 Help with a stray
Well, was a stray, but not anymore. My friend saved a small dog from a highway this morning. She took him home and put him in her bathroom with food and water (so he wouldn't tear anything up) and then went to work. I haven't seen a pic of him (just got a phone call from my friend...who thought maybe I could come over this weekend and help her with him). She wants to keep him because she says he's adorable, and looks so lonely and helpless. We are going to take him to the vet tomorrow to get him checked out. My question is, will the vet be able to give us a round about guess at how old he is? I know they can go by teeth as a puppy and that it gets a bit sketchy once they're 2 or 3, but is there a way to tell approximately? She's talked with her husband and he likes the idea of keeping the dog, but he doesn't want her to keep him if he is very old, because she just went through a stint of depression and he is afraid if the dog dies soon it would be very bad for her. I told her that dogs don't have a set age that they die at...some go sooner than others, unfortunately, and with a dog that was once a stray, it's kinda up in the air. Any knowledge on the age test? Or your thoughts on the situation in general?
Edit: This is in the yorkie section because I'm not sure if he is a yorkie or not. My friend told me that he looked "a little like Bender" so she wasn't sure, but thought maybe I'd know if I saw him. |