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passiveporcupine

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3. Or she may be suffering from bad dreams

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Mon Aug 4, 2014, 08:00 PM

Aug 2014

I have a cat who wakes up crying like she's scared and/or confused. If I love on her she stops crying and calms down. She never cries like that when awake. She didn't do this when she was young. Only in the last couple of years. She's 16 now.

Many dogs do become more anxious with advanced age. Sometimes they shake uncontrollably, and it's heartbreaking to watch.

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Animals and mental illness [View all] BainsBane Aug 2014 OP

My anxious dog kathysart_decoration Aug 2014 #1

She may be hearing distant thunder or fireworks. My dog has huge anxiety symptoms under those ladjf Aug 2014 #2

Mine too BainsBane Aug 2014 #4

Our neighborhood has a lot of fireworks enthusiasts and ladjf Aug 2014 #6

Or she may be suffering from bad dreams passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #3

I have a little dog who needs tranqulizers for fireworks. Evergreen Emerald Aug 2014 #5