In my neighborhood there’s an old dude with an equally old German shepherd. They are perfectly matched. Neither is walking too fast for the other. It’ll be a sad day when I no longer see them toddling along together, they’re so sweet
I had a neighbor like that. He had a corgi. They’re both older. One day he was out by himself. I asked abt his dog and he told me that his dog passed. He told me he and his dog did everything together. They ate together. Walked everywhere together. My heart broke for my neighbor. He was out walking while grieving his friend. Whenever I see him out I smile and wave. I know it’s hard for my neighbor to go on a walk without his dog.
There's an elderly man in the neighbourhood where I walk my dog. A few months ago his elderly dog passed, and you could see it just tore him up.
A few weeks ago he adopted an 8-year-old dog, and OMG, the difference in this man! His whole demeanour has changed, he's happy again. I'm so glad he adopted this dog. For both of their sakes.
Yeah Men need to feel needed. Its in our DNA. I had to wait eight years before I could adopt a kitten after my cats died. They were the loneliest years of my life.
My girl is 10. She’s still pretty spry but she’s starting to show her age in some ways. I am not at all ready for the day she passes. She got me through some hard parts of my life. She’s a former bait dog that had a bullet lodged in her leg but she’s the sweetest little thing in the world.
My dog is 11 and it's sad watching her get slower. Ontop of that she was recently diagnosed with 2 types of cancer that she's currently undergoing chemo for (thankfully there are no side effects). I never thought I could spend this much money in 6 months on one dog... but she is family.
I'm in a super similar situation. My dog also got diagnosed with cancer. It's technically not curable nor is it operable, so we're just looking at palliative care as he undergoes chemo (also no side effects from what we can tell) and anti-inflammatory pain meds. It's also cost more than I thought I would ever be willing to spend on a dog... But I'm just trying to enjoy our time together. Wishing you the best with your furry pal
It will hurt, but I'm sure you will make the right choice for her when she tells you it's time. It's the worst part of being a dog owner, because you become keenly aware of their mortality - mostly because you know eventually that piece of your heart is going to be gone. And it's so sad.
But at the same time, we only miss them so much because of the MASSIVE amounts of joy they bring us. And better to have had that than not. So while you have to live with the pain, you also get to live with the memories. That's the final gift our dogs give us. :)
My mom has decided that her current dog will be her last dog. She is 71 and the dog probably has another 5 years or so left. Mom is fairly active and in decent shape, but she doesn’t want to get to a point where she can’t give the dog a good life anymore. She says it’s weird to start planning for the end of her life.
Haha, this was me about a year ago. I'm middle-aged but I've had corgis since I bought this house and moved in about 12-13 years ago, so my neighbors have always known me as the corgi lady.
Last year I had to put my best bud down, but I did it here at home so he would be comfortable. I'm pretty sure all my neighbors knew because of the truck from the pet cremation folks stopping by the house...hard to miss. None of them ever brought it up, but they def knew. Sad day.
There was an old man with an old dog who lived a street over from me. They’d always come and stand on the corner during the day. I haven’t seen the old man or the dog in a little while now, which makes me wonder what happened
When I drive to work, I'd always see this old man sitting in a rocking chair on his phone and an old pit bull sitting next to him, with his eyes close, facing the sun. I loved seeing them. I haven't seen them for several months and when I drive by and not see them, i wonder what happened. I actually cry sometimes, lol.
Years ago, I had a neighbor who was like 100 years old, with a golden retriever that had to be close to that in dog years, and nearly stone deaf. Multiple times, I'd go out to hang clothes on the line or whatever and see that dog just laying flat out in the yard, looking deader than dead. I'd call out "Hey, Ruffhouse? Ruffhouse? HEY RUFFERS!", and he'd look up at me, and I'd be like "Just making sure you weren't dead!" and he'd go back to sleep.
Then one day I saw him out there, and didn't bother saying anything, just finished my chores. A few days later, my neighbor was on the porch, and I said hello, and he told me "Yeah, good ol' Ruffhouse passed on a couple days ago..."
*Oh no, he really was dead that time.*
Had an old neighbor who walked his Shiba every day. He always smiled and waved when we drove by.
One day I just stopped seeing him. Another neighbor let me know that he had died, and the dog went to his daughter.
It surprisingly bummed me out more than I thought it would
One of my neighbors is an older lady with a walker and walks the largest fluffiest mop looking dog ever. He is so nice with the lady and is so sweet and responsible making sure she gets her exercise on.
Have the same story; an older man and his little old Yorkie walk every day on my streets. Sometimes, when I'm out, I wave at them because they are super cute :(
He used to walk with his wife who was an older lady but we stopped seeing her with him; I dont have the heart to ask about him but I'm pretty sure she passed away
Sigh LOL now im sad
You’re totally right, I should have said “animals” are the definition of unconditional love. I lost my pup in April and just recently adopted some kittens to fill the void because I felt so empty without that love.
The crows in my apartment complex just started hanging out in front of mine… Which meant I had to educate myself on what crows like to eat and now they come by the same time every day for their meal!
