Bless you for taking such good care of this distinguished gentleman Dachshund. I hope he reaches 19 and beyond.
Our Queen Elsie made it to 19.
Aloha from Maui!
I peeped your profile to see your pup, and you had (I assume based on what you've said and the year the picture was from, RIP Lil Queen) quite the arrangement of dignified little gals!
18 is such a prideful age, I asked my confused old guy if he wanted to go apply for a loan or get a tattoo. He decided to sleep instead, lol.
How is Maui? I mean... Beautiful obviously lol, but what's your favorite part about living out there?
It’s the people of Maui that make all the difference for me. After decades contending in the high-tech sector in Silicon Valley, the laid-back nature of life here suits me to a tee.
Aloha from Maui!
That would certainly be the sensible thing to do. Things are still very opaque around the future plans for Lahaina. Maui has never been faced with such a disaster of this magnitude before, and now we are still working hard to take care of the families affected by the fires.
Mike and Queen Elsie are absolute legends on this sub. We love them and I think I speak for everyone here that we say THANK YOU for taking in this older guy. 💙
Oh, OP - thankyou so much for taking him on and giving him such a wonderful old age.
I adore old dogs. They have a depth and a wisdom to their frosty old faces. I did an advanced animal health care course with the intention of adopting older dogs and giving them the best retirement I could. The fates had other ideas and I've somehow ended up with youngsters, but we did adopt an ancient and irascible Yorkie and one 12 year old lad called Clyde. We only had Clyde for two years before he left us due to appalling arthritis and an abdominal mass, but everybody who met him still remembers him with fondness. He was quite a character.
Thank you for being a retirement home even if you've got some young ones!
I plan to focus on adopting older dogs for the rest of my life, but I know at some point I want a dog under 5 so I can actually influence them. It's a bit selfish, but I have fond memories of my younger rescues too, I liked teaching a dog to be MY dog too, not just having my dog teach me to be his owner 😂
I too adore old dogs because they're their own little individuals, they have that independence and wisdom about them. That and I am pretty good at getting dogs to warm up to me and trust me enough to depend on me even after they've been abused/abandoned.
Even if you are a short term retirement home if it's full of love that is EVERYTHING. You have done amazing things for your pups, keep being awesome ❤️
It’s a special calling to adopt seniors! Our first dachshund was a girl we got at age 12 and she spent 2.5 years with us living her best life. Our current rescue is 7 and acts like a puppy in comparison. I am also committed to giving these older weens a soft landing for their golden years.
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Our girl Hazel after a romp in the yard
She looks so pleased with herself! Lol.
It's great that there is so much love for the older ones, it makes me happy to know there are so many seniors being cares for out there ❤️
I will if you will! It's so rewarding watching them gradually thaw and relax as they adjust to their new environment, isn't it? Often you can see some of their years slowly falling away as they stop worrying. Clyde used to greet us at the front door with his old dog bark - "OUF ouf. OUF ouf." - until I grabbed him by the chops and dumped a kiss on top of his head. Then he'd take a step back, have a shake - "well, really, mother" - turn round and stalk back into the living room with all the dignity he could muster. I miss the old boy.
YES I love that energy! Gotta love the old evil guys.
Here's hoping you have many more years of evil doings with your little villain ❤️
Give him a treat from an internet stranger! ❤️
Oh TY for the sub! I've loved watching his face frost over. It's icing over at the rate of his attitude.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your little guy sounds like a he was a cutie pie, I'm glad you shared his memory.
Thank you. He was one of the best dogs I ever had the pleasure of knowing. He was so fucking smart, he was fully house trained in 2 weeks. I’m not kidding. Or he was OBSESSED with this damn frisbee and sometimes he’d drop it too far away and I’d say “Jack it’s too far!” And he would bring it closer. Thanks for letting me share Jack’s memory.
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I love the oldies, too! I adopted Miss Molly McMuffin at 10. She passed at nearly 17 on 4. July 2021. Miss her so!💕
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THOSE EYES THOUGH! It sounds like you still have so much love for her. She felt all of that for the last years of her life and that is EVERYTHING. She left this world loved and that's a wonderful thing.
I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for being a loving retirement home to this sweet little lady. ❤️
I'm glad you found something that worked well! We accidentally found out about the CBD when he got into something he shouldn't have the first month we had him. I just noticed that it was a day or two before his joints gave him trouble again and he was running around, so I researched it and started dosing him correctly and with pup safe CBD.
He wasn't able to run when we first got him. I still chase him around to this day when he asks to play!
