I sponsor a dog in the local area. "4 Paws Permanent Residents are pets that will remain in our care forever. They were abandoned or surrendered with serious health concerns or are pets in their twilight years."
My dog is Beanie a 13 year old Shih-Tzu
Noisette's a talkative little queen, I suspect. Tommy (my deaf cat, RIP) was, from all accounts, an albino Siamese. He, too, was typically talkative - except he couldn't hear himself meow. Dig that at 5:30 am for 16 years! I would welcome that deafening sound in heartbeat, of course.