Show NO DOGS LIFE old timers of canine kingdom boast of interesting careers anu features lt it may be a dogs life but its still a good life it is revealed in a series of unusual animal stories compiled b 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 dogs are inclined to go to the dogs the homesick dog which trav aled 1800 miles through strange ter to find his family amaly the talking dog the dog credited with killing more than coyotes the dog do which went to school dally daily and after his mistress graduation accod i danied her to the office every morn I 1 ing all these and many other yarns of a sensational character charac tei i were uncovered by the gaines cen ter in response to its query concern ing the oldest dog reports on more than dogs were received from 43 states and canada ranks as oldest oldest Is laddle laddie boy named a after the late president hardings dog a 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 father a traveling man laddle laddie boys age is equivalent to years in a human being the exceptional attention and care which he be has received from his mistress for or more than a quarter century are credited with Ladd laddies les i longevity although a dog half his age Is considered old laddie still can amble about he prefers however to spend long hours in his wicher wicker basket barking vigorously when he wants his dinner or other attention Ladd laddies les eyesight is very poor but his health remains good as he has required no veterinary attention for or 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 age or older the average dog dag has a span of life of 10 to 12 years ears 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 in all with the middle atlantic states of new york new jersey and pennsylvania trailing with 39 among individual states new york led with accorn accounts is ot of 18 dogs country dogs healthier although city dogs generally are believed to be healthier and longer lived than their country cousins by far the largest number ot of reports on old dogs cain efrom small and meda medium amsl sized e d centers one of the most sensational reports came from mrs robert E mckinley ot of feder aalsburg als burg md in dek dei i scribing her 17 year old mixed terrier buster mrs mckan ley insists he can actually talk saying such words as im hungry and 1 I want to go out one of the most remarkable feats in the dog kingdom was accomplished by jiggs now 21 years old owned by mrs oscar bengtson ot of anaheim calif in 1934 the bengtson family moved fr from om tr truman uman minn to anaheim leaving jiggs a large crossbreed hall half shepherd hall half st bernard with a friend jiggs stayed with the fr friend end eight weeks and then vanished two and a half years later jiggs appeared at the genet bengt son foil homer in california having traversed half the continent in covering a distance of 1800 miles to rejoin his family jiggs who was in his and alth years when this exploit was achieved has not been separated from his family 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 fr 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 at 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 Rach mani nov a purebred Samo yede owned by mrs daniel me knight of vallejo r avo calif distinguished gsg himself by string siring a litter of four va i health healthy y 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 ot of the collie type belonging to mrs stoddard porter of maiville me iville N Y still works for or a living his main job Is to bring the cows home from pasture every afternoon atter noon il 1 and his owner points eints out he has nl never come in without all of there thera in addition to his herding dut duties leshe tie has bas completely eliminated woodchucks from the porter farm follows mistress duplicating the story of mary and her little lamb mrs martha V al bers of arthur IM reports that her fox terrier rex hex 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 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 come came a picture of her sporty looking purebred wire fox terrier abelona wire girl acle now 12 years of age and still svelte of figure acle acie has produced 10 litters of puppies and raised all of them besides nursing her own offspring she has acted as foster mother on aree three different occasions for other dog mothers who were unable to care for all their puppies this super mother mrs blackburn reports still has perfect teeth hearing and eyesight fred oertel of keokuk iowa relates that th at his white female spitz midgle midgie had a litter of ahrea healthy pup puppies pies in may 1940 when she was 16 years old on 0 ther other occasions occasion a w when hen she has had no puppies I 1 es of he her r a ow own n midgie has in mothered a litter of white rats some chickens another dogs tour four puppies and at still another time simultaneously nursed a puppy and a kitten numerous owners reported 18 16 and I 1 17 7 year old dogs who are refusing to act their age by ratting chasing cats and picking g lights fights with 0 ther other dogs one bewildered owner remarks of her 18 year yea ro old terrier she plays and rolls on her back chases cats and chickens and behaves disgracefully in general perhaps she is in her second |