My doggie is 7....(49 in human years)...and her life expectancy is 14....I pray and hope she will pass before I do...All my other doggies passed at home, except for 2, which had to be put to sleep (medically/old age/disease)....Feel she will be my last doggie....and I could not trust anyone to be good and kind to her in her old age.....Plus, she has never been apart from me, only for 2-3 weeks (hospital/rehab), but I had the boys bring her up to see me 1-2 times a week....
Breaks my heart that people can just throw out a dog/cat because of their old age!....They love us...we're their family....