]

Oh Fee, Ginger is beautiful! 15!!! You have given me hope!

[Brightelf]

Ohhhhhh there she is!! GINGER!! She has the dearest, sweetest expression-- all precious eyes and lovey-face! 15 is so super for an age, and it really sounds like she feels GOOD! What a family member she really is.. you can see it in the pics how well-loved these seniors are!

Joanne, my last GSD lived until 15.5. I had surgery done on his elbow (a wound healed open), and he got pneumonia following the surgery. Who knows, he may have lived longer had he not had the surg?

I love seeing these adorable seniors!

[Fee]

Thank you Joanne! Ginger actually loves having her pic. taken Unfortunately your pic. won't upload on my computer I so love seeing senior pic.! I will keep my fingers crossed for LJ and Steel! My friend had used Adequan shot on her GSD and it did wonders. From being imobile to running around like crazy again in a few weeks. He was a lucky dog. Ginger is a Husky/Collie Mix and I found that Huskies really age well so I hope Steel will be O.k.!

Patti, that is amazing that your GSD lived to 15.5 yrs. What was his name? Our GSD's grandmom lived to 15 too and her parents, aunts and uncles all until 14 to 14.5 which is really great. So we are hoping.

Off to walk the beasts. Ginger might be carried for a few minutes as she tires, trying to keep up with our high drive monster. Wishing everyone lots more time with their special seniors!! They are the best!