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This 20-year-old 'ancient' dog has baffled vets

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I've never seen a dog
as close to the end as him,
but with so much light
in his eyes to live.
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33:19 i'm rosalyn...geobeats
Elephant's Story by GeoBeats Animals
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Transcript
00:00 I've never seen a dog as close to the end as him, but with so much light in his eyes to live.
00:07 I'm Roslyn, this is Elephant's story for GeoBeats.
00:11 Elephant was with his original owners for about 18 years, and he became quite sick.
00:17 He was in this rural Manitoba area.
00:19 They were going to get rid of him because he had a lot of issues,
00:23 and that's when a rescue stepped in to offer some end-of-life support.
00:28 But they brought him in and they got to know him, and they were like,
00:31 "Oh my gosh, this dog definitely has life in his eyes."
00:34 I was contacted by Team Dog Rescue, and they said,
00:38 "Well, we anticipate he'll maybe have three weeks-ish left."
00:41 So he did the two-day trip from Manitoba to me.
00:45 I was watching the Rough Riders transport, because they're the team that went out,
00:49 and they picked him up, and I got to see his whole journey from Manitoba to Ontario.
00:55 We anticipated he'd be here three weeks, and that's going on over two years now.
01:00 They brought him over to me, and they were like, "Oh, Elephant, this is your new mom."
01:04 His eyes met mine, and he just gave me the biggest kiss.
01:07 When we got Elephant, he was completely emaciated.
01:11 He had no fur from his shoulders all the way back to his tail.
01:15 He was anemic, he was fighting infection, he had a pretty nasty tapeworm.
01:20 He also had a really large tumor in his prostate.
01:23 We decided to neuter him, and all his tumors started to shrink,
01:26 and they eventually just disappeared.
01:28 He started putting on weight, his fur started growing back.
01:31 Here, your monster.
01:34 Instead of declining, he did the complete opposite.
01:41 He fought to live. He was taking all his medication,
01:46 he was eating so much food and keeping it down.
01:49 Someone's feeling great today.
01:53 He was just so vibrant and so full of life.
01:56 He's always, always loving to other dogs.
02:01 All of the other dogs gravitate to him.
02:03 He makes people laugh all the time.
02:13 When we go into hydrotherapy, he has very much mastered the art of, you know,
02:18 doing the least amount of work is best for him.
02:22 This is very much Elephant's world. We're just here to serve him.
02:26 We actually bought this house with Elephant in mind,
02:29 because everything is on one level.
02:31 We built a ramp for him outside.
02:33 He can still go for two short walks a day, like around 20 minutes.
02:38 We're taking him to a cottage in the summer,
02:41 and we have a wagon for him just so he can keep up.
02:43 And we're also at the point where I never thought I would have to get him to lose weight,
02:47 because he's quite chunky now.
02:48 So that's been surprising for me.
02:51 Elephant has become quite accustomed to the good life.
02:56 He sleeps beside the fireplace.
02:58 He has about three different beds, 20 different blankets.
03:02 Elephant!
03:03 I don't want him to worry for a second anymore.
03:07 Elephant should be around 20 now. He's ancient.
03:12 I'm living on this bonus time with him, just complete bonus time.
03:16 [Music]
03:22 I'm hoping I can really lean into listening to him,
03:25 because I understand him so much,
03:26 and I can give him that really peaceful end when the time is here.
03:29 He's my forever Valentine.
03:32 [Music]

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