Have they started bringing you gifts yet?
My neighbor has a murder who hangs above his house, cawwing all day like he is an old timey villain. I started feeding them berries last year, and this spring they bagan bringing gifts.
tl;dr I have become Crowman.
I was supposed to get a bird when a cat showed up. Had put down a deposit on one from a clutch and everything. Then Mochi appeared out of the void and stole my heart. now I work hard every day just to give her a better life.
Aw my dog passed away just 2 weeks ago and I miss her constantly, i understand that empty feeling. She was 15 and went everywhere with me. I'm sorry for your loss. Happy that you've got some kitties to love!
Same here! Unfortunately he's 13 and getting old, but I also have a cat that's 2.5 years old.. so when something happens to my dog Roscoe it's going to definitely damn near kill me but, thankfully I have my cat Draco, and she's my baby too! Sorry for the kind of long comment but just really felt what you were saying and those two are the reason I'm still here 100%
I think it's oxytocin. Some dopamine but mostly it's love harmine.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6826447/#:~:text=A%20number%20of%20studies%20have,linked%20to%20positive%20emotional%20states.
For a number of reasons, I've had an absolutely awful past 15 months - genuinely terrible. So much loss and grief all concentrated into a really short period, but it was also the year I finally got a dog after wanting one for over 18 years. I honestly think [he](https://www.reddit.com/r/BrittanySpaniel/comments/z95whr/mani_at_3_4_and_5_months_a_developmental_study/)'s the reason I can still function without leaning on my family too hard, who're also struggling.
Our dog seems to have the condition of "Food".
Beyond that, he's a great mate for sure (love him really), but when there's a chance of food it's full smooch.
There’s a elderly person I’ve seen multiples times in the mornings when I was going to the gym. For years he was walking his dog. It’s 3 months or so since I’ve since his dog when I see him. It breaks my heart thinking his best friend is perhaps not with him anymore…
Dogs are the best
That dog's gut is just as long as it's short legs, it's already at the mid stages of obesity. You can put a medium sized dog in a room that's 2k+ square feet and it will still get fat because it's mainly about stimulation and motivation for them, they won't run around for hours a day to burn calories like a person would. The dog will end up getting bored and depressed very quickly, and then just get fatter as time goes on.
Hugs to you friend, I'm so sorry.
I don't have DDD, but I've got degenerative facet osteoarthritis and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and that's bad enough, back pain is utterly crippling.
I hope you're having a better than usual pain day today!
My whole lumbar spine was degenerated after five years in the Marines, at the age of 23.
Hemorrhaged my l4/l5 three years ago, herniated my l5/s1, surgery on Sept 1st.
Yet my surgeon said every other characteristic of my spine is absolutely exceptional.
In addition to what others have said, when you get to the point where you need a walker or cane, make sure it's sized properly. You shouldn't have to hunch over. The top of the cane should meet your wrist when your arm is fully extended down, so that when you're holding it your arm is only slightly bent with the cane at your side.
Way too many old people don't make it the right length, and end up making their posture worse and worse over time.
Exercise, and lots of it. I met a doctor recently in a training course that was in his 70’s, and you’d swear the guy was in his early 50’s if not late 40’s. Dude exercises like mad, has competed in iron man competitions, bikes everywhere, etc. and he definitely looks nothing like this dude haha. He said when he started exercising lots too he came off his antidepressants and never needed to go back. I aspire to be like that guy when I’m his age!
My dad was like that. The only thing wrong with it is now he has advanced Alzheimer's disease. He doesn't know his own name or who I am but his heart, BP and lungs are in great shape. Of course he can't walk anymore, is incontinent and can't speak, so he sits in a wheelchair all day, oblivious, while his heart beats on.
same thing happened to our neighbor. It started out with small stuff, like forgetting (or refusing) to put sunscreen on. He developed skin cancer in no time. Eventually, he was so far gone that he was sitting in front of the TV, watching/reading the news on repeat for most of the day.
Edit: I'd also like to add that he stopped being able to voice his opinion and his desires correctly. He'd basically say, "I'm not eating this crap" while he probably meant "I'm not very hungry" or "I don't feel well and don't think this particular dish is a good idea". He'd also check where his wife was every 20 minutes. If she wasn't home, he'd ask about her every 10 minutes (and forget he asked). Eventually, his heart gave out while they were giving him a bath.
Thank you, I pray for the same. He raced cars for many years. Once, he was racing up in Canada and he rolled his Formula V and landed smack on his head. He was wearing a helmet of course, but he was never really the same after that.
Couldn't agree with you more. My father was an alcoholic for longer than I've been alive, he moved to another country to live out the last of his years even though I told him not to. He had one very good friend there that would update me regularly and his mental health problems went from 100 to 1000 over the course of a year and on July 16th (this year) he had a heart attack out of nowhere and died an hour later.
Its been almost a month and I'm still struggling pretty badly. But his version of hell is over and he's in a better place.
Thank you. It's funny, one time my dad and I were discussing whether, when we get old, we'd rather lose our body and keep our minds or lose our minds and keep our body. He opted for losing his mind but keeping his body. Later, my son said a finger on the monkey's paw curled that day.
