Dear Doctor: September 2022

Published: August 15, 2022 Updated: August 19, 2022

Homeless Dog In Cages. Beautiful Sad Dog Sadly Looking Through C — © kalyanby | Bigstock More often than not, an older dog is left at a shelter because of something his human caretaker did, not because of something he did.

But why was the older dog left at the shelter? Q: My wife and I like the idea of adopting an older dog who might not otherwise have the opportunity to live in a home, but what’s giving us pause is wondering why a family would leave a dog at a shelter in the first […]