Thread: Kennel vs private

disclaimer: im no expert.........

i am up to dog number 4and will probably get number 5 later this year .....
#1 was a huntaway/retriever ....all kinds of intelligent and easily trained she responded to hand signals and subtle gestures got cancer made it to 10 years
#2 ridgeback purebred , he was the runt of the litter and we got him for free as he couldnt be sold due to his oesophegas not being fully developed? (he would have been put down if we didnt take him) the wife put in the effort and e were told by a few vets to put him down he wont make 3 months... anyhoo he grew tall and lean how a ridgey should be not bulky like some you see after dog #1 died he kinda lost interest in stuff and they are couch potatoes anyway his back and hind quarter muscles wasted away to the point wher he didnt have the strength to lift himself up off the floor he made it to 11
#3 (and still current ) whippet/heading dog (i think) cross pound pup no health issues as yet , had to have her dew claws removed as the were growing out at 90 dgrees and she was always chewing on them...... shes a small dog 6yrs and would expect her to be active well past 12 harder to train as she isnt food driven
#4 lab/waimerana .... we inherited this one when she was already 6 yrs she came with all sorts of issues , immune deficiency alergies skin problems anxiety i could go on we knew all this when we got her she was good natured but highly stressed (we took her from a high stress environment into a calm place where she always had companionship , dog or human)but was happy and had a good laid back retirement eventually her mind started to go she made it to 11 .
guess the point is (if there is one ) is that any dog can have issues and all dogs are susceptible to genetic anomolies just like people and i think our big dogs have done well to make it to 10/11 yrs they had good lives with us.
and again just my opinon based on the dogs ive had and i am no expert...