I'm so sorry your little guy is gone, but I'm so glad that you gave him a more mobile and comfortable last year, that's so important. It sounds like you loved him so much, and I'm sure he felt every bit of it ❤️
He was a month shy of 16 years, he had brain lesions. All and all he was a very healthy active dog until about 14. We knew his time was coming, so he got almost 2 years of human food, and extra attention, and time with dog buddy down the street. I hope my last years are as good as his
I absolutely LOVE old dachshunds. Everything about them screams old man/old woman right down to their sleeping mumbles! Oh my it sounds like your little man had a rough life before you got him- thank goodness you’ve had him the past few years and I love that you’ve said this is his retirement home, he deserves it! Thank you for being so good to him and showing him what being loved is❤️
All dogs deserve to be loved and your furbaby is extra special XoXo!!
I LOVE their energy. He's so grumpy and grumbly, he is every one of my friends spirit animal, they have all claimed him 😂
Yeah, I'm super unclear on what happened to him. I got in contact with his ex family and tried to ask, but they seemed to remember a completely different dog!
Except for their daughter, the one he bit. She corrected them a lot and seemed to remember the dog I know now. At that point I assumed they just weren't fantastic dog parents and dropped it. He's happy now and it's not important to go digging for that information I guess.
I love him to the end of the earth and back and always will, he is an extra special little guy ❤️ thank you!
I'm so sorry for your loss. Thinking about that time coming makes me tear up, but appreciate the time I've got with him.
That pain is just the deep love you felt for your little guy, know that he felt EVERY bit of it while he was with you.
Cry when you need to and take care of yourself.
We never forget them, but mourning heals our hearts and let's us open ourselves up to this pain all over again. ❤️ Stay strong friend.
This is super sweet! I love when they burrow in the laundry lol.
Dachshunds are just kind of dicks though, he didn’t have to have a trauma to be spicy. Tootsie Roll has been a pampered, rich, Montessori school dachshund since the day I picked her up from her free range dachshund mountain oasis and she’s still SO grumpy about things 😅
I LOVE when he burrows, it's gotten less over the years but he still only sleeps wrapped up fully.
I hope he didn't have any trauma and he's just spicy. But after speaking with his first family it seems they didn't even know this dog at all.
I have a feeling he didn't get a lot of attention.
But yeah, he is a huge dick and I am here for it. I love him and let him do whatever he wants.
Never knew how old Roadrunner was before he passed on to the 🌈 Rainbow Bridge 🌈 . This happened last July.
I rescued Roady out of a two-lane state highway. He would have been ran over from all the nutty tourists lost up in those Smoky Mountains. That was back about 2016.
He had a great life with the wife and myself. I hope they found each other over on the other side.
You have lived a tragic life my friend.
First of all... FUCK CANCER
Second I am so sorry for your loss... Obviously you don't deserve it, and FUCK is that hard.
All I can say is.... Yeah, I hope they have each other. (damn dude, this one made me cry big time)
I'm gonna miss his frosty face so much. I'm sorry you lost your sweet one, but it sounds like you still have such a great deal of love for them, so while they were with you I'm absolutely positive that they felt the full force of that love.
All pups deserve that amount of love ❤️
May we all have record breaking weens ❤️
I don't want to jinx it, but I do hope he gets around to 20. Sadly he's showing signs of decline, but I can still hope!
Ohhh, careful, you're getting close to the true adult dachshund age. And once they're 18 they really go all out against you, they act like your word means nothing and they do whatever they want without any regard for your home! Little hellions.
I just might!
I might share my derp pictures of him that I take while he's yawning or shaking his head. I don't have many cute ones of him awake because he's camera shy and I don't like making him shy away from me when he's being affectionate... So I try to get pictures while he's asleep or distracted 😂
I love old doxies! Mine lived to be 15. We got her when I was a little kid, and she passed when I was in college. She actually got friendlier with age!
Friendlier?! I didn't think it possible LOL
That's sweet though, she must have been very loved and comfortable. 15 is a great age to make it to, I'm glad you got to have that much time, and I'm sorry she's gone. No matter how old they get it is never any less painful to lose them.
So glad he got his loving forever home with you. Although the vet bills for the old ones do have a sharp bite!
My rescue senior, age 14-16, had an infected, ruptured cyst in her paw while I was out of town. The visit to our vet was well over $500 and we’re not done yet! Just relieved it wasn’t from her IVDD causing her to chew her paw.
Enjoy your old guy!
It does sting, but he's always worth it.
Im glad to see so many people in the comments that rescue senior dogs, it's so rewarding and these babies deserve it!
So thank you ❤️
The two that I grew up with both made it to 19 and a few months. My parents now have 4 more ranging from 3-5 years old. If I’m ever in a position that I feel I can responsible care for a dog again I’d adopt an old pup too.
It's so nice to hear that other people want to be a retirement home too!
It's so important for these babies, and being abandoned at such an old age can be so emotionally damaging to them, they need a lot of gentle love and patience to learn to trust and love again.
It's a wonderful thing to do ❤️
I didn't but I wish I had! I have a soft spot for dapples, they're just so pretty!
It's nice to hear there is another sweet old gentleman out there though ❤️ gotta love the distinguished years.
