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elderly golden retriever behaving oddly
I have just called on my neighbour to find him wondering what has
happened all of a sudden. His 11 year old wonderfull golden retriever has just wrecked the downstairs room where she was left alone for less than an hour. When I saw her which was an hour after the incident, she was happy and content but looking elderly, sitting on the lawn as though nothing had happened. This dog and its master have been wonderful companions for all these 11 years and suddenly in the last week the dogs manner/demeanor has changed. In this short week, she has broken through the garden fencing 4 times. This has taken considerable effort and strength on her part. She has broken the car window, which was open a few inches and escaped too. Her previous behaviour has been perfect. There has been no change in their circumstances, or timetable. She is taken for long country walks several times a day. They have always been very much attached but it seems the dog has started to panic all of a sudden. She is being taken to the vet, but I wondered if any one else has had experience of this problem, and could offer an explanation/advice, please. |
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In article .com,
wrote: She is being taken to the vet, but I wondered if any one else has had experience of this problem, and could offer an explanation/advice, please. Could be any one (or more!) of a number of things, including things like sight or hearing loss, canine cognitive disfunction (doggy Alzheimers), and so on. It may turn out to be not age-related - pain from an injury or disease, for example. A vet appointment is just the ticket to work through the issues. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Number of articles touting the "Bush Boom" on nationalreview.com: 44 Change in median income in the US, 2001-2004: -$673.00 |
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wrote in message oups.com... .. His 11 year old wonderfull golden retriever has just wrecked the downstairs room where she was left alone for less than an hour. When I saw her which was an hour after the incident, she was happy and content but looking elderly, sitting on the lawn as though nothing had happened. In this short week, she has broken through the garden fencing 4 times. This has taken considerable effort and strength on her part. .........I take it he wasn't home when that happened? Do you think anyone has been trying to break into the house when he's not there? ........I'd lock her in a room, make all the motions of leaving, including moving the car down the street, then sneak back and go peek in the window and see what's up. Would be interested in knowing whether she was barking. buglady take out the dog before replying |
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Melinda Shore wrote: In article .com, wrote: She is being taken to the vet, but I wondered if any one else has had experience of this problem, and could offer an explanation/advice, please. Could be any one (or more!) of a number of things, including things like sight or hearing loss, canine cognitive disfunction (doggy Alzheimers), and so on. A sign of Canine cognitive dysfunction is not normally to be destructive - but it can be. Work with your vet and see if s/he agrees. If that is the case there are solutions - Pfizer makes a drug called selegeline, and there is Prescription Diet b/d, both have been effective for this problem. |
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