Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

[newsuse]

Mason has posted a new blog on his site...A Pug’s Voice | A pug speaks eloquently, honestly, and freely about the joys and vicissitudes of his life.. If you've a senior pug, this is one entry you shouldn't miss.

[6 Beautiful Pugs]

Awwww.....maybe I'm weird, but I think the senior years are the best. despite incontinence and pills and bad vision and hearing, they are more precious than ever.

Take care,
Lisa

[shaynapug]

I wouldn't have missed one second of all I had to do for my old guys...wish they were still keeping me busy!

[Cheryl7777]

I kind of think the senior years are the human's time to pay back the Puggie for all they have given to them in love, dedication, laughs, and companionship through the years. Well of course they still give all that until the end. There just isn't anything like the love of a Pug. It always baffles me how anyone could desert one because they have grown old.

[lbgrrl]

I love Mason--but lately I am afraid to read his posts, knowing what is coming. He is hilarious and I love how he refers to Lizzie as vacant and idiotic :)

[lbgrrl]

I kind of think the senior years are the human's time to pay back the Puggie for all they have given to them in love, dedication, laughs, and companionship through the years. Well of course they still give all that until the end. There just isn't anything like the love of a Pug. It always baffles me how anyone could desert one because they have grown old.

I lost my very elderly bunny, Phoenix, in December. He was 12--and if you think it is old for a pug, it is positively ancient for a rabbit. He was blind (glaucoma) but full of life until the day he passed. He grew thin and slower but he did love his groceries :) Every day I had with him at the end was a blessing. I cannot imagine abandoning my elderly pet--that is when they need you the most. You are so right, that is when you pay them back for everything they have given you--you dont dump them at a shelter because they aren't as "fun" anymore. How pathetic a person must be to do that.

[CSollers]

I wouldn't have missed one second of all I had to do for my old guys...wish they were still keeping me busy!

I feel for you.

[CSollers]

I would no more give up one of my Pugs due to age than I would my Mother. People that do this have something missing in their psyche or heart or whatever you'd want to call it!

[Tinker's mom]

It's all a matter of respect for life, be it human or animal.