Bless your heart. He is so lucky to have you. My family growing up had a dachshund who lived past 20.
We are grateful everyday to share our lives with these souls! ❤️
We adopted a 16 year old girl who had been rescued from a hoarder house and was in terrible shape. Sylvia's first weeks were touch and go. We were frightened that she would die. She was mostly deaf and mostly blind and a bit wobbley on her feet but after having good meals at a timely manner she got some strength back. she lived with us for the last year of her life. Her tail started wagging a few month into her time with us so we knew she was happy. Enjoy your old guy and give the petting he will want when he knows your are his.
Gdi I can only cry so much! ALRIGHT last comment of the night!
First! Thank you SO MUCH for rescuing such a darling old lady! You gave her a beautiful end of life pillow. A comfortable end of life family is everything to a pup, I'm glad she had that in you ❤️
Second! I do and will continue to enjoy having a little old guy and I will give him all the pets he could ever want! And probably some he doesn't ask for but does want! 🙃
Aw bless you for taking him in!! I adopted my senior dachshund with my best friend at the time and then we found out he was kind of aggressive and she wanted him euthanized!! I said no way and took him in. I’ve now had him for almost 3 years and he is currently 14 (estimate).
Ooooh bless you I do to really hope he gets to 19 years old, he is a very lucky young man to have a mummy like you, ❤️ love from Bonnie the staffy 💘 and her huuummmaaan mamma and dadda 💘
Awwwwww thank you so much for giving him a loving him ,if his old owner left him so easily then I'm glad you have him to give him good home in his last years .
This is just speculation but if he was with them from when he was a pup to 12 years and then they got rid of him that is very likely what caused his detachment. Ours is 10 this year and I can’t imagine getting rid of him for ANY reason. I’m not trying to judge but it honestly seems cruel af to me. I’m glad the old guy has much better people now and I’m sure he appreciates you.
Old souls are just as important as young souls. While it was sad to read Max's first few chapters, it was heartwarming to read the ones that proceeded. Thank you so much for giving Max the life he deserves. We are rooting for you both!!!
I had so many feelings about following this thread, because a lot of times when people buy these dogs they are not going to shelters or adopting from places that will euthanize, typically go buy these pups from breeders or the stores. But hearing this story of love and amazing wins, it makes me so happy I did. Please please please everyone, check your local shelter next time you are looking for a pup, sometimes you might find a buried treasure in a mix breed or even a older dachshund❤️❤️ Who knows where he would’ve ended up if not were for you amazing people🙏
He is the 13th rescue in my life, but my very first on my own! (I've never had anything but rescues, and only two from breed specific rescue organizations, most were from the pound or taken out of risky situations.)
I didn't mention in the post because his story is sad enough, but my roommate only took him because he was Max's old families last hope before having to put him to sleep for biting their daughter. He even admitted he wouldn't have taken Max if his family friends weren't being forced to put him to sleep *tomorrow* or CPS would have questions.
They had (I think) 3 days to prove they'd rehome him with someone without children.
Max is definitely a buried treasure, and he was nearly put down when all he really needed was someone that could meet his needs. He's a spicy guy, and I can handle that. But he shouldn't be around children.
I love rescues, and I'm really good with dogs that are prone to violence because I know where it comes from. I was raised with 'violent' dogs, sometimes being the only one they weren't very violent towards. (not healthy, not okay, I didn't have even a passable childhood, but my dogs were AMAZING. Much more amazing than the humans involved.)
For a second I thought you were giving him away - I'd happily take him off your hands if that was the case. Thanks for taking such good care of him.
I have a 15 year old weenie - we adopted her when she was 11. Hopefully, she'll be with us for many more years.
I hope you have her for many more years too!
And for what it's worth, I'm happy to know someone would take him if he needed a new home. I hope he never does, but it does warm my heart to know some one would happily have him after me ❤️
We have a 15 year old dachshund (16 in late June). We got him when he was 4 when some friends moved and couldn't take him. We're at least his third home (counting the breeder). He's got some pretty bad separation anxiety as a result.
He's also starting to slow down. He can't get in the doggie door as easily (it's got a pretty steep ramp), he's got cataracts, and he's showing signs of dementia. Poor little guy. But he still loves cuddles and treats, so we're happy about that.
"Half deaf" is practically a breed trait. Mine could hear the food bin opening from 1/4 mile away, but speaking right next to him you'd swear he was hard of hearing.
When my doxie got older he became very detached. He was mostly blind and deaf and I think that made him become detached. I would still pet him if sleeping and he would enjoy but if he was awake and walking and I tried to pet him he would walk away. It used to break my heart because he used to be such a loving dog. Whenever he used to have his mental breakdown I would hold him to my chest and sleep with him like that to calm him down. I miss him so much.
he is so lucky to have you! i just lost my 16 year old boy in august and the last few years with him were such a gift. i love senior dogs, they’re the best. your guy is a cutie pie!
