Getting old

"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones."
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

 pointer pit bull

The aging process for our sweet, pointer-pit Mickey seems to have kicked into turbo mode the past few months. Heck, our baby isn't even 10 years old yet.

Based on the quote above, I'm not quite sure what that says about Jim and me.

On second thought, maybe I am quite sure what that says.

I don't find much comfort in such.

Today's question:

How old is your oldest animal?