If there was one thing I could change about dogs, it is their accelerated lifespan. First, you get a puppy and you are like parents. Nurturing, raising, teaching. Couple of years go by, and they are young adults. You become best friends. By the middle age, they are your most trusted companions. And then in a blink of an eye, they are seniors. You are caring for them like aging parents and grandparents. Maybe feeding them in bed, carrying them outside, sitting in the grass with the graying head in your lap, wondering if that’s the last time. In under a decade, the emotional rollercoaster of their lifespan catches up with just a fraction of ours. I’d do anything for my dogs to last my lifetime, and cross into infinity paw in hand. Maybe one day we will have that hope.
-Dr. L