That was the hardest part about Zulu... she seemed lost, and she no longer wanted any attention from me, she’d pace like that, around in circles, and nothing I could do could comfort her. She kept her bond with Logan, but lost it with me. And she had itchy skin issues but became really combative to bathe. It was tough, because she had been my soulmate dog... the one who seemed really keyed in to me. I think it was something like Alzheimers... senility... she lost her mind long before her body gave out.
Oh, OK. Well that does sound just the same.
Sorry to ask questions, but I’d kind of like to maybe know when it will be time:(
Did you have her put down because of that, or did something else happen? How bad did the wondering around get? Did she have good days like Nikki seems to be having today? Do you have an opinion about if Nikki is still OK enough to continue on as she is, or is it time?
Becky
HMMMMMMMMM...I just typed in senility in dogs at google....seems this is all pretty common in aged dogs.
No recommendations tho about how to deal with it other then a medication you can give to relieve some of the symptoms, which is something I just don’t want to get started that has to be done everyday...at this point I don’t even think I could. She won’t come close.
I believe this is one of the draw backs of science learning how to keep animals alive longer then they normally would, and I’m not sure if it is good or bad thing.
Becky