We had what I think about a milestone birthday this previous week. Todd turned 12 years previous. Twelve. I can not imagine it. How can my pet be 12 years previous?
At 12 years previous, Todd nonetheless takes life significantly. Age hasn’t modified him an excessive amount of, he is simply as proud, courageous, impartial and opinionated as he is at all times been. He’s in spite of everything, a Scottish Terrier.
Nevertheless, being a Scottie, Todd is by nature, reserved, and a bit aloof in the direction of strangers. However he has gotten higher over the previous couple of years – The final month he is principally accepted the brand new canine walker who has adopted the recommendation to win him over with numerous treats.
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| ~Notes left by our dogwalker~ |
However that apart, Todd continues to be energetic and playful and loves a enjoyable sport of ball. And I’ve to suppose he’d not approve of my telling you that in our one on one moments, he’s mild and affectionate, and he actually loves a very good therapeutic massage. He’ll (generally) tolerate my affection, of ‘permitting’ a kiss on his head – He clearly objected to that even 2 years in the past.
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One thing so ‘un-Scottie’ Todd additionally would not need instructed is that the age of 12 has mellowed him a tiny bit. For instance within the mornings he is not at all times in a rush to leap out of bed and get the day began. He is sleeping extra when outdoors in his favourite spot, however nonetheless enjoys sitting and watching the world go by.
It is thought by some that 12 years previous for a Golden Retriever is a milestone birthday. By their reaching that age, it is a sign that there’s a probability that they’re going to stay to be 14. For Scotties, it is mentioned to be the identical factor. However I am attempting not take into consideration me and Todd having extra days behind us than in entrance.
Nevertheless, I’m apprehensive and anxious in regards to the persevering with concern we’re having together with his clogged sinuses. We have invested in air-purifiers for our home, and now we have an appointment with an allergist on the finish of Could – their soonest appointment. So, we’ll simply take every day because it comes, and hope we’ll have the ability to determine all of it out so there are a lot to get pleasure from with Todd, our most unusual and excessive spirited character at Golden Pines.
Blissful twelfth Birthday Todd!
**That is the place I add that I take the identical photograph of Todd yearly – With the identical hat, a cookie, in a chair on the desk. In some unspecified time in the future, I am going to make a collage of all of them. ❤
