My over 14 year old beagle
Does anyone kow how long are beagles supposed to live? We have this beagle that we adoped when he was about 2 years old and that was 13 years ago. About 3 years ago he was in fairly good health and we kept in a crate during the day when we went to work. HE started having this lumps on his body which were cancerous and were growing and growing. The vet recommened removing some of them They turned out to be cancerous, When we brought him home, we did not want to get in the crate and went crazy in it. The next day we took him back to the vet and let him stay there until he recoverd from surgery. After 6 weeks at the vets ($$$$) we bring him home and he still didn't want to be in the crate. He totally chewed it (it was metal) and almost killed himself, because he got caugth in the wires... The vet told us that he separation anxiety and gave us "doggy Prozac", bu that didn't help.We got rid of the crate and let him roam free around the house. Now he is so old that he has Alzheimer's, is deaf, blind, has accidents all over the house, etc. We put diapers on him when we leave the house to minimize the damage but when we get home and let him out, he just stands there, like no knowing what is he supposed to do in the backyard.
Anyone out there know about the oldest living beagle?