When I picked up Heidi from Basset Rescue in June 2011, they thought she was a year and a half old but wasn't sure. They had rescued her from an animal shelter with no papers, and no idea what her age was. That estimate was from one of their vets during her initial check-up. So I unofficially put her birth date December 2009. In her recent annual check-ups since we have moved, the vets here think she is older than 11 years old. Compared to Stella who turned 11 years old this past summer, Heidi looks at least a couple of years older. Hard to say. I do know she moves slower, a little stiff when she stands after sleeping but can still do the .62 mile walk with Stella. She enjoys sniffing everything as we walk. The camera is never taken on those walks because they are on their own leash and I don't have enough hands to hold a camera. She has always been the perfect house dog. Here she is in the month of September 2020.
Heidi is just so lovable !
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Yes she is. Hard to believe she spent her first year or two in and out of shelters.
DeleteI really like old dogs. Thanks for sharing so many photos of Heidi. She's always one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Russ. I might have to do a post now of all the old dogs I've had with their photos.
DeleteNice to see Heidi being the star tonight. She looks like a really sweet little girl.
ReplyDeleteI wondered one time if she needed to be rehomed to a family with kids and/or being the only dog. I contacted the rescue service I bought her from and asked that question giving them all the details. I had just gotten Stella as the 4th hound in the house, August 2015. They said I had the perfect home for her and not to worry. She is in her own world most of the time but it's a good world.
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