Methuselah Dog

[bunn]

I have just been informed that Mollydog's sire, Mustang Jack, is still alive and is *still acting as a stud*. He is 15 years old and has fathered 4673 registered pups... so far. (That's registered pups: only 'promising' pups would be registered, any born with 'problems' would probably be euthanased.) The last registered litter he sired was born Aug 2006.

Good grief.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Indeed - I knew there were a lot of them, but the idea of him still busily making more in extreme old age is just weird! You wouldn't think he'd be able to manage it, most greyhounds that age have problems just standing up for long!

[chainmailmaiden]

I suppose it is always possible he has help...

And now I must go and bleach my brain thanks to that thought :-p

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Don't they do that with bulldogs or am I imagining that? Or maybe it was the swamp dragons in Terry Pratchett.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think they do.