| Show NO TOGS DOGS LIFE lifee ap old timers of canine kingdom boast of careers features it may be a dogs life but its still a good life it is revealed in a series of unusual animal stories compiled by gaines dog research center of new york in connection with its quest for the oldest dog in america pampered oldsters of the human race command no more attention than do their counterparts in the canine realm and occasionally too their owners sadly admit even doddering old are inclined to to the ff the homesick dog which traveled 1800 miles through strange territory to find his family the talking dog the dog credited with killing more than coyotes the dog which went to school daily and after his mistress graduation accompanied her to the office every morning all these and many other yarns of a sensational character were uncovered by the gaines center in response to its query concerning the oldest dog reports on more than dogs were received from 43 states and canada ranks as oldest oldest Is laddle laddie boy named after the late president hardings dog a 25 year old male owned by mrs E C baynard of rocky mount N C his ancestry is dubious mrs baynard explains his mother being a pekingese and his lather father a traveling man laddie boys age Is equivalent to years in a human being the exceptional attention and care which he has received from his mistress for more than a quarter century are credited with laddies longevity although a dog half his age is considered old laddie still can amble abo utHe prefers however to spend long hours in his wicker basket barking vigorously when he wants his dinner or other attention laddies eyesight is very poor but his health remains good as he has required no veterinary attention for tour four years despite an almost complete absence of teeth laddle laddie has a big appetite he is devoid of all his hair save tor for the head legs and a narrow furrow on his back besides laddle laddie there were reports on 19 other dogs 20 years of 0 age or older the average dog has a span of life of 10 to 12 years not all of the owners who submitted data mentioned the sex of their aged pets of those who did however reported males and 78 females indicating that the male dogs longevity is greater the north central states of michigan wisconsin illinois indiana and ohio reported the most aged dogs 40 in all with the middle atlantic states of new york new jersey and pennsylvania trailing with 39 among individual states new york led with accounts of 18 dogs country dogs healthier although city dogs generally are believed to be healthier and longer lived than their country cousins by tar far the largest number of reports on old dogs came from small and medium sized cc centers aters one ot of the most sensational reports came from mrs robert E mckinley of feder aalsburg als burg md in de abot scribing her 17 year old mixed terrier buster mrs mckinley insists he can actually talk saying such words as im hungry and 1 I want to go out 11 one of the most remarkable feats in the dog kingdom was accomplished by jiggs now 21 years old owned by mrs oscar bengtson of anaheim calif in 1934 the bengtson family moved from truman minn to anaheim leaving jiggs a large crossbreed half shepherd half st bernard with a friend jiggs stayed with the friend eight weeks and then vanished two and a halt half years later jiggs appeared at the bengtson home in california having traversed half the continent in covering a distance of 1800 miles to rejoin his bis family jiggs who was in his and bilth years when this exploit was achieved has not been separated from his family sine since still active hunter A plutocrat is zippy 19 year old male toy black and tan terrier his owner mrs william E griffith of somerset pa told the gaines center that zippy has traveled extensively stopping at the very best hotels in the country an ardent hunter is susie now 16 owned by al johnston government trapper of logan mont susie who still goes hunting with her owner every day Is credited with pulling down more than coyotes her major accomplishment however involved helping to capture a wolf weighing pounds at the age of 12 ritz nov a purebred Samo yede owned by mrs daniel me knight of vallejo it 0 a calif distinguished tt iq ki is himself by siring a litter of four bourl healthy puppies twelve years in a dogs life are the equivalent of 75 in a humans ritz is now 15 years old although 16 years of age buddy a shepherd of the collie type belonging to mrs stoddard porter of N Y still works for a living his main job Is to bring the cows home from pasture every every afternoon and his owner points out he has never come in without all of them in addition to his herding duties he has completely clin eliminated drifted woodchucks from the porter farm follows mistress duplicating the story of mary and her little lamb mrs martha V al AI bers of arthur ill reports that her fox terrier rex now 17 years old daily accompanied her and her two brothers to grammar school and then to high school when mrs albers finished high school and went to work rex accompanied her to the office every morning A real old timer Is foxy a collie owned by capt william perm penn lodge of long beach island N J now 22 years old foxy can credit his longevity to an active youth foxy was found as a young wild dog running at large in the woods of pennsylvania captain lodge captured the dog and tamed him for years foxy grown from a wild puppy into a dignified citizen has been a familiar sight racing along tor for his exercise at the side of the lodge car show motherly traits motherly instincts prevail among the queens of the canine world the gaines survey discloses from mrs B J blackburn of roseville mich came a picture of her sporty looking purebred wire fox terrier abelona wire girl acie now 12 years of age and still svelte of figure acie has produced 10 litters of puppies and raised all of them besides nursing her own offspring she has acted as f foster ster mother on three different occasions for other dog mothers who were unable to care tor for all their puppies this super mother mrs blackburn reports still has perfect teeth hearing and eyesight fred oertel of keokuk iowa relates that his white female spitz midgie had a litter of three healthy puppies in may 1946 when she was 16 years old on other occasions when she has had no puppies of her own midgle midgie has mothered a litter of white rats some V chickens abnot another r dogs fo four PU puppies pi S and at still adoth another r time simultaneously nursed a puppy and a kitten numerous owners reported 16 and 17 year old dogs who are refusing to act their age by ratting chasing cats and picking fights with other dogs one bewildered owner remarks of her 18 year old terrier she plays and rolls on her back chases cats and chickens and behaves disgracefully in general perhaps she is in her second |
