Loving my Oldies

The ABC is asking for people’s stories: most are thumbs down, but there are some responders who have had a good experience.

And the winner is .......... Pet Insurance. Choice doesn’t recommend even one. I haven’t read the full articles, just heard it on the news.

Yep. Don’t rock the boat.

Tear here. I think Merlin is going to be one spoilt doggy.

So precious x million

Hmmm - - - think I know the outcome.

Love all these pix. Really beautiful. Florence is my middle name

That is great news, but I am so damned JEALOUS !!! I am having so much difficulty in getting a few of my dogs to eat, even Bunter who used to be a hoover. He is on several tablets a day and he just spits out anything that I try to hide them in, even if he eats that same without pills!! He can obviously smell them. Off to Woolies to buy a few cans of cat food to see if that helps. He is nearly 17 and has dynamic airways disease which we have been able to control this fairly well over the past few years, with the occasional flair ups being managed by tweaking his meds. For the past few weeks, however, nothing is working. He can cough for hours and I am sure he is totally and absolutely exhausted. I’d love to be able to try the Barf, but with five dogs, I think the cost would send me to the poor house . I have one little dog (Tamar) who used to be a “I eat simply to stay alive” and really thing, who now does the dancing and running around the kitchen like your Sara does, so I guess that’s something. At the suggestion of my vet, I am also off to the chemist to get some Periactin to see if that will help another of the dogs.

Hopefully sharing far and wide will find Rocky the home he and every other animal deserve

It would not matter if you were a millionaire, the only consideration is your dog’s health and happiness. Going on your description of what has been found via the xrays and the prognosis, I think you are doing 100% the right thing to opt for palliative care. Doesn’t mean it isn’t damned hard and you’ll question every decision you make. Nothing but support and empathy from me.

The post should still have a warning. I don’t care what might be a pest or not, glorifying in killing is base.

That should have come with a warning, @Two Best Dogs! What a horrible site - I just clicked it to see what the dogs looked like and I was confronted by carnage. All those beautiful birds. They looked like Peacocks to me.

Try contacting Paws & Recover to see if they can assist. They try to find foster care for people who are in a bit of a sticky situation with their pets, such as losing their house, difficulty in finding a rental where pets will be accepted, job, domestic violence, prison, etc etc etc.

What a wonderful life she had with you and you with her. So precious and rare.

I can’t imagine commuting for nearly three hours a day, but I think it would be a better solution than long term boarding. You’re in a tough position, but long term boarding would be something to avoid.

Sooty (and a few other dogs) are going to be TV stars. They will be part of The Bachelorette program. I’m not sure when it will be going to air, but the filming is tomorrow. Sooty is taking it all in her stride of course but her hooman is very very excited for her. Off to the grooming parlour today.

Sooty had her final xrays today and the orthopaedic surgeon is totally satisfied with the results of the surgery. I am overjoyed and a bit numb too as I have been on tenterhooks for so long now worrying that her years of neglect and deprivation would mitigate against full healing. She is a feisty and determined little dog who has overcome her obstacles so well. Just brilliant.

@Beltar Never apologise. We all feel for you and your darling Tari.

I currently have five elderly dogs: Jeune nearly 19, Tamar, nearly 16, Bunter 16/17, Mezza 15, and Sooty 12/13. I’ve had many elderly dogs over the years it is only with two of these (Tamar and Bunter) that I have seen signs of dementia, so I and the dogs have been fortunate, I think. The main feature with both of them is they get “lost” downstairs at night and, sometimes, in the daytime. Tamar gets caught up in the legs of chairs, but she generally finds her way out. I do watch her and if she seems to be too confused or worried, I rescue her. So far, they are not getting stuck behind chairs or anything like that, but I’ve had a couple of dogs that that happened too. They were elderly and their time was drawing to a close, but they weren’t demented. Bunter is just confused. He will snap in the wrong place for a treat or go off in the wrong direction from his food bowl. In the past couple of years, he has become quite snappy so I have to watch my fingers; he has to be muzzled for me to clean his eyes. He watches me like a hawk and rarely slept through the day, just lying close to where I was without taking his eyes off me. I have noticed that he regularly goes into a deep sleep now.

I’m with Dogsfevr. Just enough of whatever it takes to cover the pill so he takes it. Good luck.

Love love those benches. On the way to my GP, I walk past a curtain shop and have seen fabrics featuring dogs. Have been very tempted LOL

When I discovered Jeune loved pizza, I can’t claim it was from my thinking outside the [pizza] box . She was hovering in the kitchen, looking both miserable and hopeful and wouldn’t say what she wanted when I asked her. Surely she doesn’t want some pizza, I thought. Not Jeune ??? But I gave it a try with a little bit and she kept coming back for more ...... and more ......and more. I buy those Dr Oetker Mozzarella ones but I’m thinking I might have to start buying “Meatlovers” ones for the dogs.

Hmmm, I can think of some for whom I like it to be compulsory ........

Well that’s what I thought and so far it is suiting her.