There’s something wrong with the life span of a dog. It reminds me of the line from the old movie in which George Burns, brilliantly cast, plays God. He says in the movie that one of his only mistakes in the process of Creation was the avocado. “I made the pit too big”. Well here’s another big mistake. The life of a dog is much too short. For such an incredibly complex creature, wrought with what seem like real emotions such as kindness, devotion and loyalty – the average life of thirteen to fourteen years seems like an anachronism. If you’re a dog owner and you’ve been one all your life you’ll bond in one way or another to maybe five dogs. But that includes that one (assuming you were acquainted with only one at time) that your family had when you were a kid and your responsibilities to any pet were limited. (That’s probably the one that your parents told you went to “live on a farm” when it got too old.(In truth it might have “bought the farm”). (more…)