Abandoned at middle age, Chihuahua to turn 23
A Chihuahua who was left in a burlap sack 17 years ago at a veterinarian’s office in Demopolis, Alabama is about to turn 23.
The average life expectancy of the breed is at most half that long, and a few years longer than that, or about 12 to 14 years, for cross breeds.
“Chloe has had a wonderful year living her best life on the Forgotten Coast,” said Gulf County’s Margaret and Chris Schroeder.
Chloe was left in a burlap sack at the vets’ in 2008, and was adopted by the Schroeders two-and-a-half years ago from an elderly aunt who passed away at age 97.
“Her age is a conservative estimate because she was of an advanced age when she was found,” said Margaret Schroeder.
Chloe shares her golden years with her “brother” Odie, a 15-year-old schnoodle, who celebrated his birthday last month.
“They are brand-named ‘ChlOdie,’” said Schroeder.
The family will celebrate Chloe’s big day at Quatro Locos in Port St Joe at noon on Thursday, Feb. 27.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.