SENIOR SUNDAY! Our friends at @susiesseniordogs kindly encourage you to consider bringing home a senior dog as your next family member! "Four years ago, my husband Kevin and I agreed to foster Sassy, though we agreed not to keep her: We already had a dog and a cat and didn’t intend to add another member to our family. We had good intentions to find her a great home! I tried to steel my heart against falling in love with her, but I failed miserably – she had the sweetest temperament, the most comical round body, and the funniest pig-like snorting noises – and we officially adopted her around her three-month anniversary with us. Sassy came from a home where she wasn’t abused, but perhaps a little neglected. She was overweight and had fluid in her lungs and joint pain when we got her and could barely walk a quarter mile. We slowly increased the distance that we took Sassy, always bringing plenty of water, and we put her on glucosamine for her joint pain. She’s down from 36 pounds to 28, and now she can easily walk a couple of miles – at 14, she even goes on hikes with us! – and LOVES it. One of the reasons Sassy’s family turned her back in to the shelter was that she reportedly didn’t get along with their new baby. Almost three years after adopting Sassy, we got pregnant, and ten months ago we welcomed Max to our family. We’re always cautious, but Sassy has been nothing but kind and gentle to him. She goes along for the ride when Kevin drops Max off at daycare, and sometimes she and Max are caught taking naps together in the back seat (both safely seat-belted in, of course). I used to think that adopting a senior dog would be too sad, that I’d have too little time with them, but now I see it differently. In his novel Remains of the Day, Kashuo Ishiguro writes that "evening’s the best part of the day," and I think this is true for Sassy. The evening of her life, is spent in a happy home with plenty of sunshine and treats and walks and as much love as she could ever ask for. And I think it’s a privilege and a gift that we are the ones that get to give that to her. -Becky and Kevin"

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