re: #241 withak

Funny you should mention beagles and boxers; in our situation, the beagle will be the older dog, and what the adoption agency thinks is a blue heeler/boxer mix will potentially be the new puppy.

I got my old beagle from Animal Care & Control when he was around 5 yrs old. Then found my boxer sitting on someones front porch about 4 yrs later, she was about a year old then.
It was great timing, as he was starting to get kind of lethargic. She brought a lot of youthful energy out of him.
Unfortunately not even 3 yrs later bone cancer took him.
I waited a year, almost to the day, before I brought home my current beagle. He was 4 months old then, turned 3 two weeks ago.