True. Have you done that?

I did but with a cat

I've adopted seven senior dogs since 2015.

@Rebecca Kennedy I've been rescuing dogs age 12 and up and had three to five dogs at a time. Vet bills were as high as $3000 two of the years. Other years haven't been near as high. I've paid for things that weren't an absolute necessity such as cherry eye removal and teeth extraction. My boxer had chronic diarrhea and cancer. Rott mix had horrible arthritis. RimadyI was expensive. I took her to pool sessions. She was the hardest to deal with. Two more developed lung cancer. My current three are good so far. Hardest part is falling in love with them and then losing them in three years or less. I have no regrets. I gave them all a very loving home and a good life in their final days. They deserved it. I don't make a lot of money. I can afford this because I don't have cable or home internet, I have a cheap cellphone plan, rarely eat out, and drive a twenty year old car. I don't give the dogs heartworm meds during the winter months and I clean their teeth myself with a doggie dental scraper. I also do deworming myself with Dogworms 3 from 1800PetMeds or Quad Dewormer. The only vaccine I do is rabies, except for Rott mix who had to have all vaccines for pool sessions.

@@everythingmatters6308 you are very good human

Perfect Human Being, too!

I'd also like a house full of dogs! Best company you can have! After my baby goes, Id like to do more and have lots!

Right just a sweet heart of a lady!

I know she's lovely and I'm sure he's a perfect fit to her family, I love stories and ppl like this it makes you feel like maybe, the world can be a better also loving place for us and animals.

You will be with that wonderful attitude. I’m 68, fit and energetic and going to look at another rescue in two days..a young German Shepherd! It’s all about attitude and the love of dogs.

My favorite part is when she says"It was was so worth it--because now you're my boy."

I can’t believe how many more toys she bought him - spoilt rotten - but he deserves it.

"Failure" is tongue-in-cheek. It's a joke. No one actually considers it a "failure."

Well said Mz Lee 👍

All animals live in the nòw moment, yes we learn a lot from them. What a beautiful boy he's so happy, he finally will, let's be realistic and use common sense, cross the 🌈bridge as a happy housepet. Wonderful second change for this old senior. :-)

well, he still looks like a puppy. almost cried 🥺

That's how I got my ivy too...love rescue dogs

@@tiggerthecat5525 I think from memory he didn't ever have a good family.

I teared up when she said that. You just knew she would adopt him

let them out in wild all animals

@@DakhniURDU What🤔

Stonewall18 God All this is for human pleasure let them in wild and let us stay out

@@DakhniURDU The dog is a pet not a wild animal. I've blocked your replies now because you're just being stupid. Bye

Never had a real "puppyhood" so he's making up for lost time

He don’t look 19 at all

@@colinquinn7516 lost my good boi to cancer too. my aunt has a new good boi who’s 1 and a half. he is, indeed, a good boi

@@colinquinn7516 I'm so sorry! Cancer sucks completely. But 12 years is still really special. I'm sure your pug is still watching over you ❤️

My Uncle had a Husky/ German Shepherd that lived 19+ years and never slowed down until the end. He was a farm dog that lived with my Uncle, his wife and their 5 children. My Grandmother had the farm next door. "King" was a fixture on the farm from when I was 3 until 2 years after I got out of the Navy. I thought the dog would live forever. I hope my German Shepherd that I got from Germany (where else?) will have that length span! He will be 7 in February and is with me 20 hours a day. Even though he was a puppy, I have adopted 9 dogs in my life and the next time I get a dog it will be an adoption. Those shelter dogs are great to give a home to. My dogs always sleep on the bed with me outside the covers and there is nothing like a dog brought home from a shelter. The joy they show you once they realize they have a home is indescribable!

In a way, he is, You'll understand when lockdown is over.

Well said

It’s because of joint issues, they are too flexible, you can see it when he walks

I thought it was maybe cause if his vision. Like when you step extra high in case you miss

@@iwatchkittenvids45 I have a blind husky...blind dogs usually check their step way before stepping.

@@IvyTheBlindHusky oh, that's what I thought he was trying to do

The royal giant GAMER he would have been just fine. she didn't have him for long and he seemed to adjust well.

The little guy ( royal giant gamer ) Seems to know more about dogs than the older guy here in the comment... This dog needed his last resting place and this was the perfect place for him no more stress and drama . Thanks for this beautiful lovley lady a beautiful soul ❤

Thank you I agree I thought moving him again after all he had been though would be even more stress and confusion at his old age

Nadja since i rescue 10-15 dogs a year and find them homes, many of them older dogs, i have a lot of experience with evaluating how thry do. while it is true for some of them that putting them in another home would be teaumatic, if is not the case with this dog. it depends on their personalities. one of us knows more about this, the other one is you.

@@louiscyfer6944 i worked with dogs more than 40 years so .. that you helping dogs "good boy " you should be more like a dog it self with out ego .. would made you a nicer person .. and i agree dogs can move on easely... but this dogs needed that house and his new mom and friends at that moment .. why .. do you put a old grandad over an over to a new house .. no .. why ...they dont like that they will get confused . because after a long life they want a place for peace and a bit of love .. so i hope you will help many more dogs thats great and i do respect that but please try to see my opinion on this dog aswell ..

@biscaya08, my thoughts exactly. He's such a puppy spirit. Everything from the way he plays with his toys and that cute curious puppy faces he makes to the way he prances! Such a noble baby. Senior pups are something really special.

That's how I rescued my ivy too ❤

@@JoseVargas-mn9zj I will agree that senior pups are the best because when my old black lab husky mix Basil was still around he would try to chase after squrriels. It broke our hearts to see him in so much as he got older. He now running free chasing after squrriels up in heaven. I know that he's doing ok now.

This dog could live another 5 or 6 yrs. The oldest dog just died at 27.

@@catrinahartz944 my old border collie mix Wilbur liked to be 18. But I do agree Ace does act more puppy then an elderly man. Instead Ace lives everyday with a prance at being alive in a home with a lady who saved his life and bailed him out of the shelter. Shelters says that the shelter isn't the right place for puppies it is 100% not a good place for an elderly dog. The perfect for an elderly dog is in a house with a lap of their human to lay on despite them not being a lap dog.

He now lives at a nonprofit animal rescue called lucky ones ranch

@@ninac5949 *NO WAAAAYYYY* You are lying for effect. Like saying people are dead.

@@OfficialMyxomatosis no. Look it up on Facebook

@@ninac5949 I wish I could. KZfaq is my only social media. I ditched Facebook when my dad died 16 years ago.

@@ninac5949 Found a 3 year old article from the Animal Rescue Site. The update says he is adopted.

Ha! I noticed that too! The world needs more people like her.

@@JennaLeigh I have two cat foster fails. So I'm 2 for 6.

@@AmandaKay Sounds like a good percentage to me!! Over my foster history, I've had 1 doggo of 5, 1 kitty of 7, and 2 ferrets.....of 2.😁😁

@@JennaLeigh I think my percentage will go up this spring. I cannot keep any more!!! My rescue dog is 15, blind and diabetic. I spend more than $200/ mo on his insulin. And we found out the first cat I kept (he's almost 2 now) has rare congenital hip dysplasia. So surgery in his future. I'll still foster, but tapped out for keepers, unfortunately.

4 foster fails here! chihuahua mixes😁

I don't know how to human 🤔😂

He is not 19 and that's obvious. I once adopted a dog, was told she's 2yo, and then found her owner and he said to me she's 10...

And as everybody can clearly see this dog has some schnauzer blood that's why he turned white so fast

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B. Gauthier a 19 yr old dog that size is older than Yoda.. I’ve had dogs my whole life, a senior dog can be 9 or 10 yrs old. I just don’t believe 19. He’s obviously a senior, but not 19

@Mycel there were wild fires in California. His owners may not have left him.

@@lucreziavilante5993 in the beginning of the video it says Ace was dropped off at the shelter then because of the wildfires he was transferred 150 miles away to the SCPA which is where this woman got him from and began to foster him. So his family left him.

@@brooklyn_716 oh, ok. I see... poor little guy.

@@lucreziavilante5993 so sad right, but at least a happy ending for him, since she adopted him in the end 😊

@Thora Friganza He was dumped at the shelter by his family. They say it at the beginning of the video.

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"Foster failure" is a joking term for when you foster an animal and get very attached to it, so you end up adopting it yourself. It's a good thing.

Ya, I'm a crier! Just can't help it!

