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IrishAyes

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7. Lots of older dogs

Reply to Tab (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 06:44 PM

Apr 2013

get dementia to one degree or another. My beloved Chow furkid, Freedom, spent the last couple of her 16 years half blind and senile as a doorpost. She'd walk into a corner and couldn't extricate herself w/o my help. Even so, she maintained her elegance and natural dignity somehow. I'd give 16 years of my own life for another 16 with her and her sister Joy.

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Elderly dog advice [View all] Tab Apr 2013 OP

I have a dog that does that. OnyxCollie Apr 2013 #1

Yeah, I don't think he looks for attention Tab Apr 2013 #3

No specific advice on that, but elderly dogs are not unlike elderly humans. Stinky The Clown Apr 2013 #2

That is an odd thing to just start doing, Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #4

Oh, he occasionally pees in the corner too. Tab Apr 2013 #5

Maybe just taking a new hobby, some simple pleasure, in his declining years Voice for Peace Apr 2013 #6

That's sweet. IrishAyes Apr 2013 #10

Lots of older dogs IrishAyes Apr 2013 #7

"I'd give 16 years of my own life for another 16 with her and her sister Joy." Stinky The Clown Apr 2013 #8

One of the few times Joy and Freedom quarreled IrishAyes Apr 2013 #9

If he ever needs a Petsitter my Uncle Mack is available.... Walk away Apr 2013 #11

That is kinda sweet nadine_mn Apr 2013 #12

At 16 Helen Reddy Apr 2013 #13

If you really think he has 'doggie dementia' try Anipryl. sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #14