03 January last year we had to pts our 4 year old shar-pei she was in the final stages of kidney failure. We had an 11 year old shar-pei she went so depressed she started having bad days (she had a stroke 18 months earlier) we did not think she would last much longer. we could not imagine life without a sharpei. we started looking for a puppy right away. we ended up buying 2 puppies the week after easter 6 april. Poppy the older dog picked right away got a new lease of life "helping to look after the puppies" now Poppy's 12 years 5 months and doing well. We made the right choice for us and Poppy