I hope my ivy girl lives that long too

Ace is a young soul, trapped in an old body. I have never in my life seen a dog get to that age and have so much energy (making it 19 is rather rare for most dogs anyway).

@@Hathur well said ❤

Strange to find you here

Pupper I’m a spicy opinion poster and a person with a love for all live. Especially animals and the kind souls that care for them.

He's a year older than me..

Yeah he’s been in that shelter a long time. I hope they take good care of him ✌️

he's 9 years older than me

slipshodpluto Damn you got a long road ahead of you man 👨. Do what you like regardless of what people says.✌️

Yup

This was so well written! 😩🙌

Amen! I just adopted an 11.5 year old Chihuahua. They told me she was 9. Turns out she needs seizure medication. At first, I was like, "Oh, no... what have a gotten myself into." Anyhow, she is the most loving, affectionate little chi I've ever met. I needed her more than she needed me to heal from my 12 year old chi I lost in November. Sometimes these senior pets pick you because they just KNOW. Even though the new pup needs meds, I wouldn't trade her affection for the world. She can spend her Golden years with me. Love this. 💕🐕🐶💐

@@ceecee8757 so, so we'll stated!! And big, huge ups to you for adopting a senior. I've adopted two senior cats in my past, 14-year-old Clide and 8-year-old Henry. They are no longer with us sadly. Clide passed from cancer at about 16 and 1/2 years old, and we adopted Henry in Clide's memory and honor because Clide was also a diabetic, and Henry's family was going to euthanize him when he was diagnosed with diabetes. Honestly, neither of the families that gave those cats up to the shelter deserved them, but in a way I thank them because I was the absolute beneficiary.

Beautiful fur baby you got there

I adopted my dog when he was 8. Today he is 12 years old and he loves his long daily walks. Adopt don't shop is my motto.

@@barbibutton9619 Thank you!!

@@lucyhanna5172 Congratulations! 🎂🎂 That's a good motto to live by.

I used to think my pupper was going to continue to be energetic and active for so much longer but now at 14 he's really slowed down. He developed hip dysplasia at around 8 or so but it didn't really effect him much. Unfortunately after developing a condition where's she's slowly losing feeling in his hind legs and after two bouts of Old Dog Syndrome I had to come to terms with the fact that he might not make it to 16 as I had hoped/expected. It's taken a lot of work for his body to adjust to the changes and for us to figure out how to best help him but right now we've got the hang of it. We lift his waist for him if he needs up stairs and we've built a grippy ramp for him outside. He's more prone to accidentally poop indoors or in inconvenient places but we have tile floor so it's a minor annoyance. We give him much shorter walks now and we put booties on his hind paws because he can drag them and they'll bleed and we use a strap to give him additional stability in his hips. Before he could walk around the entire village in rain or snow.

He was surrendered at 19 years of age. Who could surrender a 19yr old dog? Its heartbreaking

Hello Hi he had a home for 19 years

Ashley Nicole 💯agree with you!

@@ashleynicole3499: Hell yeah 😖, why should you do that. I really don't understand people sometimes 😔

@Smileyrie James: That's possible, but little more explanation in the video, would be better. So at least why.

i think he was well treated before. he is in amazing health for 19years!! His temperament is great and he is well balanced. this dog was probably let go by elderly person or some other reason they could no longer care for him. I know someone who has to give up their dog due to work/living arrangements, it happens and its no ones fault. its better thn letting them lose to fend for themselves as many do

I thought only small dogs lived that long. That’s truly amazing.

So cute 😊. I have a lil Pomeranian dog 🐕. I share videos of her

You obviously didn't watch the video

I'm uh, just quoting his (foster) mom from the beginning of the video, fella 😅 how you know she was hoping he'd get adopted until she ended up falling in love with him and keeping him for herself?

She adpoted him, lovely woman God bless them.

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Your comment melted my heart

@@sirhoodie7961 daww, you're sweet! I'm a sucker for sweet furbabies!

I always like to start my day with Dodo♥️

One of the best animal channel on KZfaq

Sure is

I agree

A manly man with a soft ❤️ May God bless you!

Being able to feel and express emotion is a sign of an evolved man!

CRY CRY CRY, DARE TO CRY ❤️

Me too!! 😢😮😖😭

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Me too 🥰

The lady that adopted the dog?