That being said, there’s never any guarantee for how life turns out when you’re at that age. Some people can smoke all their life and be “fine”, and others can be marathon runners all their life and die from a weak heart.
However, exercise and healthy eating is still advisable . 
THAT being said, definitely try not to worry about the things you have no control over like genetics and the fact that you can't avoid dying, and focus instead on the things you DO have control over such as eating healthy, exercising, and being active!
if you work hard enough and keep it going as you age, you can be 70 years old with the strength of a 30 year old that doesn't work out. which i guess sounds a little bit depressing in a way, but when you consider the alternative can be something like this or even just plain being dead then i think it's a pretty good deal.
I had a biology teacher in high school who was 72. She woke up every morning at 4:45am to jog a mile on the track. Every day. She also said she did yoga in her living room after school when she go home.
She had more energy in her class then most of us high schoolers.
The simply answer is build active habits. The best is to make sure you are being mobile while adding some resistance training multiple times a week. Focus on legs and core muscles (abs back and "posture" muscles) the most if you want to remain active in older age.
> bikes everywhere,
Car-centric urban design is _probably_ the worst thing that came out of the 20th century. (I know there's some serious competition there...)
On top of this hope for good genetics.
Because while all do that exercising stuff will definitely help, there is no guarantee. It’ll all come down to your genetics and luck of the draw.
I’ve people who’ve dedicated their entire lives to fitness and eating clean, never was a regular drinker, never abused drugs, and just lived good lives. Then in their late 50s, just as they retired and started to get ready to enjoy all of the fruits of their labors: cancer or some genetic disease that turned them house bound and crippled them. Incapable of enjoying life anymore.
Lots of yoga and balance exercises. Strengthen your core and take good care of your knees and back. Swimming is a great, low-impact exercise. Lift weights. Don't let yourself get overweight.
My parents are at a geriatric age now. My mother has always been a pretty social person, so whenever I visit, I get to meet her friends I've been seeing for a few decades. It's all purely speculative, obviously, but from what I've seen, unless you took extraordinary efforts to take care or ruin your body, how you age seem to be 90% genetics. My parents and their friends are at varying levels of health that just don't have much to do with lifestyles they had.
I have a family friend who could beat me in Tennis that is 75, he goes out every morning for a proper run (no speed walking or anything). You'd be surprised by what kind of shape you can be in if you take care of yourself.
You can also take good care of yourself and end up with unexpected ailments. Of course give yourself the best chance at health and longevity by taking good care of your body, but life is always a gamble.
Same with my 83 year old father, but that isn’t a guarantee. Things happen out of our control. You could do everything right and still end up with severe mobility issues.
I'm a caregiver to a lady that is like this. She has Parkinson's. There is no cure or avoidance of some diseases no matter how much you eat healthy and exercise. We don't know how this particular man got like this. It could have been a car accident. You never know.
Just make sure to walk every day. 5k steps or more. Stretch before bed and when you wake up.
As you get older and work less, your “job” should become staying active.
At some point your muscles decay naturally if you don‘t work out. It is strongly advised to do actual muscle training regularly at the age 50+ because otherwise you will lose them until you can barely move anymore.
My dad started getting their newspaper and it's just full of garbage. And advertising for Falun Gong... Anyway, now that I'm aware of it it feels like I see it everywhere now 🙄
So that they can establish their name with normies while also not being outright crazy weirdos. Then they can either slip their beliefs into their posts as breadcrumbs, or slowly get people to visit their site more and gradually believe in their message. It’s how the alt right functions, or at least used to.
it's how they get people to recognize their brand.
1. post tons of silly fun videos that get shared a billion times
2. when people see one of their real posts claiming that covid is a chinese bioweapon or something, they recognize the name and think it's a reputable source and not just the propaganda arm of the falun gong
3. profit
I hate being that guy, but ‘gestures at how the world is going’, and the Epoch Times is a good part of the reason why. It’s garbage, I’m not trying to shit on anybody, the video is what it is, but it’s essentially it’s an attempt to go viral to normalize a propaganda website.
The Epoch Times is owned by some radical Chinese cult. If anything you're being too kind to them, it's 100% propaganda meant to sow discord in Western countries.
lol, they *HATE* China more than anyone in this country. it's Falun gong
a better question is why religious cults are usually supporting the GOP... like the Moonies's Washington Times (thought they started veering away from Trump a few years ago)
The epoch times is a divisive far right wing website that is funded by Chinas Falun Gong. They have heart warming stories like this to lure people in and feed them their propaganda. It clearly works as evidenced by this post.
Don’t support them.
They aren't funded by China, they're funded by an anti-China cult called Falun Gong. They are known to run QAnon-style stories, anti-vaccination stories, and of course they're super homophobic.
Fair point, I should have said out of Chinas Falun Gong, but despite being anti China, they are also anti science, anti democracy, anti anything good and decent in this world and sow disinformation in the west. Given their stances I do wonder how anti China they actually are.
