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Originally Posted by Spunky
Wow 17 years is pretty damn good..isn't the life expectancy 12 years or something for dogs?My ex has a rottie who is going through the similar and it's 11.I'm sure the vet will tell you when it's time
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He turned 17 this past Febuary.
As of this month he is the oldest-living dog anyone in my family has had. My sister had a dog up until some time in 2006, a springer spaniel named "Shakespeare", who lived just past 17. They kept him alive a long time past what they probably should have though, he was totally blind, could hardly walk, deaf as a post, but they just couldn't bring themselves to do it. Finally one day he just shut down and they had to take him in for the final needle.
I won't be putting Sully through all that.
I'll take him in when it's time, but not a second before.