Rest in peace, Rosey

Rosey, the java-loving daschund, has died. She was days from turning 17, her owner Mary Cannevas said.

The graying Rancho Cucamonga dog was the subject of a City News feature last year. While most healthy daschunds have been known to live 12 to 15 years, Rosey's health started deteriorating at age 7. She lost her teeth and her back gave out. But for some reason, Rosey hung in there, outliving other dogs and even humans in the Cannevas family. If Rosey was a woman, she would probably be a daily visitor to the James L. Brulte Senior Center, spunky and active in a get fit class.

Rosey's owners think the daily dose of fresh brewed coffee might be the elixir of youth. The daschund drank it every day with a bit of cream.

When people accuse newspapers of printing only stories about death and destruction, I like pointing them to this article. We also write about coffee-drinking canines, too.