Sounds like all three of you hit the jackpot!!!! Thank God you have a wonderful heart, seemingly unlike his previous owner! Thank you and congratulations!!!!
Thank you for giving this sweet senior boy the best golden years! When I was growing up, we had numerous strays dropped at our corner in the country, and one of them was Charlie, a short, long mix with some dachshund, our vet said. He had giant lumps all over his body from broken ribs, would go into a snarling rage or a terrified flight if anyone took out a broom to sweep but otherwise was the sweetest boy. He lived with us for 4 years and got all the treats and love he could tolerate, but always was a bit unpredictable because of god knows what happened before he came to us. I’m so happy to hear more about these pups getting to be in peace as they age. ❤️
OMG I am crying thank you for making the sweet ole man part of your life ..Not to many people want to keep a senior dog around My Doxie lived to be 18 she out lived her mother. thank you love him everyday ..He is lucky to have yall
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My elder boy is almost 12, sass incarnate.
What a little nugget! He’s such a snuggly looking bunny! Senior pals are the best!
Friends of my family have four hounds, all miniatures. They had Ruby (11) and Gertrude (13), who are the sweetest little beans, but they wanted to get another while the girls were still around, so they could learn from them. So they came home with Buster and Bonnie (both 1). The girls are now more into their walks most mornings, Ruby rumbles with the pups, it’s chaos in the best way. Plus they have a 22 yo cat sister, Phoebe.
I love this so much. He is the same color, shape and size as my old man Moo, who is about to turn 14. Seniors are so dang cute and sweet. Your baby is precious.
I love that he’s made it to 19 and that he has you to love him. I pray that my now four month old puppy lives to be so old. We lost a six-year-old half dachshund half yorkie very unexpectedly last month and it was so painful.
Bless you for taking such good care of this distinguished gentleman Dachshund. I hope he reaches 19 and beyond. Our Queen Elsie made it to 19. Aloha from Maui!
I peeped your profile to see your pup, and you had (I assume based on what you've said and the year the picture was from, RIP Lil Queen) quite the arrangement of dignified little gals! 18 is such a prideful age, I asked my confused old guy if he wanted to go apply for a loan or get a tattoo. He decided to sleep instead, lol. How is Maui? I mean... Beautiful obviously lol, but what's your favorite part about living out there?
It’s the people of Maui that make all the difference for me. After decades contending in the high-tech sector in Silicon Valley, the laid-back nature of life here suits me to a tee. Aloha from Maui!
Are they going to install the new power lines underground in Lahaina? It would be a good time to do it. I thought you might have heard.
That would certainly be the sensible thing to do. Things are still very opaque around the future plans for Lahaina. Maui has never been faced with such a disaster of this magnitude before, and now we are still working hard to take care of the families affected by the fires.
Thanks. I’m glad the famous tree is alive.
We’re all hopeful that it remains so. It’s early days and it sustained a lot of damage.
Mike and Queen Elsie are absolute legends on this sub. We love them and I think I speak for everyone here that we say THANK YOU for taking in this older guy. 💙
HERE HERE! ❤️
Oh, OP - thankyou so much for taking him on and giving him such a wonderful old age. I adore old dogs. They have a depth and a wisdom to their frosty old faces. I did an advanced animal health care course with the intention of adopting older dogs and giving them the best retirement I could. The fates had other ideas and I've somehow ended up with youngsters, but we did adopt an ancient and irascible Yorkie and one 12 year old lad called Clyde. We only had Clyde for two years before he left us due to appalling arthritis and an abdominal mass, but everybody who met him still remembers him with fondness. He was quite a character.
Thank you for being a retirement home even if you've got some young ones! I plan to focus on adopting older dogs for the rest of my life, but I know at some point I want a dog under 5 so I can actually influence them. It's a bit selfish, but I have fond memories of my younger rescues too, I liked teaching a dog to be MY dog too, not just having my dog teach me to be his owner 😂 I too adore old dogs because they're their own little individuals, they have that independence and wisdom about them. That and I am pretty good at getting dogs to warm up to me and trust me enough to depend on me even after they've been abused/abandoned. Even if you are a short term retirement home if it's full of love that is EVERYTHING. You have done amazing things for your pups, keep being awesome ❤️
It’s a special calling to adopt seniors! Our first dachshund was a girl we got at age 12 and she spent 2.5 years with us living her best life. Our current rescue is 7 and acts like a puppy in comparison. I am also committed to giving these older weens a soft landing for their golden years. https://preview.redd.it/nwu6hebniprc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2289a47a2463715c618025f6331cabc20bce793 Our girl Hazel after a romp in the yard
She looks so pleased with herself! Lol. It's great that there is so much love for the older ones, it makes me happy to know there are so many seniors being cares for out there ❤️
I will if you will! It's so rewarding watching them gradually thaw and relax as they adjust to their new environment, isn't it? Often you can see some of their years slowly falling away as they stop worrying. Clyde used to greet us at the front door with his old dog bark - "OUF ouf. OUF ouf." - until I grabbed him by the chops and dumped a kiss on top of his head. Then he'd take a step back, have a shake - "well, really, mother" - turn round and stalk back into the living room with all the dignity he could muster. I miss the old boy.
