Sparkle — such a cool dog.
She was on a bit of a pick-up terror this morning — brush, cup, paper, bag, bowls, and this small plastic ring…
She just sits and waits until I notice her. Patience is definitely one of her many virtues.
This morning I was playing around with Sparkle’s pedigree, tracking down Ages of Death (AOD) for the generations behind her. I knew most but some were missing and so I dug around until I had them all.
Sparkle’s parents: Zoey’s AOD was 9.5 and Fil is alive at 9 years, 9+ months.
Sparkle’s grandparents: Average AOD is 9.7 with a range of 7.9 - 11.9.
Sparkle’s great-grandparents: Average age of death is 8.68 with a range of 4.9 (pyometra) — 10.7; those young deaths really take down the average, and so I think it is worth noting the cause. Without the one young death, the average AOD of Sparkle’s great-grandparents is 9.2.
I like data. It doesn’t tell the whole story but you actually cannot tell the whole story without it.