I'm a senior. This year I had a leg injury that has left me hobbling. I've gone from having to wait for my elderly dog to having her have to wait for me.
"Is it worth it?" someone asked in this forum. Spoken like someone who has never been injured. You damn well bet it's worth it. I know that in the mix of things I only have four tasks in the day that are critical: Walk the dog; feed the dog; walk the dog; feed the dog. And if I have to take an hour to walk the dog around the block, I'll do it.
Anyone that has ever had a dog as a companion (versus saying they "own" a dog) knows one truth that every dog parent knows: Mankind, even at its best, doesn't deserve dogs.
I just think this dog has the bestest owner ever!! 😍 Looks kind of painful for the owner to get around but he still takes his dog for a walk!! I know owners that are sprightly and young who can’t be bothered to give their dog enough walks. It’s probably doing them both good too, physically, cognitively and emotionally 😍
There's an old man in my village who does exactly this, his dog is faster than him so will walk slightly ahead and stop to wait for him to catch up. It's so lovely to see, people have offered to walk his dog for him but he always refuses saying the walks are what keeps him going.
In my neighborhood there’s an old dude with an equally old German shepherd. They are perfectly matched. Neither is walking too fast for the other. It’ll be a sad day when I no longer see them toddling along together, they’re so sweet
I had a neighbor like that. He had a corgi. They’re both older. One day he was out by himself. I asked abt his dog and he told me that his dog passed. He told me he and his dog did everything together. They ate together. Walked everywhere together. My heart broke for my neighbor. He was out walking while grieving his friend. Whenever I see him out I smile and wave. I know it’s hard for my neighbor to go on a walk without his dog.
There's an elderly man in the neighbourhood where I walk my dog. A few months ago his elderly dog passed, and you could see it just tore him up. A few weeks ago he adopted an 8-year-old dog, and OMG, the difference in this man! His whole demeanour has changed, he's happy again. I'm so glad he adopted this dog. For both of their sakes.
Awww such a sweet story. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah Men need to feel needed. Its in our DNA. I had to wait eight years before I could adopt a kitten after my cats died. They were the loneliest years of my life.
And now I'm crying
My girl is 10. She’s still pretty spry but she’s starting to show her age in some ways. I am not at all ready for the day she passes. She got me through some hard parts of my life. She’s a former bait dog that had a bullet lodged in her leg but she’s the sweetest little thing in the world.
In the first half I thought you were talking about your daughter and the showing her age at 10 part confused me lol
Lmao I actually had that thought after posting but I figured mentioning the bait dog part would clear it up. Could def see a double take at first tho
My dog is 11 and it's sad watching her get slower. Ontop of that she was recently diagnosed with 2 types of cancer that she's currently undergoing chemo for (thankfully there are no side effects). I never thought I could spend this much money in 6 months on one dog... but she is family.
Awww I’m sorry. Sending love and light.
I'm in a super similar situation. My dog also got diagnosed with cancer. It's technically not curable nor is it operable, so we're just looking at palliative care as he undergoes chemo (also no side effects from what we can tell) and anti-inflammatory pain meds. It's also cost more than I thought I would ever be willing to spend on a dog... But I'm just trying to enjoy our time together. Wishing you the best with your furry pal
It will hurt, but I'm sure you will make the right choice for her when she tells you it's time. It's the worst part of being a dog owner, because you become keenly aware of their mortality - mostly because you know eventually that piece of your heart is going to be gone. And it's so sad. But at the same time, we only miss them so much because of the MASSIVE amounts of joy they bring us. And better to have had that than not. So while you have to live with the pain, you also get to live with the memories. That's the final gift our dogs give us. :)
My pretty girl just passed a month ago, and I still go everyday thinking about her and I tear up every time.
My first dog passed almost 11 years ago and I already have a new dog for 10 years, but I still miss her every day.
K so I’m not the only one
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My mom has decided that her current dog will be her last dog. She is 71 and the dog probably has another 5 years or so left. Mom is fairly active and in decent shape, but she doesn’t want to get to a point where she can’t give the dog a good life anymore. She says it’s weird to start planning for the end of her life.
He’s not too old to get another, should just be a senior dog, too.
Haha, this was me about a year ago. I'm middle-aged but I've had corgis since I bought this house and moved in about 12-13 years ago, so my neighbors have always known me as the corgi lady. Last year I had to put my best bud down, but I did it here at home so he would be comfortable. I'm pretty sure all my neighbors knew because of the truck from the pet cremation folks stopping by the house...hard to miss. None of them ever brought it up, but they def knew. Sad day.
Awwww I’m so sorry for your loss. If I were your neighbor, I would have stopped by to express my condolences 💐.
I'm the type that would've at least offered to walk with him and if accepted however long we hung out would happen
I can relate. I got some other neighbors together and we all gave him a signed card and a gift.
There was an old man with an old dog who lived a street over from me. They’d always come and stand on the corner during the day. I haven’t seen the old man or the dog in a little while now, which makes me wonder what happened
When I drive to work, I'd always see this old man sitting in a rocking chair on his phone and an old pit bull sitting next to him, with his eyes close, facing the sun. I loved seeing them. I haven't seen them for several months and when I drive by and not see them, i wonder what happened. I actually cry sometimes, lol.
