Little Tucker

UPDATE 4-26-2007 ... Li'l Tucker has gone to the Bridge

Hi Carole....we just wanted to let you know that our Lil Tucker, whom we adopted from you in May of 2002 has gone to the bridge today. He'd gone into kidney failure unfortunately but also suffered from a stage 5 out of 6 heart murmur. He was about 14 or so. We loved him so much and are so grateful to you for letting us adopt him almost 5 years ago.

Thank you again - Tucker was the best dog in the world.

Best regards, Sharon and Bill

This little fellow came to us because his people had died. He had been taken in by some nice people but they couldn't take care of him. Now, we'll be honest, Tucker is older but not ancient. He appears to have had a hard life though. His canine teeth are literally worn down almost to the gums. This could be the result of trying to chew his way out of a cage or fence. Who can say. This does not give him any trouble though as he can eat anything, and generally does. He's kind of on the chubby side. Also, upon examination when we had him neutered, I found a 22 slug just under the skin on the inside of one of his back legs. Again, who knows where it came from or what happened. Of course, it was removed. It appears he could have had a misspent youth chasing chickens or the ladies. That's about it. Tucker isn't a ball of fire and would love nothing more than to spend his senior years with someone who likes to hang out on the front porch or in front of the TV. He does enjoy long walks and offers that anyone lucky enough to have him for a buddy, will have a long life because of his propensity for long walks.

Note: Li'l Tucker was adopted in May, 2002. He is very content in his roll of Lord & Master over the cats & people in his new home. His new Momma sends us pictures from time to time. It seems Li'l Tucker has a flair for playing dress-up. These are some of his favorite costumes.

UPDATE 10-26-2005: We recently received the following note & new pictures of the sweet guy & his new little "sister".

Hi Carol, I hope that you remember us. We adopted Tucker in May of 2002. This is an update on the ol' guy. Dr. Wright thinks he's about 10-13 right now. He acts like he's about 7 if you ask me.

Tucker is doing fantastic. Still struggles with back pain sometimes. Especially when the weather gets cooler. A 1/4 prednisone a week does the trick and aspirin does fine the rest of the time. It didn't take me long to figure out every little idiosyncrasy about him, so I know him and his health and habits like I know my own. Tucker has walked every single day since the day we adopted him except for a few days in June 2004 when we had all that rain. He still rules the house and his new little sister Gracie whom we got in July from Save the Animals Rescue Team. Gracie is a tiny little deaf Maltese who Tucker could give or take. He treats her mostly like she's a pesky kid sister. He'll even do her the favor of waiting for her to catch up on our daily walks, so he must care for her. He's probably still getting used to sharing the attention.

All in all Tucker has been the best dog ever and except for getting moles removed by Doctor Wright once in awhile, and his sporadic spine problems, he's happy and healthy.

We just took him and Gracie on a 12 hour (one way) car ride to Colorado to visit my family, so the little guy does get to travel and see the sights too!

Here are some recent pictures..........

All the best to you........Sharon and Bill and Tucker & Gracie