brookcove
Posted : 6/28/2009 12:02:37 PM
"Fewer" is a relative term.
I knew a lady who was a fancier and she said every one of her dogs died before they were eight. I just can't imagine that. I met one of her dogs, only five years old and apparently in glowing health. The next year she mentioned that her dog had died that year of cancer.
She adopted a BC from me that was about 18 mos old. It's been eight years and he's still performing at a high level in agility. She's delighted. It's hard to imagine, coming from long lived breeds (including a mastiff/giant breed with an average life span into the teens), to accept the idea that I'd only have maybe six to eight years with my pup.