Adopting A Senior Dog
If You’re Thinking of Adopting an Animal, a Senior Dog is a Wonderful Choice
When you choose to adopt an animal, you’re changing its life and your own. From that point onwards, you’ve helped to revive their faith in humans, and you have a loving and faithful pet by your side.
The true value of adopting a dog can never be measured, it is one of the most wonderful and beautiful things you can do for an animal, but adopting a senior dog might be even more special.
Unfortunately, senior dogs are often the last to be rescued from animal shelters and in some cases, this can mean that they’re at risk of possible euthanasia. No animal deserves this fate, so by choosing to adopt a faithful, senior dog, you’re not only welcoming a huge abundance of love, but you’re also saving its life.
There is no better gift.
A senior dog doesn’t have to be a very old dog, and the term ‘senior’ is actually quite broad. Much of this depends on the type of dog, e.g. smaller dogs tend to have longer lives than larger types of dogs, and so a relatively young age could be considered senior in this case. That is certainly something to bear in mind, but it’s also important to remember that age is only a number; nobody has the first clue how long you’re going to have your furry friend in your home and every dog deserves a loving and safe home.
A rescue dog, especially a senior dog, will give you an abundance of love and faithfulness. There is no better addition to your home, and a senior dog also has habits and a personality developed. You don’t have to house train a senior dog, because the chances are they were a pet to someone else beforehand. This means no messy accidents! But that doesn’t mean you can’t teach them or train them either because senior dogs are quite intelligent and can easily pick up new tricks.
Put simply, adopting a senior dog is something you will never regret. You will instantly see their personality and their traits when you visit a shelter and it’s likely that you’ll fall in love on the spot. A senior dog understands love from the moment you lock eyes!
Of course, everyone worries that they may not have the same amount of time with a senior dog than a young dog, but again, nobody knows how long you will have. Speak to the shelter about any known medical conditions the dog has, just so you’re informed and can decide whether or not medical fees will be a problem. For the most part, however, senior dogs can be just as healthy and bounding as young dogs, and they’re simply waiting for a new home to call their own.