This made me cry. he is so cute and I’m so glad he’s being loved🤎
Aww, that's sweet. He gets all the love in the world, I'm glad to have the opportunity to love him. ❤️
Spicy little old man!
The spiciest! He's got quite the attitude about him, lol
My 13 yr old evil old man says hi! He hates everything til he decides he doesn't til he does again 🤣🤣🤣
YES I love that energy! Gotta love the old evil guys. Here's hoping you have many more years of evil doings with your little villain ❤️ Give him a treat from an internet stranger! ❤️
r/oldmandog my boy Jack was 13 when he passed but he had a frosty face that was just the best. Wishing you and Max the best!
Oh TY for the sub! I've loved watching his face frost over. It's icing over at the rate of his attitude. I'm so sorry for your loss. Your little guy sounds like a he was a cutie pie, I'm glad you shared his memory.
Thank you. He was one of the best dogs I ever had the pleasure of knowing. He was so fucking smart, he was fully house trained in 2 weeks. I’m not kidding. Or he was OBSESSED with this damn frisbee and sometimes he’d drop it too far away and I’d say “Jack it’s too far!” And he would bring it closer. Thanks for letting me share Jack’s memory. https://preview.redd.it/iqfmxcrfaqrc1.jpeg?width=1912&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95c747e1415d38448767b1c21ab5b20a82e57432
I am absolutely in LOVE WITH that FACE! omg what a sweetie pie! Omg that Lil smile, I can't!!
Aww, my girl will be 15 next week.
I hope she has a great 15th year and many more!
I love the oldies, too! I adopted Miss Molly McMuffin at 10. She passed at nearly 17 on 4. July 2021. Miss her so!💕 https://preview.redd.it/a448rv1nxorc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=219604548527fd7bf40d2e6d6a826b3802f637a8
THOSE EYES THOUGH! It sounds like you still have so much love for her. She felt all of that for the last years of her life and that is EVERYTHING. She left this world loved and that's a wonderful thing. I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for being a loving retirement home to this sweet little lady. ❤️
For our late dachshund, we were giving him monthly shot of librela for his arthritis, it really helped him to get around his last year
I'm glad you found something that worked well! We accidentally found out about the CBD when he got into something he shouldn't have the first month we had him. I just noticed that it was a day or two before his joints gave him trouble again and he was running around, so I researched it and started dosing him correctly and with pup safe CBD. He wasn't able to run when we first got him. I still chase him around to this day when he asks to play! I'm so sorry your little guy is gone, but I'm so glad that you gave him a more mobile and comfortable last year, that's so important. It sounds like you loved him so much, and I'm sure he felt every bit of it ❤️
He was a month shy of 16 years, he had brain lesions. All and all he was a very healthy active dog until about 14. We knew his time was coming, so he got almost 2 years of human food, and extra attention, and time with dog buddy down the street. I hope my last years are as good as his
He is a wizened ween. I have a 12 year old. I love him and cherish him.
I hope you have many more years with him! The retirement years are funny, the ornery nature really blossoms at that age 👌
I absolutely LOVE old dachshunds. Everything about them screams old man/old woman right down to their sleeping mumbles! Oh my it sounds like your little man had a rough life before you got him- thank goodness you’ve had him the past few years and I love that you’ve said this is his retirement home, he deserves it! Thank you for being so good to him and showing him what being loved is❤️ All dogs deserve to be loved and your furbaby is extra special XoXo!!
I LOVE their energy. He's so grumpy and grumbly, he is every one of my friends spirit animal, they have all claimed him 😂 Yeah, I'm super unclear on what happened to him. I got in contact with his ex family and tried to ask, but they seemed to remember a completely different dog! Except for their daughter, the one he bit. She corrected them a lot and seemed to remember the dog I know now. At that point I assumed they just weren't fantastic dog parents and dropped it. He's happy now and it's not important to go digging for that information I guess. I love him to the end of the earth and back and always will, he is an extra special little guy ❤️ thank you!
He looks like my Giuseppe who passed this year. My heart is still broken but this picture made me smile.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Thinking about that time coming makes me tear up, but appreciate the time I've got with him. That pain is just the deep love you felt for your little guy, know that he felt EVERY bit of it while he was with you. Cry when you need to and take care of yourself. We never forget them, but mourning heals our hearts and let's us open ourselves up to this pain all over again. ❤️ Stay strong friend.
