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TexasBushwhacker

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9. Yeah, I started preparing myself when she was 15

Reply to Emrys (Reply #8)

Thu May 23, 2024, 06:45 PM

May 2024

That came and went, then 16, 17, 18. I just stopped expecting it and continued to enjoy her. She got slower and her hearing wasn't great, but she was pretty damn healthy up up to her last 10 days or so.

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