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My poor old pug has been diagnosed with canine dementia and tracheal stenosis. (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
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(please don't tell me about how wrong it is to own pugs, he was a stray I adopted who was found on the street, not a breeder dog I bought. He has a lot of health problems and I've devoted a lot to keeping him well cared for).

My poor old puppy. The restlessness and spinning in circles, the staring off into space, the coughing fits. We are already treating the cough but started some dementia-type medicine and melatonin last night. I don't want to do extensive interventions if he's unhappy but I want to try to improve his quality of life and make his geriatric years as happy and peaceful as possible.

It's so hard to make good decisions about elderly pets isn't it? You want to do the right thing.

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

He saw the vet last night and she didn't think it was. He's not spinning all the time, just sometimes, so she thinks it's just dementia behavior. Thank you for pointing this out though, I did indeed ask. We'll try some things that are more palliative treatment than big intervention and see what that does. It's just so hard to know what the right thing to do is.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 5 months ago

Another thing I know to pay attention to is how their hind legs are doing. If I saw weakness and loss of coordination there on top of the other symptoms you're already seeing, I would make the hard choice.

The fact that you care enough to be concerned about the right thing means that you will do the right thing.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Thank you. I will watch everything. My poor baby. As my friend says, dogs have many good days and one really bad one.

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