10 Reasons Senior Pets Rule

If you’re fortunate, you have lived, or currently live, with an old dog or cat. As cherished companions, the old animals in our lives enrich our days for as long as we are privileged to have them. When senior pets are adopted, they seem to understand that they've been rescued, and are all the more thankful for it.

1. A senior pet's personality has already developed, so you'll know if he or she is a good fit for your family.

3. You can teach an old dog (or cat or other pet) new tricks. Senior pets have the attention span and impulse control that makes them easier to train than their youthful counterparts.
4. A senior pet may very well already know basic commands anyway!
5. In particular, senior pets are often already house broken, or can be more easily house broken than a young pet with a tiny bladder.
6. A senior pet won't grow any larger, so you'll know exactly how much pet you're getting.
7. Senior pets are often content to just relax in your company, unlike younger pets, who may get into mischief because they're bored.
8. Speaking of relaxing, senior pets make great napping buddies.
9. Senior pets know that chew toys (not shoes) are for chewing and scratching posts (not furniture) are for scratching.
10. Senior pets are some of the hardest to find homes for -- so when you adopt a senior pet, you're truly saving a life.

I think Deborah Workman said it best, "There's nothing like an old dog.  Nothing like the love of an old dog.  The forgiveness, the devotion.  You see gratitude in their eyes.  It's just words until you experience it."