I want my dog to live longer

I listened to a song by this name on Spotify today. It was by Curtis Salgado and Alan Hager. I am not familiar with these musicians, but….I want my dog to live longer.

I think some of the saddest days in my life so far are when we lost our beloved family dogs. Some have left too early – Adelaide was less than 10 when she died – and some enjoyed long lives, at least according to dog standards. Jasper was 17 when we had to say goodbye to him.

Our dogs are such good members of our family. I cannot imagine being at home with them. These days we have anywhere from 2 to 5, depending on which of the kids are home. All of the usual points apply – they are always happy to see us, no matter what kind of a day it is, they are loyal and loving.

Mostly I just enjoy being with them, and miss them when I am away. Every once in a while, however, I look at one of them (the two labs are now 10 years old) and I get wistful…lamenting the day in the future when we will have to say goodbye. Frankly, I choke up. I wish my dog could live as long as we do.