cshenk wrote:

jmcquown wrote:

On 7/3/2020 7:49 PM, cshenk wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

(Snips again)

I finally lost my 25YO cat this past winter. Lost my 2 dogs (ages
14 and 17) last summer. Just time is all.

We adopted Mona and Luko (twin cat ragdolls) from the local SPCA
in late February then sadly Prince (Great Dane) when his owner
died of Covid. We'd been watching Prince for some time on random
days when the owner had to work after he got divorced. Jill
knows the story (grin, unless her reading is as patchy as mine on newsgroups in which case she missed it in RFC).

Yes, I saw the posting and thank you for taking Prince in full time
after his owner died. That's no small task (pardon the pun) since
Great Danes are about the size of a Shetland Pony. :) There is a
couple who live down the street from me who have two Great Danes.

Yeah, he's REALLY big. It's both startling and cool when he reaches
down to put him chin on your shoulder when typo'ing on a newsgroup.
He's just standing there (and of course got lots of pets and ear
rubs).

Anyways, call us crazy but yeah, 2 cats (age 13 or 14) and an
elderly Great Dane (I think he's 11 but would have to check his
papers). Quite old for the breed either way. Average lifespan is
6-10 years.

Thank you for adopting all of them. :)

Jill

The vet wants to dock his ears. I asked why and it's the repeat ear infections that are getting harder and harder to control. It's not
cosmetic in his case. I dunno. I like his happy floppy ones but I
don't want him to have ears that hurt or go deaf like my Aunti Mabel
did.

Carol

BTW, Princes Ears have not been docked. We just clean them carefully a
lot and he's taken to it like 'Mommie Time'.

I checked and he's almost 12 now. We lost Mona (twin ragdoll) 2 months
ago to cancer. Nothing to be done, she'd probably had it a year or so
before we adopted (and we'd have taken her anyway).

So Luko is probably 14 and Prince shows to be almost 12 per his
previous vet (goes same one now) so call him maybe 12 come March 2021?

We had a vet visit today for both. Luko is healthy though still has a
bad heart murmur (born with it) and Prince is in exceptional status for
his age. I was worried because it just seemed 'right' to let him
fatten up a tiny bit for winter but the vet says it was a good call to
add a little fresh meat and fat to his bowl at his age and breed. He's
gained about 17lbs which is very nominal at his size.

What I have learned is never let him get obese. His joints can't take
it. Vet confirmed.

We got 2 'prescriptions' which were for a pet type glucosamine joint
health stuff. Same one for both but different amounts added to the
kibble.

All is well for now...

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