We decided today to start making Mondays "Old Fart Day". We have four older dogs, ranging in age from around 11 years to 15 years. They can't always keep up so well with the younger dogs, so we thought they'd like it more if we took just the four of them out for shorter, slower runs with the bikes. All of them are in pretty good shape for their ages, with a bit of arthritis in a couple and some hearing and vision loss, but nothing to keep them from enjoying a good romp in the woods. Its amazing what good diets and lots of exercise will do for the health of senior sleddogs. Our dogs are fed high protien, high fat kibble, with fresh meat added in the fall and winter months.
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This is Nehi-the oldest at 15 years. Blurry because she's
movin right along. She's fully retired. |
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| Foreground to background:Nehi, Stimpy, Truk, and Tama. |
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Truk-he's about 13 years. In great shape-ran in harness
last winter,might retire this year. We'll see. |
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Tama-he's Truk's brother. Retired last fall, he has arthritis
in his hips, but does well loose running. |
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Stimpy's the white dog-hard to get a good pic of him. He's about
11 years at our best guess. We got him from another kennel 8 or so years
ago-not sure of his age, but he was still running lead alot last season.
Very focused dog, was the best we had for a long time. |
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| A happy old lady at the end of a run. |
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