If my Rottweiler and German Shepherds were offered the choice of either giving up the good life here or helping the professor off this mortal coil,he’d need to name his beneficiaries.
Isn’t amazing how the Ivy League elites try to tell us how to live our lives.
When my wife and I go for our daily walks, when the working people are at work, we see many senior citizens out walking their dogs. Regardless of the time of the day, when we are out driving, we see people of all ages walking their dogs.
When my wife was the head RN of a busy FP practice, she and her doctor would recommend that new widows or widowers adopt a dog or buy a one. Then, walk that dog several times a day. Most of the new dog owners, lost weight and felt better by having a companion and a co walker.
We have friends and relatives, who need to have a dog or two. When they have lost a long time dog, we have encouraged them to get another one. They never forget the dog that is gone, but they have a new one to love and care for.
My older son and I are allergic to most cats. So we never had cats. A neighbor and his entire family is allergic to cats. They had an epidemic attack of rats/mice and ground squirrels. They couldn’t shoot them in town and didn’t want to put out poison. So they adopted two barn cats. Not only did the barn cats clear out the unwanted rodents in their yard, they have done the same in our yard and other neighbors. I leave pie pans with water for them in our back yard. The cats do most of their anti rodent activities at night.
We know a couple of ladies who own gentle labs. They take them out to retirement homes and nursing homes to be petted and patted by the dog lovers in those places.