How old is the oldest pet you’ve looked after?
This lovely post just knocked me over ! 68 this year and obviously still a spring chicken!
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I loved this so much that I’ve changed your post into a new topic, hope you don’t mind @Highfive 
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I looked after a German Hovawort A farmyard guard dog who was 16 years old, somewhat deaf, developing cataracts, and suffering from dementia. He no longer enjoyed walks as he couldn’t see properly. Meeting other dogs would have been traumatic as a consequence. All he wanted to do was sit on the balcony and survey what he could of the front gate and monitor the passersby. He probably had bone ache too, as he disliked being groomed but had a thick coat that required attention. He couldn’t decide when outside if he should go inside and when inside if he should go outside.. so we were able to keep the patio type window ajar.
He was so gentle and easy to love.
When I looked up the breed there were lots of compliments.. but life expectancy was 12. He was rescued and it shows what love and great care can do. He still enjoyed his food and his home and companionship.
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We did a sit where one of the cats was 18 years old, blind, deaf and had suspected dementia. She needed to be lifted up and down to the wet food on the kitchen windowsill (out of reach of the dogs), but her teeth must have still been in good shape as she had constant access to a bowl of kibble upstairs. She would meow very, very loudly when she wanted to know where we were!
It was fascinating watching her orient herself to her surroundings when we lifted her down from her food bowl in the kitchen. She would walk in gradually increasing circles until her whiskers made contact with the furniture, then follow it round until she understood where she was. I was a little worried the one day she decided to go out of the cat flap, but she didn’t go far and found her way back in OK, much to our relief.
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I sat a 19 year old long haired chihuahua last spring. Sadly he passed the rainbow bridge.
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