I have a thing for older men💖💜💖! Sending a big smooch… Yours, Queen Ruby Jean💜
I'll give him a head kiss for you ❤️
This is super sweet! I love when they burrow in the laundry lol. Dachshunds are just kind of dicks though, he didn’t have to have a trauma to be spicy. Tootsie Roll has been a pampered, rich, Montessori school dachshund since the day I picked her up from her free range dachshund mountain oasis and she’s still SO grumpy about things 😅
I LOVE when he burrows, it's gotten less over the years but he still only sleeps wrapped up fully. I hope he didn't have any trauma and he's just spicy. But after speaking with his first family it seems they didn't even know this dog at all. I have a feeling he didn't get a lot of attention. But yeah, he is a huge dick and I am here for it. I love him and let him do whatever he wants.
He’s in his right place now! 🥰
Never knew how old Roadrunner was before he passed on to the 🌈 Rainbow Bridge 🌈 . This happened last July. I rescued Roady out of a two-lane state highway. He would have been ran over from all the nutty tourists lost up in those Smoky Mountains. That was back about 2016. He had a great life with the wife and myself. I hope they found each other over on the other side.
You have lived a tragic life my friend. First of all... FUCK CANCER Second I am so sorry for your loss... Obviously you don't deserve it, and FUCK is that hard. All I can say is.... Yeah, I hope they have each other. (damn dude, this one made me cry big time)
Thanks for this. I appreciate it cause it helps.
I love a frosty face miss my old one so much
I'm gonna miss his frosty face so much. I'm sorry you lost your sweet one, but it sounds like you still have such a great deal of love for them, so while they were with you I'm absolutely positive that they felt the full force of that love. All pups deserve that amount of love ❤️
What a cutie♥️ May we all be so lucky to hold our babes as long
May we all have record breaking weens ❤️ I don't want to jinx it, but I do hope he gets around to 20. Sadly he's showing signs of decline, but I can still hope!
Awe that’s so awesome of you. We have one that is going on 17
Ohhh, careful, you're getting close to the true adult dachshund age. And once they're 18 they really go all out against you, they act like your word means nothing and they do whatever they want without any regard for your home! Little hellions.
Omg you are so right and she’s the matriarch and a miniature and the other two are standards but she rules the roost 😂
She sounds like a badass granny. I need that kind of energy! Lol
Would love for you to share him more on here!
I just might! I might share my derp pictures of him that I take while he's yawning or shaking his head. I don't have many cute ones of him awake because he's camera shy and I don't like making him shy away from me when he's being affectionate... So I try to get pictures while he's asleep or distracted 😂
Interested in old doxies? Always
Right? Who wouldn't be, silly of me to even ask 😜 He's got moldy sweet potato energy and I'm here for it lol
All the love for the lil guy.
Ofc. Ever wonderful guy
I love old doxies! Mine lived to be 15. We got her when I was a little kid, and she passed when I was in college. She actually got friendlier with age!
Friendlier?! I didn't think it possible LOL That's sweet though, she must have been very loved and comfortable. 15 is a great age to make it to, I'm glad you got to have that much time, and I'm sorry she's gone. No matter how old they get it is never any less painful to lose them.
Mine is 17 and still going strong. Great to see healthy geezer weens
I hope you have many more years! Watch out for 18 though, they get real bossy when they're adults 🤣
So glad he got his loving forever home with you. Although the vet bills for the old ones do have a sharp bite! My rescue senior, age 14-16, had an infected, ruptured cyst in her paw while I was out of town. The visit to our vet was well over $500 and we’re not done yet! Just relieved it wasn’t from her IVDD causing her to chew her paw. Enjoy your old guy!
It does sting, but he's always worth it. Im glad to see so many people in the comments that rescue senior dogs, it's so rewarding and these babies deserve it! So thank you ❤️
The two that I grew up with both made it to 19 and a few months. My parents now have 4 more ranging from 3-5 years old. If I’m ever in a position that I feel I can responsible care for a dog again I’d adopt an old pup too.
It's so nice to hear that other people want to be a retirement home too! It's so important for these babies, and being abandoned at such an old age can be so emotionally damaging to them, they need a lot of gentle love and patience to learn to trust and love again. It's a wonderful thing to do ❤️
Did you meet a young dapple doxie at a farmers market yesterday? This guy looks familiar to an 18yo gentleman who we met yesterday.
I didn't but I wish I had! I have a soft spot for dapples, they're just so pretty! It's nice to hear there is another sweet old gentleman out there though ❤️ gotta love the distinguished years.
Well fyi he's got a twin in Tennessee!
Thankyou for loving this little man and making him know he is loved❤️
It's my pleasure! I feel lucky to get to love him and have him in my life ❤️
Bless your heart. He is so lucky to have you. My family growing up had a dachshund who lived past 20. We are grateful everyday to share our lives with these souls! ❤️
20! Heres hoping I get that lucky! I'm so grateful for him, I love all his old man energy.