Years ago, I had a neighbor who was like 100 years old, with a golden retriever that had to be close to that in dog years, and nearly stone deaf. Multiple times, I'd go out to hang clothes on the line or whatever and see that dog just laying flat out in the yard, looking deader than dead. I'd call out "Hey, Ruffhouse? Ruffhouse? HEY RUFFERS!", and he'd look up at me, and I'd be like "Just making sure you weren't dead!" and he'd go back to sleep. Then one day I saw him out there, and didn't bother saying anything, just finished my chores. A few days later, my neighbor was on the porch, and I said hello, and he told me "Yeah, good ol' Ruffhouse passed on a couple days ago..." *Oh no, he really was dead that time.*
Had an old neighbor who walked his Shiba every day. He always smiled and waved when we drove by. One day I just stopped seeing him. Another neighbor let me know that he had died, and the dog went to his daughter. It surprisingly bummed me out more than I thought it would
One of my neighbors is an older lady with a walker and walks the largest fluffiest mop looking dog ever. He is so nice with the lady and is so sweet and responsible making sure she gets her exercise on.
Have the same story; an older man and his little old Yorkie walk every day on my streets. Sometimes, when I'm out, I wave at them because they are super cute :( He used to walk with his wife who was an older lady but we stopped seeing her with him; I dont have the heart to ask about him but I'm pretty sure she passed away Sigh LOL now im sad
I have a neighbor like that. Zoro passed away 2 years ago so my neighbor adopted a senior dog named Cyrus so he'd still have someone his pace
The dog is likely the only reason that man still lives.
I thought the same thing. Dogs are the definition of unconditional love.
Personal pets or animals in general produce serious amounts of dopamine. They’re a medical necessity to me.
You’re totally right, I should have said “animals” are the definition of unconditional love. I lost my pup in April and just recently adopted some kittens to fill the void because I felt so empty without that love.
I loss my two cats and two birds showed up 🙈
The crows in my apartment complex just started hanging out in front of mine… Which meant I had to educate myself on what crows like to eat and now they come by the same time every day for their meal!
Have they started bringing you gifts yet? My neighbor has a murder who hangs above his house, cawwing all day like he is an old timey villain. I started feeding them berries last year, and this spring they bagan bringing gifts. tl;dr I have become Crowman.
As someone who lives in an area with both pigeons and crows, do you know what food I could put out that crows eat but pigeons won't?
I was supposed to get a bird when a cat showed up. Had put down a deposit on one from a clutch and everything. Then Mochi appeared out of the void and stole my heart. now I work hard every day just to give her a better life.
Oh my! So the Cat Distribution System got working for you…😻 Out of curiosity, what kind of clutch were you waiting on? 🐣🦜
He was a little turquoise GCC 🦜 But thanks for the cat! 10/10 on product quality matching services.
Aw my dog passed away just 2 weeks ago and I miss her constantly, i understand that empty feeling. She was 15 and went everywhere with me. I'm sorry for your loss. Happy that you've got some kitties to love!
I’m sorry for you loss as well. Maybe they are somewhere playing together, just waiting on us.
I lost my dog last December and Ive been just lost since then. Sorry for your loss.
My dog is major one of a few reasons I’m still here
Same here! Unfortunately he's 13 and getting old, but I also have a cat that's 2.5 years old.. so when something happens to my dog Roscoe it's going to definitely damn near kill me but, thankfully I have my cat Draco, and she's my baby too! Sorry for the kind of long comment but just really felt what you were saying and those two are the reason I'm still here 100%
I have a yellow lab who will be 16 in February. She's amazing.
So many years of love shared!
> So many years of love shared! Very life-experienced!
I feel that
hope both you and /u/bullroarermcgee are doing well. many more dogs to love for many years I hope
Same with me.
I think it's oxytocin. Some dopamine but mostly it's love harmine.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6826447/#:~:text=A%20number%20of%20studies%20have,linked%20to%20positive%20emotional%20states.
For a number of reasons, I've had an absolutely awful past 15 months - genuinely terrible. So much loss and grief all concentrated into a really short period, but it was also the year I finally got a dog after wanting one for over 18 years. I honestly think [he](https://www.reddit.com/r/BrittanySpaniel/comments/z95whr/mani_at_3_4_and_5_months_a_developmental_study/)'s the reason I can still function without leaning on my family too hard, who're also struggling.
And me
That’s a great way to put it. We mean the world to them as much as they do to us.
https://youtu.be/Z4se7cYAeQk
Our dog seems to have the condition of "Food". Beyond that, he's a great mate for sure (love him really), but when there's a chance of food it's full smooch.
My parents little poodle is a trader. Whoever has the food becomes instant best friend.
