[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Another ? on our old guys/gals
- From: "L. Hartten" <hartten@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:30:39 -0700
Dear Stormy,
On 2/4/08 5:54 PM, Stormy435@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Dancer is the oldest GSD I've ever had (one of my first ones, I'm a newby)
> and actually not been around many dogs who lived past 12. She turned 13
> last
> year. Lately, she's been caught just blanking out, standing and looking at
> nothing (she lives with my son, he's relating about it). Because she is
> really
> getting normal old age-stiff and sore, I suggested a few days of rimadyl to
> see if it would help.
>
> She really started "staring", blanking out, acting totally "out of it", so of
> course, he stopped giving it.
>
> I will be getting a check up within days, but just running it by the listers.
> I get this terrible thought that it might be liver failure or worse. Do
> dogs get senile?
Yes, dogs do get "senile". They (and cats) can get "Cognitive
Disfunction Syndrome" (CDS), which from what I've read is basically
Alzheimer's for dogs (or cats). My 12.5 yr old ES was diagnosed with it
2 years ago. Talk to your vet! Brittany's primary symptom was
inappropriate pooping. We thought it was a matter of her not pooping
because her joints were hurting, so we tried rimadyl and I kept a lot of
detailed records. The "ah-ha" moment when I told the vet that it was
almost like bowel incontinence, and that the didn't seem to even know
that she was pooping sometimes, or didn't quite know until she started
doing it. We put her on anipryl, and there was an immediate change in
her demeanor -- I hadn't realized how withdrawn and "out of it" she'd
been. Unfortunately, it didn't help the pooping completely, but ...
Cheers,
Leslie
--
Leslie M. Hartten web: http://spot.colorado.edu/~hartten
Indi (TerraNorte's Midnight Indigo, German Shepherd Dog) & Brittany
(Upland Sweet Baker, English Setter)
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