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World's oldest dog passed away - 10/3/2009 4:24:37 PM
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fiery
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At the ripe old age of 21 last month. That's round about 120 in human years. I hope mine live that long. I've never had a pet as long as I've had my girl dog and she's about 7 now. I was surprised to learn smaller dogs tend to live longer.
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“The most short-lived breeds are giant breeds. They tend to live to be 6 or 8 years old,” says John Berg, a veterinarian and professor in the department of clinical sciences at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Grafton, Mass. “Large breeds like shepherds, Labs, goldens probably live 10 to 13 years and the medium and small breeds 12 to 14 years. Mixed breeds in general tend to live a little bit longer than pure breeds.”
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RE: World's oldest dog passed away - 10/3/2009 5:31:14 PM
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ChristineB
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Yes I think smaller dogs have less pressure on organs and what not ...although you would think it would all be relative. My dog, all 145 pounds of him is ten....I worry all the time. He's my bestest buddy!
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RE: World's oldest dog passed away - 10/4/2009 2:34:05 PM
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fiery
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You would think it would be relative, yep. My neighbor has five chihuahuas and I keep expecting them to keel over one day because they are so hyper! You can't go out in the yard without them all dashing to the fence and snarling and throwing themselves against it like maniacs as if they were ten feet tall LOL. Then they take a closer look and think "oh, it's her" and wander off again. I made the mistake of trying to pet them once and got nipped.
You'd think they'd be a bit more grateful. We took them in during the ice storm for a couple of nights, the wee monsters LOL. Sounds like they'll be around awhile yet.
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RE: World's oldest dog passed away - 10/5/2009 9:48:44 AM
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ChristineB
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lol, my folks have a mini Chihuahua and he too is very yappy and nippy. He only loves my Mom and doesn't let anyone near the house. They are having a new roof put on and I can't believe the little terror hasn't found a way to get up there and bite all the roof workers!
My dog would never bite anyone. Well, he actually has but it was someone who was threatening me so it was ok...I'm pretty sure he would die for me. He is the most loyal dog ever, in the world!!
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RE: World's oldest dog passed away - 10/8/2009 1:04:38 PM
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fiery
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Did I ever tell you about my Siamese cat? It cornered an electrician I had fitting a new stove for me and had the poor guy backed into the wall yelling for me to take it away LOL. How embarrassing. I worked beside him and never knew the cat would do something like that. Apparently they are more like guard dogs than cats.
I've never seen either of my dogs behave aggressively but I think they would do the same thing if they thought any of us were threatened.
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