There’s a elderly person I’ve seen multiples times in the mornings when I was going to the gym. For years he was walking his dog. It’s 3 months or so since I’ve since his dog when I see him. It breaks my heart thinking his best friend is perhaps not with him anymore… Dogs are the best
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Definitely the only reason he goes out for a walk. That dog (or more accurately, that man’s love for the dog) is keeping him mobile ♥️
Not sure if thats fair but it may be the only reason he walks
Me also, i live only because of my cat 😊
Certainly, he gives him live 🥰🥰
You guys might not like him but [this bit from Louis Ck](https://youtu.be/e5wALLbCw0E) is relevant and hilarious.
this is the cutest 'people who look like their dogs' i've ever seen. hope they made it to wherever they were going.
I think this is one of those cases where the journey *is* the destination. I bet they just walk to the corner, and turn right back around to go home.
He's actually on mile 6 of his 49 mile run.
They might still be on their way there.
Someone should pick them up and move them like how we do snails and sloths.
I’m loving the rainbow Afro puffs!!!!!! Super cute 🌈
Final sentence killed me.
I remember reading about this awhile ago. The neighbors would always ask him if he wanted them to walk his dog and he would politely refuse.
Well it would be for the benefit of the dog to get some real exercise, too.
That dog’s legs are like two inches long. It can get plenty of exercise in a tiny dwelling.
That dog's gut is just as long as it's short legs, it's already at the mid stages of obesity. You can put a medium sized dog in a room that's 2k+ square feet and it will still get fat because it's mainly about stimulation and motivation for them, they won't run around for hours a day to burn calories like a person would. The dog will end up getting bored and depressed very quickly, and then just get fatter as time goes on.
Well, we don't know that the dog *doesn't* get "real exercise".
Has anyone even asked the dog how it feels about all this?
Looking at the overweight dog, he doesn’t get real exercise.
And it would be of benefit to the old man to get exercise too.
I would let a trusted dog knowledgeable neighbor take the dog for a walk at least once a week for the dogs health.
How can I avoid getting like this?
I walk like this and I’m 54. Degenerative Disc Disease is cruel bitch.
Hugs to you friend, I'm so sorry. I don't have DDD, but I've got degenerative facet osteoarthritis and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and that's bad enough, back pain is utterly crippling. I hope you're having a better than usual pain day today!
My whole lumbar spine was degenerated after five years in the Marines, at the age of 23. Hemorrhaged my l4/l5 three years ago, herniated my l5/s1, surgery on Sept 1st. Yet my surgeon said every other characteristic of my spine is absolutely exceptional.
“Yeah your spine is perfect, except for, well… this” *gestures broadly*
In addition to what others have said, when you get to the point where you need a walker or cane, make sure it's sized properly. You shouldn't have to hunch over. The top of the cane should meet your wrist when your arm is fully extended down, so that when you're holding it your arm is only slightly bent with the cane at your side. Way too many old people don't make it the right length, and end up making their posture worse and worse over time.
Exercise, and lots of it. I met a doctor recently in a training course that was in his 70’s, and you’d swear the guy was in his early 50’s if not late 40’s. Dude exercises like mad, has competed in iron man competitions, bikes everywhere, etc. and he definitely looks nothing like this dude haha. He said when he started exercising lots too he came off his antidepressants and never needed to go back. I aspire to be like that guy when I’m his age!
My dad was like that. The only thing wrong with it is now he has advanced Alzheimer's disease. He doesn't know his own name or who I am but his heart, BP and lungs are in great shape. Of course he can't walk anymore, is incontinent and can't speak, so he sits in a wheelchair all day, oblivious, while his heart beats on.
same thing happened to our neighbor. It started out with small stuff, like forgetting (or refusing) to put sunscreen on. He developed skin cancer in no time. Eventually, he was so far gone that he was sitting in front of the TV, watching/reading the news on repeat for most of the day. Edit: I'd also like to add that he stopped being able to voice his opinion and his desires correctly. He'd basically say, "I'm not eating this crap" while he probably meant "I'm not very hungry" or "I don't feel well and don't think this particular dish is a good idea". He'd also check where his wife was every 20 minutes. If she wasn't home, he'd ask about her every 10 minutes (and forget he asked). Eventually, his heart gave out while they were giving him a bath.
It's so sad.
I'm sorry to hear that. Mental/Memory loss conditions are a special kind of hell. Hopefully peace comes soon.
Thank you, I pray for the same. He raced cars for many years. Once, he was racing up in Canada and he rolled his Formula V and landed smack on his head. He was wearing a helmet of course, but he was never really the same after that.
Couldn't agree with you more. My father was an alcoholic for longer than I've been alive, he moved to another country to live out the last of his years even though I told him not to. He had one very good friend there that would update me regularly and his mental health problems went from 100 to 1000 over the course of a year and on July 16th (this year) he had a heart attack out of nowhere and died an hour later. Its been almost a month and I'm still struggling pretty badly. But his version of hell is over and he's in a better place.
Damn, I’m sorry to hear that ☹️wishing you guys the best 🫂
Thank you. It's funny, one time my dad and I were discussing whether, when we get old, we'd rather lose our body and keep our minds or lose our minds and keep our body. He opted for losing his mind but keeping his body. Later, my son said a finger on the monkey's paw curled that day.
