Senior pets in Palm Beach help provide their owners with “extra care and love.”

We all love our dogs and cats and want them to live forever. Just like humans, they don't do that, but fortunately pets are living longer and longer lives. My friend's poodle passed away last year, one month shy of 19 years old.

Here are a few local dogs (and cats) that are at least 10 years old (considered senior among pets). And we all want that to be the case for our pets too.

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Georgie, a 14-year-old Ragdoll mix, was found wandering the street and placed in a cage at a pet store. “I picked her up and she immediately clung to me,” he said. Chiu Ying Hempel. “I took that as a sign that she was the one for me.”

she and her husband Gardiner Hempel, like the fact that as Georgie gets older, she doesn't even get scared of them outside. “Like humans, she accepts what's going on and she doesn't fight it,” Gardiner said.

Sasha, a Shih Tzu, says she's 18 and a half years younger. Sharon Zackand owns Sasha with her husband. leonard.

The Zacks prefer to keep older dogs. Because “older people are more likely to have health issues, dogs seem to understand that they may need extra care and love from their owners,” Sharon said. “Sasha has been great to her husband with his health issues. She's been there for him.”

Susie and Greg Belton We adopted Ricky at the ripe old age of 12 after the Border Terrier puppy was hit by a car. It was just the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we were told it could be years before a young dog was born.

“So we adopted a retired 12-year-old breeding dog. He's almost 16 years old, and what I really like about him is the pace of his walks. He slows down and looks around and takes everything in. “It reminds me of that,” she explained. In his way. ”

“Lexi is still a 10-year-old kid,” she says. mara benjaminshe “married” her Havashon, named Lexi, and her Goldendoodle, Charlie, in a formal ceremony of sorts.

The dog wedding took place when Mara married Charlie's “father”, an entrepreneur and author (“Barking up the Right Tree”) arthur benjamin. Lexi is already 10 years old, but she wants to live a long life with a canine companion.

judy and tom van horn's A Yorkie named Baxter has traveled almost as much as his parents, who have circumnavigated the world an astonishing 27 times, many of them with Baxter.

At 17 years old, it's no surprise that this frequently traveled pup has traveled so much. Tom is the new president of the Palm Beach chapter of the Circum Navigators Club, an organization for around-the-world travelers.

mary bryant mccourt Dachshund Yorkie has been adopted from Tri-County Animal Rescue for 10 years. “I named her Precious because she is truly precious,” she said. “Like many dogs, this dog can survive illness and retirement to save her life.”

Lois Pope has done so much for pets in this county and further afield. And one of her (many) dogs did something for her. She lived longer so she could love him longer. Hercule Poirot — yes, so named after the Agatha Christie character because he was always looking into things — was due to turn 18 on June 1st. However, while I was writing this story, I received the news that little Hercule had passed away. Losing a beloved dog is a terrible thing and our deepest sympathies go out to Lois.