973beachbum
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Post by 973beachbum on Jun 15, 2011 10:17:22 GMT -5
Well, she's 13. I know we aren't going to have her a whole lot longer. And she's still awesome about the kids pulling her tail. I discourage it and will gate her in the kitchen when distracting the kids doesn't work. This sounds like what I said when my dog, yellor lab, started doing things a little slower or differently when he was about 12 yo. He started to go deaf and had cataracts. He started to get growths. Clearly his hips and shoulders were getting looser as he would limp from time to time or miss when trying to jump on the furniture. Just to reassure you he is still doing his business outside everytime. He is completely deaf but only half blind. He now sleeps like the dead most of the day. He also insists on being as close as possible to us even if that means we trip on him. And he is turing 18 next month.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 15, 2011 10:39:32 GMT -5
Holy cow. 18?! That's amazing.
Eler, we already know we can't afford to do a lot of meds for Cocoa. So if something serious/expensive comes up, we'll have to have "The Conversation" Not looking forward to that.
Every so often Cocoa will poop in the house. Sometimes it's our fault, sometimes not (it's DH's fault when he feeds her when he gets home from work and then doesn't let her outside afterwards...) But I don't think she's ever peed inside.
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kdamron
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Post by kdamron on Jun 15, 2011 10:45:14 GMT -5
Beth - hugs to you!
Our Border Collie is a little over a year and a half. Since she got Parvo last year she follows me everywhere. I was the one who visited her three times a day at the puppy hospital and now she's crazy bonded.
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973beachbum
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Post by 973beachbum on Jun 15, 2011 10:46:52 GMT -5
Beth not to freak you out but they also get really bad gas when they get older. And considering it is a lab think about what that means. In the begining we would smell it and actually insist that he had pooped in the house but we could not find it. It turned out to be the dog farting. That doesn't happen to people does it? Please say no.
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