Loving my Oldies

I don’t hate anything my dogs do. :lie: :lie:

It was not a smooth ride ....... nor a smooth finish . On a couple of days Danny was pretty sick (he is very old after all and we elderlies have bad days) and all I wanted to do was to lie on the couch with him, but at times I was so cross, I just had to leave the house for a few hours. The man is, I believe OCD, and I don’t think I have ever experienced anyone so argumentative. Anyway, I can now spend as much time as I like lazying around with Danny and the others :laugh: :laugh:

The painting is finished and I can't smell it anymore, but OMG, it has made me sooooooo crook. I was really worried about the dogs because they are all elderly, but seem to have come through it okay. So thankful to have the house back to just us. It is so stressful having someone coming and going all day - he started at 7 am and wouldn't leave until he couldn't see well enough which has been about 5pm. Never again. I took a couple of videos of Danny today, but don't know how to put them up. He has had a really good day today. :thumbsup:

What a wonderful lot of responses. I am so glad to learn I am not the only one who does a lot of stamping, clapping and speaking in a loud high pitched voice :D :D Unfortunately, my old old man, Danny, has gone blind as well so it is difficult for him. He can no longer go downstairs unaided, but wanders around the backyard and comes back up the ramp when he is ready. Danny's bark has become very raspy, but that may be because of his age?? As Boronia has experienced :) :) when he needs me, the bark is VERY demanding and, because he has continence issues, when I hear that bark, I run. :laugh:

I adopted a toy poodle some years ago (long term DOLers may remember my threads about Rover). Turned out he was three weeks off his 17th birthday. He graced our home for another three years with no signs of aging until a month before he died at nearly 20. Preston isn't old. He's only middle aged. :laugh: :laugh: He is gorgeous, kirty. We should all have accidents like that :D :D

Oh my goodness, Kirislin. You must feel in heaven with all this beauty (and naughtiness) around you. And on top of that still have the dignity and wisdom of the Whippets. Do Neko and Secret play zoomies?

Probably illegal, as well. Some people should not have dogs.

Congratulations. :champagne: Not that I am surprised - your photographs are brilliant.

Did Mac just stop and stare at nothing or just hang there as though going to sleep on his feet? Danny does that a lot lately as though he has forgotten what he was about to do ( which was nothing LOL ). He also does a lot of pacing and I really put that down to the fact that the painter has been in the house for 6 weeks and so normal routines have gone by the way. Instead of spending a couple of hours in the afternoon with Danny (and the others, of course) on the couch or the recliner chair, I have been going out in an attempt to stay sane. He also can no longer negotiate the stairs or ramp to go downstairs and has to wait for me to carry him down. This week is going to be even worse as the painter has started on the interior and is using gloss enamel and making me feel quite ill. God knows what it might be doing to elderly dogs. I will shut them out on the deck while the painter is inside. He is good with doors generally, but I am worried about the fumes. I’ve seen the man with two Westies twice this week. Privileged LOL.

Thanks, WM. After the tests, it is business as usual. Slight kidney probs but nothing we didn't know about. But it is tearing my heart out to see him winding down. That said, I take him downstairs several times a day and sometimes he comes back up straight away and others he spends so long sniffing around that I Keep checking on him LOL.

I can't help myself from posting...yep, Sideways Mac again I still think of my old xbred dog, Harry, who went over the bridge quite a few years ago, you do stop grieving WM, grieving turns to memories of the funny, and quirky things they did. Grieving turns into lovely warm memory-spots in your heart Well said, Boronia. Even sideways, Mac is one handsome little guy.

I wouldn't be game to even take a stab in the dark. A small fortune - but that is because Danny's med costs are huge.

It’s hard seeing the historic photographs. But it is good to have them to be able to reassure yourself down the line that it was time or it wasn’t time. I had to take Danny back to the vet this morning as the “bloods machine” spat the dummy last time, so hopefully there won’t be any nasty surprises and we just have a very elderly little fellow here.

Thanks Stellnme. Yes, their fragility is sometimes very difficult to reconcile with how they were even just a couple of years previously. The vet is confident that Danny has plenty of life in him yet, but we have to take more bloods tomorrow morning as their machine went into fail mode :( .

These sorts of trainers should be banished. I imagine he is okay with the basics, but all this leader and dominance business has caused so much harm to dogs and owners. So called Dr Cam by any chance?

The treadmill scene ...... OMG :rofl:

Thank you, JayGee and Boronia. I am very emotional today as I have an appointment with the vet as he wants to run some more tests. I was so thrilled that Danny ate all his BARF, but last night he brought it all up at about 2am with those great heaving throws that are exhausting for anyone let alone a little old 17 year old. But this morning, apart from going straight to a bed in the lounge instead of prowling around the house, he is bright and “uptailed” and came up his ramp without any problems and straight into the house. As I’ve said before, Boronia, I love your sig, but it took me a while to realise you didn’t have six dogs :laugh: :laugh: JayGee, I used to love posting the stories of my littlies and rescued ones, but it is a long time since I rescued and the most exciting thing that we do now is waddle around the block a couple of times a day. I have had had a couple of fosters, but the rescuer told me I wasn’t to post about them on DOL . Anyway, into the shower to get ready to take Danny to see Angus. Luckily none of my dogs worry about vet visits which says something good about the vets, I think.

Oh my!! More than one should be asked to bear. On my way :driving: :driving: :love:

Thanks Westiemum. I know your loss is still raw. Your comments mean a lot to me and Danny will get lots of extra kisses and cuddles tonight.

Go Benny :thumbsup: I think we need a pic. I noticed that I started this thread in November last year, so Danny keeps on surprising me too. I have to remind myself that he is very old and, like all oldies, has good days and bad days. I re-read all the comments in this thread and there seems to be concern that I “do the right thing” by Danny. There is no way in the world, I would allow an animal of mine to suffer because of MY feelings. In every action and every thought, my prime and only concern is for the welfare and happiness of my dogs.

Thank you all. I had to collect some meds today, so I decided to see if BARF would tempt him. :thumbsup: And, as usual, when I arrived home, although he was still asleep in the place where he’d been when I left, when he stirred, his lovely tail started wagging. Papillon Kisses, many years ago, I had a little Pap x Chihuahua who was 16 when he died. Still think of him every day.

Hopefully this is the last setback and only improvement and complete healing from now on.

My dearest little boy is tottering on. I am very worried today, though. He has been losing weight steadily and not eating very well. :cry: Today he is not very well, but we do have an appointment with the vet tomorrow. His tail still wags madly when I return home from walking the other dogs and in the mornings, when he is ready to get up (off the bed) he barks and I go running. He will be standing there, tail wagging madly waiting for me to carry him downstairs. He has a little wander around the back yard and, when he is ready, he can still come up the ramp unaided. I often find myself in tears these days, wondering how on earth I am going to cope when he is gone. He has been with me now for over 14 years ....... a long time.

Do you think the Daisy Ninja will be happy to have a little playmate?

Brilliant, K. Stunning names for stunning doggies.