Seeing Beauty in {This Golden Moment} is a once a month Friday post, inspired by
See Beautiful
According to Confucius,”Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
I am 10 years old and I am a Senior Dog.
November is National Adopt a Senior Pet Month.
Many shelters and rescue groups have Senior Dogs. Senior Dogs lost their homes for many different reasons. Currently the main reason is economic hardship. Many families can’t take care and have to give up their Senior Dog. It’s harder for a Senior Dog to get adopted because of their age.
What exactly is a Senior Dog? Dogs that are 7/8 years old and up.
At one of our dog events a family of 4 took photos and petted me.The little boy said to his father, “Dad, she is an old dog.”
The father responded, “Yes, a sweet likable old dog.”
Absolutely, a Senior Dog is likable. A Senior Dog possess unique physical and inner Beauty.
4 Beautiful Reasons To Adopt a Senior Dog
1. A Senior Dog is GOOD in Giving LOVE. Forever grateful in having a second home for living whatever time is left.
2. Great Companion. Have a mellow personality and does not demand much. Enjoys living just hanging out.
3. Have been socialized so will settle easily.
4. Most senior dog are house trained (some senior dog may temporarily forget due to confusion being in a shelter/rescue.)
Adopting/fostering a Senior Dog is a future plan of my mom.
When adopting a Senior Dog, our bloggie friend Kim of Life at the Golden Pines comes to mind. Kim has adopted/fostered many many many Senior Goldens. Kim has such Golden Goodness in her heart by providing these Senior Goldens a precious remaining life of happiness. Age should not matter when adopting a dog, COMPASSION and Importance for LIFE are what counts.
“Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog.” -Sydney Jeanne Seward
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It’s an inspiring site particularly for women to see the beauty they possess and empower all to see the beauty in the world. The owner, Lydia, owns 2 dogs, Lilly and Buddy. Click Here to visit See Beautiful blog. Also, visit See Beautiful Products where a portion of every sale is donated to a non-profit organization.
Oh Sugar…we just think you are beautiful…senior or not!! Ms. Lydia from See Beautiful is awesome!!
We totally agree that seniors are great!!! Everybody should adopt a senior dog!!
xoxo Chloe and LadyBug
ps: Happy Friday Sugar!!
Sugar..you are beautiful!
Fostering a senior dog is wonderful..such a fantastic and rewarding thing to do.
Have a great weekend
Big Nose Pokes
The Thugletsx
Definitely, you are BEAUTIFUL! Well written post about seniors dog. They are great!
Have a Golden weekend.
Love, Thor and Jack
My Mom says, old guys and gals are REAL!
Lovies, Miss Mindy
I've got my Senior dog laying with his head in my lap right now. Old Gold is best!
Sam
Senior and SUPERB, we say!
The Road Dogs
SIGH… What a WONDERFUL POST..
Speakin of Wonderful.. I thought your Duck Tape Collar was soooo grrrreat that I Posted about it today.. even though you were on the Road Dogs blog the other day.. You look sooooo grrreat in it!!!
Thanks for a lovely post, Sugar. We agree senior animals are wonderful. It's heartbreaking to think of senior animals homeless and in shelters.
Your pal, Pip
Beautiful post, Sugar!
Stewey
Senior dogs are wonder our senior recently passed away at 15. she looked just like you Sugar.
♥♥ Blogger Kate ♥♥
Oh sugar, you are adorable.
Your mom loves you like we love our 9 year old senior dog. We think of her first before we think of ourselves.
Have a terrific day and weekend Sugar. My best to your mom. 🙂
We love our senior pup 🙂
Stop on by for a visit
Kari
https://dogisgodinreverse.com/
Our golden girl Lindy isn't quite a senior yet, but her muzzle is beginning to turn white. She already sleeps like a senior, but still plays like a pup and runs like a retriever sometimes.
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel
We've got lots of seniors here! Seniors rock!!!
The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie
Amen to Seniors! Sniffs, The HoundDogs
hey Sugar,
My human is crying at your touching post. She worked at an animal shelter and saw how the senior dogs constantly got overlooked. It was heart wrenching. So your words really hit her. Thank you for posting about this important, often overlooked, issue.
And Sugar, we both agree that every time we see you we are seeing beauty! <3
Suka
Beautiful post, Sugar.
XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & Bella
This is a beautiful post Sugar! My Roxanne will be a senior in a couple of years. She hopes she will look as good as you Sugar!
Have a fabulous Friday!
You ARE beautiful, Sugar…just like your post today!!
That was a wonderful post. Let's hear it for senior dogs. I, too, am a senior dog even though I am only 6 1/2. But I guess mastiffs just wear out faster than little dogs like you.
Slobbers,
Mango
Sugar what an absolutely beautiful post…I'll be 10 in March 2012…you and are are two lucky senior ladies for sure.
Hugs from you BFFF,
Madi
those are good reason to adopt a senior
Benny & Lily
Khousin Merdie gives woo a GOLDEN tail up!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Sweet Miss Sugar, our mom has said often that her days of raising puppies are over. She'll leave the puppies to her sons and their families because her goal will be to adopt seniors of both the canine and feline PURRsuasion when rooms at our 'inn' become open for occupancy.
Seniors Rock! My furry sister, Nala is a senior (she'll be 13 next week!)
Yay for Kim for fostering so many seniors!
Woofs & hugs, <3
~Bailey (Yep, I'm a girl!)
Beautiful post!! Plus I love that quotation accompanied by your sweet face. Golden woofs right back at you!
You are sure a handsome senior Sugar. I think people who are able to adopt senior pets are very special.
I have four senior dogs now and two senior kitties. I love all stages of dog and cat ages and have adopted two senior dogs (Bingo R.I.P at age eleven, he lived 3 years, and Zira at age 9). I plan for my next dog or cat to be a youngster but I am sure I will adopt a senior again in the future. It is also such a blessing to share a life with a pet from babyhood to senior years.
Sugar, you are gorgeous!
What a wonderful post and I hope people will adopt some of the senior dogs!
A lovely post and great photo, beautiful Sugar=you certainly don't look like a senior, sweetie…Happy weekend, precious friend…kisses…Calle, Halle, Sukki
Beautiful post – I can attest to the life changing joy of adopting a senior dog.
Looking good Sugar
Sugar,
You are beootiful my furiend! 🙂
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae
You got that right, Sugar. But I have to say that an old dog is a sweet LOVABLE dog.
Sugar, you inspire us to see beautiful all the time. Every time we get to send one of the See Beautiful tags you and your mom inspired we are honored to be in such good company.
You ALWAYS inspire. Always.
Sugar and Mom—I missed this post because I was out of town, and am so glad that you mentioned it. Because on a day like today when I’m worried about our senior boys Bubba and new boy Jake, you’ve touched my heart with this post by reminding me of some of the things that I love about senior dogs. Even though for some, our time with them has been as short as a few days, I have never once looked back and regretted bringing a single senior into our home– While they break my heart when they leave us, I know I would do it all over again!! Senior dogs are the true gems!!
PS: My review for the book will be on Thursday—I hope you’ll stop by my blog if you get a minute.