Oldest Pet

How long did the oldest cat or dog live that you had?

Growing up we had Flower- She was 18 before she passed away- it was really hard- she as family
My sis-in-law just had to put her cat down. She was 19 and really sick.

18 and 19 - wow, that is just amazing! I am sure it is still hard no matter how long they live to let go when that time comes.

I'm not sure how old my grandma's cat was, I think over 15, and he seemed to be doing well when he suddenly died. He died on the same day grandma did... I thought it only happened in books.

My friend had a cat that lives 17 years. Man I could not believe how long that kid lived. I first seen it as a kitten when I was seven and I thought it would die before I got out of high school but it didn't.

My oldest two are currently still alive. They are at my parent's house. There's our cat, who is 18 and our dog is 17. It's crazy. They've been around since I was around 14 years old - more than half my life!

When people ask what we do that keeps them alive so long, I just respond, "We love them with all our hearts."

We have a cat now who is over ten years old and acts like its still a kitten. Big ol fluffy black cat.

I can't even think about that one. It has been 5 years ago and still get to me everytime I talk about it.

Yeah, it's not a topic I like either. I prefer to remember the love. My pets are my children; it's painful to think of the limitation of years. That said, my dogs have all lived to be about 15 years or thereabouts. I really don't like to focus on this, so gonna look out the window at my baby and giggle -- she's soooo cute.

My dog, Sophie, was 10 when she died. I was so sad that she died because she was there throughout my whole childhood. We had to put her down because she was so sick and it wasn't caught beforehand. But my grandmother's dog I think was 16 before he died. He was a little shitz shu.

We had a dog who lived over 10 years. He would have lived longer if he stayed in the yard, but he had this habit of running away (there was no electric collars back then, and the regular fence would not stop him). Once he had gotten hit by a car; he survived and recovered, but then he ran away again and was killed by a pack of dogs.

The oldest I can remember was this big gray cat we haven't even named. I'm not sure how long we had him but it seemed like years. He just vanished one day and we never found out what happened to it.

My dog before, I took care of her for 13 years before she got sick and passed away.

fatboy is 8 great years old!