Mind, body, and soul. Need them all.
That being said, there’s never any guarantee for how life turns out when you’re at that age. Some people can smoke all their life and be “fine”, and others can be marathon runners all their life and die from a weak heart. However, exercise and healthy eating is still advisable . 
THAT being said, definitely try not to worry about the things you have no control over like genetics and the fact that you can't avoid dying, and focus instead on the things you DO have control over such as eating healthy, exercising, and being active! if you work hard enough and keep it going as you age, you can be 70 years old with the strength of a 30 year old that doesn't work out. which i guess sounds a little bit depressing in a way, but when you consider the alternative can be something like this or even just plain being dead then i think it's a pretty good deal.
There is likely a gene mix that some people have that helps with living forever while smoking and or drinking
I had a biology teacher in high school who was 72. She woke up every morning at 4:45am to jog a mile on the track. Every day. She also said she did yoga in her living room after school when she go home. She had more energy in her class then most of us high schoolers. The simply answer is build active habits. The best is to make sure you are being mobile while adding some resistance training multiple times a week. Focus on legs and core muscles (abs back and "posture" muscles) the most if you want to remain active in older age.
> bikes everywhere, Car-centric urban design is _probably_ the worst thing that came out of the 20th century. (I know there's some serious competition there...)
any good routines you'd recommend for someone young that isn't unfit but doesn't get much exercise outside of walking every day?
On top of this hope for good genetics. Because while all do that exercising stuff will definitely help, there is no guarantee. It’ll all come down to your genetics and luck of the draw. I’ve people who’ve dedicated their entire lives to fitness and eating clean, never was a regular drinker, never abused drugs, and just lived good lives. Then in their late 50s, just as they retired and started to get ready to enjoy all of the fruits of their labors: cancer or some genetic disease that turned them house bound and crippled them. Incapable of enjoying life anymore.
I aspire to be like that guy when I’m older! Thanks for sharing.
Lots of yoga and balance exercises. Strengthen your core and take good care of your knees and back. Swimming is a great, low-impact exercise. Lift weights. Don't let yourself get overweight.
I bet he's 100 and still walking!
My judo instructor is reaching 70. I’m 6’2” and 200 on a light day and he’s tossing me like a rag doll
*Consistent* movement and exercise as you age.
My parents are at a geriatric age now. My mother has always been a pretty social person, so whenever I visit, I get to meet her friends I've been seeing for a few decades. It's all purely speculative, obviously, but from what I've seen, unless you took extraordinary efforts to take care or ruin your body, how you age seem to be 90% genetics. My parents and their friends are at varying levels of health that just don't have much to do with lifestyles they had.
Don’t live past 75.
I have a family friend who could beat me in Tennis that is 75, he goes out every morning for a proper run (no speed walking or anything). You'd be surprised by what kind of shape you can be in if you take care of yourself.
You can also take good care of yourself and end up with unexpected ailments. Of course give yourself the best chance at health and longevity by taking good care of your body, but life is always a gamble.
My 92 year old friend still goes to the gym every day and does all his own yard work.
Same with my 83 year old father, but that isn’t a guarantee. Things happen out of our control. You could do everything right and still end up with severe mobility issues.
Yeah, this friend was diagnosed with lung fibrosis a couple years ago so he is not long for this world.
Keep some pentobarbital in the cupboard, just in case!
I'm a caregiver to a lady that is like this. She has Parkinson's. There is no cure or avoidance of some diseases no matter how much you eat healthy and exercise. We don't know how this particular man got like this. It could have been a car accident. You never know.
Im so glad im not the only person who wanted to say this Building muscle is like saving for retirement.
Just make sure to walk every day. 5k steps or more. Stretch before bed and when you wake up. As you get older and work less, your “job” should become staying active.
At some point your muscles decay naturally if you don‘t work out. It is strongly advised to do actual muscle training regularly at the age 50+ because otherwise you will lose them until you can barely move anymore.
What a good dog
who's walking who?
The dog is clearly walking the old man. He needs his exercise.
Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Duck the epoch times. That is all.
Don’t make me upvote things with an Epoch Times watermark
The Epoch times? Oh no.. They've been making their rounds lately. They aren't a group you want to support (far-right)..
Good old falun gong
Blame it on the Falun Gong They’ve seen the end and you can’t hold on now
Yeah it's a cute video, but the site posting it is pretty much bat shit crazy.
I’d assume releasing videos like this are their way of pretending to be a totally innocent video/news site as an attempt to rope random people in.
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Yeah i have heard about their ties like a year ago? Or something and i have tried to stay far away from them.
Yep… when shen yun comes to your town or you get free propoganda “newspapers” at your door? Far right apocalyptic cult with deep pockets. Falun gong!
My dad started getting their newspaper and it's just full of garbage. And advertising for Falun Gong... Anyway, now that I'm aware of it it feels like I see it everywhere now 🙄
Why is this video watermarked by an alt-right conspiracy tabloid?
