Originally posted by lv4dogs
I was just going to add that. yes as they age they will all be seniors at the same time. Unfortunatlly most senior dogs develope one problem or another, weather it be arthritis, weaker bladder control, blindness, deafness, thyroid problems the list goes on & on. But do you think you could afford that all at once? Also unfortunatly they do not live forever, lossing all at the same time would be devastating for me to handle. I personally like to have them about 3-5 years age difference mainly because of the "senior" dog moments.
Me too. My plan is to adopt dogs when they're about 3 years old, and about 4-5 years apart in age. So for example when Jake was 7 we got Max (age 2.5). When Max is 7 and Jake is 12 we'll get another 2-3 year old dog. We're just going to keep doing that, avoiding puppyhood altogether and never having more than one very old dog.