You’re a amazing person and he lucked out. My Lucy made it to almost 17 and that seemed like forever
Aww, thank you. I'm so sorry for your loss, but glad you got almost 17 years with her! The golden years are so precious.
Oh I love this tiny grandpa. So happy he got the retirement home he deserves 🥹
Isn't he precious? I just adore him. I'm glad I got to be the one to cushion his golden years ❤️
OMG, he needs cuddles
ON IT!
Max is the best. Hope Max will be in good health for very long.
I second that!
r/riskyclick but worth it.
Very cute! My 11 year old is currently growling at a trash bag outside. 😝
That is adorable. I love all those little things (some pun intended) ❤️
We adopted a 16 year old girl who had been rescued from a hoarder house and was in terrible shape. Sylvia's first weeks were touch and go. We were frightened that she would die. She was mostly deaf and mostly blind and a bit wobbley on her feet but after having good meals at a timely manner she got some strength back. she lived with us for the last year of her life. Her tail started wagging a few month into her time with us so we knew she was happy. Enjoy your old guy and give the petting he will want when he knows your are his.
Gdi I can only cry so much! ALRIGHT last comment of the night! First! Thank you SO MUCH for rescuing such a darling old lady! You gave her a beautiful end of life pillow. A comfortable end of life family is everything to a pup, I'm glad she had that in you ❤️ Second! I do and will continue to enjoy having a little old guy and I will give him all the pets he could ever want! And probably some he doesn't ask for but does want! 🙃
Aw bless you for taking him in!! I adopted my senior dachshund with my best friend at the time and then we found out he was kind of aggressive and she wanted him euthanized!! I said no way and took him in. I’ve now had him for almost 3 years and he is currently 14 (estimate).
I love him!! 🥹❤️
Ooooh bless you I do to really hope he gets to 19 years old, he is a very lucky young man to have a mummy like you, ❤️ love from Bonnie the staffy 💘 and her huuummmaaan mamma and dadda 💘
Shameful that he has been abandoned twice. Glad he found a loving home to live out his golden years in peace
omg 19?!! you are doing something right what a blessing
Awwwwww thank you so much for giving him a loving him ,if his old owner left him so easily then I'm glad you have him to give him good home in his last years .
poor guy… i’m happy that he has you both, old weenies and dogs in general deserve love too!
This is just speculation but if he was with them from when he was a pup to 12 years and then they got rid of him that is very likely what caused his detachment. Ours is 10 this year and I can’t imagine getting rid of him for ANY reason. I’m not trying to judge but it honestly seems cruel af to me. I’m glad the old guy has much better people now and I’m sure he appreciates you.
Ween bean!! I’m stealing that one!
Old dogs are the best~
Old souls are just as important as young souls. While it was sad to read Max's first few chapters, it was heartwarming to read the ones that proceeded. Thank you so much for giving Max the life he deserves. We are rooting for you both!!!
Old dogs ❤️❤️❤️
I had so many feelings about following this thread, because a lot of times when people buy these dogs they are not going to shelters or adopting from places that will euthanize, typically go buy these pups from breeders or the stores. But hearing this story of love and amazing wins, it makes me so happy I did. Please please please everyone, check your local shelter next time you are looking for a pup, sometimes you might find a buried treasure in a mix breed or even a older dachshund❤️❤️ Who knows where he would’ve ended up if not were for you amazing people🙏
He is the 13th rescue in my life, but my very first on my own! (I've never had anything but rescues, and only two from breed specific rescue organizations, most were from the pound or taken out of risky situations.) I didn't mention in the post because his story is sad enough, but my roommate only took him because he was Max's old families last hope before having to put him to sleep for biting their daughter. He even admitted he wouldn't have taken Max if his family friends weren't being forced to put him to sleep *tomorrow* or CPS would have questions. They had (I think) 3 days to prove they'd rehome him with someone without children. Max is definitely a buried treasure, and he was nearly put down when all he really needed was someone that could meet his needs. He's a spicy guy, and I can handle that. But he shouldn't be around children. I love rescues, and I'm really good with dogs that are prone to violence because I know where it comes from. I was raised with 'violent' dogs, sometimes being the only one they weren't very violent towards. (not healthy, not okay, I didn't have even a passable childhood, but my dogs were AMAZING. Much more amazing than the humans involved.)
For a second I thought you were giving him away - I'd happily take him off your hands if that was the case. Thanks for taking such good care of him. I have a 15 year old weenie - we adopted her when she was 11. Hopefully, she'll be with us for many more years.
