We had three sixteen year old Schipperkes in the house at the same time recently. Old Buster has been with us for more than a year as a permanent foster, and he is now showing signs of dementia. Sapphire, on Susan's lap recently lost her owner, and friends of the family are fostering her. We had her for twelve days and gave her royal treatment because she was suffering from heart failure. Blayde, also sixteen is suffering from a collapsing trachea, so he requires a gentle touch to keep him going. Two days after we returned Sapphire to her regular foster, she apparently had a stroke and soon passed. Our old Skipper made it to eighteen, and we hear of a few Schips that get past twenty, but sixteen is the number that puts me on edge.
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