Chinchilla Nation » ageing http://www.chinchillanation.com The small and furry blog Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:47:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Ageing Joey http://www.chinchillanation.com/2009/08/31/ageing-joey/ http://www.chinchillanation.com/2009/08/31/ageing-joey/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:39:23 +0000 Ippo456 http://www.chinchillanation.com/?p=544 I haven’t seen my doggie for over 8 months and it feels like he’s aged a lot:

Joey white cheek

The fur on his cheek has turned white ..

Joey white nose

And the fur around his nose has turned white, too.

We’re not sure of his real age, but he was supposedly born in December of 2000, which makes him 9 years old this year. The problem is, we’re sure of he is an American or an English Cocker Spaniel; American Cocker Spaniels have an average lifespan of 10-11 years (too short) and English Cocker Spaniels have an average lifespan of 11-12 years (still too short!). Not sure why cocker spaniels’ lifespan is shorter than other purebreeds. I hope that with a healthy lifestyle, Joey can beat the statistics :-)

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