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A few days ago Sukie wrote:
>The problem is that I am still to hear of any pandas or blazes that
>have lived beyond a too-short 6 and 3/4 years. Anyone have any?
I wonder if my Sunny would count... She lived to reach almost exactly, but
just barely shy of, her 8th birthday. Of course that's still too young
and I wish she had lived to 12, at least! She was a Path Valley girl.
When she was young, she was a dark silver blaze with white mitts and a
bib. As they often do, she became whiter and whiter as she aged and was
a snowy dark-eyed white in old age. She was completely healthy unitl she
was 6 and developed insulinoma; she responded well to surgery and was
doing great regarding that disease. But eventually dilated cardiomyopathy
was the end of her, although she did very well with treatment for a long
time.
I wish I had a better picture online of her when she was young and
sporting her blaze, bib, and mitts, but take a look at these pics to see
if she fits. The first is when she was probably around 1 yr old, the
second is when she around 6, and the third is when she was 7.5:
http://www.unc.edu/~pjdutche/pictures/sunny.jpg
http://www.unc.edu/~pjdutche/pictures/willardandnub.jpg
(she's the smaller one of the two in this pic)
http://www.unc.edu/~pjdutche/sonic/nub2.jpg
-Pam S.
[Posted in FML issue 3622]
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