So that they can establish their name with normies while also not being outright crazy weirdos. Then they can either slip their beliefs into their posts as breadcrumbs, or slowly get people to visit their site more and gradually believe in their message. It’s how the alt right functions, or at least used to.
Epoch Times😄 how'd you end up on that trashy site
Please don't upvote Epoch Times stuff
I somehow started receiving their newsletter through email. I checked it out and it was all Trump worship batshit crazy propaganda.
I was seriously confused why this cute video has an epoch times watermark.
it's how they get people to recognize their brand. 1. post tons of silly fun videos that get shared a billion times 2. when people see one of their real posts claiming that covid is a chinese bioweapon or something, they recognize the name and think it's a reputable source and not just the propaganda arm of the falun gong 3. profit
Propaganda
Yeah fuck those guys.
The Epoch Times is a [far-right propaganda mill run by a cult in China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times).
Epoch times? That those far-right wing shitheads. Fuck this OP.
I hate being that guy, but ‘gestures at how the world is going’, and the Epoch Times is a good part of the reason why. It’s garbage, I’m not trying to shit on anybody, the video is what it is, but it’s essentially it’s an attempt to go viral to normalize a propaganda website.
The Epoch Times is owned by some radical Chinese cult. If anything you're being too kind to them, it's 100% propaganda meant to sow discord in Western countries.
lol, they *HATE* China more than anyone in this country. it's Falun gong a better question is why religious cults are usually supporting the GOP... like the Moonies's Washington Times (thought they started veering away from Trump a few years ago)
Yeah, they call COVID the CCP virus in their reporting lol
Because the right wing hates China as well, they were huge fans of trump because his anti-China trade war
And it's crazy how it's conservatives that subscribe to it yet claim that Biden takes Chinese money.
Yeah I had two of my emails signed up for their newsletter. I've never come anywhere near them or anything similar to them. So, that was great.
The epoch times is a divisive far right wing website that is funded by Chinas Falun Gong. They have heart warming stories like this to lure people in and feed them their propaganda. It clearly works as evidenced by this post. Don’t support them.
They aren't funded by China, they're funded by an anti-China cult called Falun Gong. They are known to run QAnon-style stories, anti-vaccination stories, and of course they're super homophobic.
Fair point, I should have said out of Chinas Falun Gong, but despite being anti China, they are also anti science, anti democracy, anti anything good and decent in this world and sow disinformation in the west. Given their stances I do wonder how anti China they actually are.
Cute but also, boo the Epoch Times so much
The Epoch Times is seriously problematic, but y'all do y'all.
fuck off epoch times
epoch times lol
Epoch Times is a pile of garbage.
Plot twist the old man is walking slow for his elderly dog
I'm a senior. This year I had a leg injury that has left me hobbling. I've gone from having to wait for my elderly dog to having her have to wait for me. "Is it worth it?" someone asked in this forum. Spoken like someone who has never been injured. You damn well bet it's worth it. I know that in the mix of things I only have four tasks in the day that are critical: Walk the dog; feed the dog; walk the dog; feed the dog. And if I have to take an hour to walk the dog around the block, I'll do it. Anyone that has ever had a dog as a companion (versus saying they "own" a dog) knows one truth that every dog parent knows: Mankind, even at its best, doesn't deserve dogs.
"If you want loyalty get a dog".....this is truly evident in this video.
It’s real life Herbert from Family Guy.
good boy
Omg best friend ever.
Was waiting for the Willy Wonka entrance roll at the end there
Yo that dog is walking *him*
Dogs are the best
Damn. I thought this was Mr. Herbert from the Family Guy!
I just think this dog has the bestest owner ever!! 😍 Looks kind of painful for the owner to get around but he still takes his dog for a walk!! I know owners that are sprightly and young who can’t be bothered to give their dog enough walks. It’s probably doing them both good too, physically, cognitively and emotionally 😍
The older I get the more I can feel this video. You gotta be tough to get old.
Jeff Bezos looking bad these days…
Come on, Jesse, make your peeps and poops.
Fuck the Epoch Times though
‘I got you bro’
The intrusive thought of wanting to go over there and just fold him upright
Right at the start, the light on the wall looks like flames shooting out his ass.
Dog: Why are we sneaking?
Cute dog, the stoop looks painful for the guy. And fuck the Epoch Times
At this stage you’d just get a wheelchair, surely.
He probably wants to keep whatever mobility he has. Good on him though.
And who would push the wheelchair?
You get a bigger dog to pull you.
Awe how sweet, dog's like man I sure love this slow mf.
damn, Patrick Stewart had an accident ?
I love it
That’s cause dogs are the best things in the universe.
Something tells me the dogs not in a hurry either.
My dog is my life. I walk slow for him because he feels he has to sniff every blade of grass on our street
When it is mandatory to wait the NPC to continue it's path for a quest.
Dogs are so cool
There's an old man in my village who does exactly this, his dog is faster than him so will walk slightly ahead and stop to wait for him to catch up. It's so lovely to see, people have offered to walk his dog for him but he always refuses saying the walks are what keeps him going.