Are You Ever Too Old To Get a Dog?
I hope not!
In “Sit, Stay, Heal” Mel Miskimen writes about her 84-year-old father having to put his retriever to sleep. Her father had always owned a dog, but he announces that she should take the leftover dog food. Mel asks her father, “So, no puppy then?”
“No, I don’t think so,” he replies. “I can’t… Bending, it’s hard. I wouldn’t be able to give a dog what it…