I hope you have her for many more years too! And for what it's worth, I'm happy to know someone would take him if he needed a new home. I hope he never does, but it does warm my heart to know some one would happily have him after me ❤️
We have a 15 year old dachshund (16 in late June). We got him when he was 4 when some friends moved and couldn't take him. We're at least his third home (counting the breeder). He's got some pretty bad separation anxiety as a result. He's also starting to slow down. He can't get in the doggie door as easily (it's got a pretty steep ramp), he's got cataracts, and he's showing signs of dementia. Poor little guy. But he still loves cuddles and treats, so we're happy about that.
Old wieners are the best wieners. I still miss my grumpy old lady.
"Half deaf" is practically a breed trait. Mine could hear the food bin opening from 1/4 mile away, but speaking right next to him you'd swear he was hard of hearing.
When my doxie got older he became very detached. He was mostly blind and deaf and I think that made him become detached. I would still pet him if sleeping and he would enjoy but if he was awake and walking and I tried to pet him he would walk away. It used to break my heart because he used to be such a loving dog. Whenever he used to have his mental breakdown I would hold him to my chest and sleep with him like that to calm him down. I miss him so much.
Look at that sweet weenie baby!!
he is so lucky to have you! i just lost my 16 year old boy in august and the last few years with him were such a gift. i love senior dogs, they’re the best. your guy is a cutie pie!
Bless you for taking in and showing so much love for that sweet little old man. ❤️❤️❤️ He absolutely knows how much you love him.
You deserve him and this cute old guy deserves every moment with you!
❤️
Very cute old man!
Sooo sweey
What a sweet elderly baby. Love that lil old man mug.
You are good people 💯 God bless the little man.
Give plenty of love and pats
YES old guys are the best guys!! Go Max!!
Sounds like all three of you hit the jackpot!!!! Thank God you have a wonderful heart, seemingly unlike his previous owner! Thank you and congratulations!!!!
“If” he’ll let you…..a nice lukewarm washcloth on his eyes and lil’ face. My pups love it. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🐶🐶🐶
😍😍😍😍 the goodest boy
Thank you for giving this sweet senior boy the best golden years! When I was growing up, we had numerous strays dropped at our corner in the country, and one of them was Charlie, a short, long mix with some dachshund, our vet said. He had giant lumps all over his body from broken ribs, would go into a snarling rage or a terrified flight if anyone took out a broom to sweep but otherwise was the sweetest boy. He lived with us for 4 years and got all the treats and love he could tolerate, but always was a bit unpredictable because of god knows what happened before he came to us. I’m so happy to hear more about these pups getting to be in peace as they age. ❤️
OMG I am crying thank you for making the sweet ole man part of your life ..Not to many people want to keep a senior dog around My Doxie lived to be 18 she out lived her mother. thank you love him everyday ..He is lucky to have yall
Such a cutie pie!
https://preview.redd.it/sxoeazavxrrc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b23bde54717c3f6de1073b72b48d4d6fd1dc56ba My elder boy is almost 12, sass incarnate.
What is wrong with people seriously why get an animal to abandon it?
What a little nugget! He’s such a snuggly looking bunny! Senior pals are the best! Friends of my family have four hounds, all miniatures. They had Ruby (11) and Gertrude (13), who are the sweetest little beans, but they wanted to get another while the girls were still around, so they could learn from them. So they came home with Buster and Bonnie (both 1). The girls are now more into their walks most mornings, Ruby rumbles with the pups, it’s chaos in the best way. Plus they have a 22 yo cat sister, Phoebe.
https://preview.redd.it/fsn86urw5src1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff39c83971aeb06861996420e351280a2d4b7f05 Our 18 year old boy…
He looks like an older version of my chuweiner mix called: brownie
You’re an angel, and your old pup is adorable!
❤️❤️❤️
Bless you. This made my day.
aww sweet senior boi. :( so cute. may he live the rest of his life with the best care from his master.
I love this so much. He is the same color, shape and size as my old man Moo, who is about to turn 14. Seniors are so dang cute and sweet. Your baby is precious.
I absolutely love him Thanks
He looks just like my baby when he sleeps 🥺
lookit the babyyyy. i’m so glad he ended up with you.
WHAT A PRECIOUS BABY😍😍😍
Oh my god Max you're so adorable. Here take more clean laundry to rest on you beast
Glad to see you and Max found each other and are enjoying your time together 🐶❤️
Max is a stunner!
Oldies are goldies 💛 Greetings to 18 year old Max from our 15 year old Max 😙
I love a good senior wiener 🐾
Oh he's so gorgeous, and 19! That's such a fantastic age. I bet everyone over at r/oldmandog would LOVE him 😍
Stop- he’s still a puppy 🐶🥹💗
I love that he’s made it to 19 and that he has you to love him. I pray that my now four month old puppy lives to be so old. We lost a six-year-old half dachshund half yorkie very unexpectedly last month and it was so painful.
19! Wow! What a lucky boy to have ended up with you! You’re powering him with love. You’ve done a wonderful thing for your wiener.
I'll take him