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Cricket, our lhasa apso, is 9 years old which makes him the oldest of our pack. Cricket has seen many dogs come and a few go, but he's still there as toy-greedy and cantankerous as ever.


Cricket LOVES toys.


Alot.
Everytime we come home from shopping, he investigates each bag just to make sure he doesn't miss a toy. He's so toy greedy, he'll actually drop his toy in his food bowl during feeding times and growl at the other dogs. Just in case they were thinking of playing with his toy.


Being the oldest does have its disadvantages, though. Over the past year, Crickey has developed a heart-murmur: a condition where the heart doesn't close properly and doesn't pump blood the way it used to. Some dogs live with it for years but some cases are more severe. Cricket has to take medicine twice a day for his poor heart. He was also recently diagnosed with arthiritis in his hips. He was shaking very badly and yiped anytime someone touched his back. We had no idea what it was until we took him to our veterinarian who then prescribed more medication. He's been doing better ever since.

Funny, though - most of the time he spends his days sleeping on the couch but the minute a piece of steak on the floor, he's there, likkety split. As if he forgot for a moment he was supposed to be an aging grampa ;)