[Red Badger]

Pacing back and forth or in circles (often turning consistently in one direction)

Getting lost in familiar places

Staring into space or walls

Walking into corners or other tight spaces and staying there

Appearing lost or confused

Waiting at the “hinge” side of the door to go out

Failing to get out of the way when someone opens a door

Failing to remember routines, or starting them and getting only partway through

Sundowning

Read more at dogdementia.com

[RedStateRocker]

Is this a Joe Biden thread?

[Pining_4_TX]

My beloved black Lab went completely spaced out one day and did nothing but pace. She didn’t seem to recognize us. We took her to the vet who said she thought Belle had a stroke and we had her euthanized that day. It broke my heart. I have heard since then of a condition in older dogs that can cause this, but it resolves in several days. Guess we will never know for sure.

As for the “holistic” vet and the nonsense about commercial food, that is a bunch of hooey. People need to stop falling for these completely unscientific fads.

[eastforker]

I love my pets and are considered family, but, when the time comes, the humane thing to do is have them, the pets put down. Pets don’t go to sleep at night thinking about what they are going to do the next day, they live for the moment.When they no longer enjoy life as they know it, it is time to cross over that rainbow bridge.

[McGavin999]

My extremely old guy is starting to stand and look lost, like he can’t remember how to move forward, it breaks my heart to watch him, then suddenly he’s OK. He has already outlived most dogs of his breed.

[pax_et_bonum]

My little Lucy was twenty when she died almost two months ago.

She displayed your list of symptoms for about two years before she died. (She was never aggressive in any way.)

She had become blind because of cataracts but wasn’t a candidate for cataract surgery because of a long-term heart condition.

Sometime in late February or early March I came across Can-C eye drops for dogs. There was nothing to lose so we tried them and I will always be thankful that I found them when I did.

Once we began treatment Lucy’s cataracts slowly diminished and for the last few weeks of her life she began to look around when I held her, much like a newborn baby gazes around at his surroundings.

She also began to gaze into the face of whoever was holding her, as if she could see us. She had long before stopped doing this.

We began to see the outside of her pupils, especially on the side in one eye where the cleared away part was bigger.

Also, she stopped walking in circles. We think that maybe the last direction she could see well was to her right so she got into the habit of turning right when she walked.

During the last few weeks of her life when we took her outdoors we had to run after her several times because we had gotten used to her walking round and round in the same area instead of going straight up the sidewalk!

No doubt, these drops helped her to see us before she died.

I’m not endorsing, just sharing. But I do know that these drops worked on Lucy.

[Jewbacca]

Refusing to leave the basement

Inability to read a teleprompter

Calling Arizona a city

[shotgun]

We have an elderly terrier breed that has doggy dementia and is deaf as well. She is perfectly fine in her own world.

We sometimes look at her and wander if she even realizes she is a dog.

As she is not in any pain or suffering, we see know reason for her to go to the vet.

[Chickensoup]

Casey had dementia for almost a year. He had to be tied out...the Casey who ran free and with such joy.

He was disoriented evenings and nights. My son didn’t think I was telling the truth about his failing. I had to send the dog home with him for the weekend. They came back the next morning. Son realized his responsibility. Tough ride to the vets that afternoon.