A week of so ago, a dog named Stump won the Westminster "Best in Show" title. The remarkable thing is that Stump is 10 years old, making him the oldest winner of "Best in Show" ever.
Now, if you go by the "dog years" calculation, Stump is the equivalent of 70 human years old and yet he was judged to be the best dog in the whole show.
To add to the story, according to this article in the New York Times, Stump nearly died a four years ago from a bacterial infection. It got so bad at one point that they were going to give it just one more day and if things didn't get better, then they were going to "put down" Stump.
Amazingly, not only did he recover from the infection, but he went on to be the world's oldest winner of Westminster (most show dogs decline by about age 6).
I wonder if this marks a shifting in culture. We are seeing more and more older people (and dogs) accomplishing great things. Aging isn't what it used to be.
Now, if you go by the "dog years" calculation, Stump is the equivalent of 70 human years old and yet he was judged to be the best dog in the whole show.
To add to the story, according to this article in the New York Times, Stump nearly died a four years ago from a bacterial infection. It got so bad at one point that they were going to give it just one more day and if things didn't get better, then they were going to "put down" Stump.
Amazingly, not only did he recover from the infection, but he went on to be the world's oldest winner of Westminster (most show dogs decline by about age 6).
I wonder if this marks a shifting in culture. We are seeing more and more older people (and dogs) accomplishing great things. Aging isn't what it used to be.
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