[Dori]

Hi Akari. You are so sweet to take the dog in. I hope you get to keep her. Poor little thing, it will be so difficult for her to have to acclimate to someone new again. Did the vet check the dog out to make sure that she’s not internally injured or hurting or that her shoulder is okay? The previous owner was probably pushing her down or handling her very tightly each and every time she gave her the liquid medications and could also have scratched the back of her throat with the syringe. I don’t mean for you to have to pay for the exams, etc. Most vets that I have used and still use will do all this pro bono for an animal that is having issues just to be kind and make sure that there is nothing wrong. Thank you for taking the dog in to your home. It’s so sad that she has been put into this situation by whatever her previous owner’s issues are. Breaks my heart. 🙁

Forgot to say about her ears. You don’t always necessarily see a bunch of gunk in their ears if they have an ear infection. If she’s shaking her head I bet she may very well have an ear infection.

As to the dementia issue. Nothing that she is doing would lead me to that conclusion. I’ve had dogs in the past (and presently have Hannah starting to go in to early signs of dementia), what issues this dog is having have nothing to do with dementia. As you know, not all senior dogs go through dementia. Just like humans. Anyway, I’d feel pretty confident ruling out dementia and look for physical and internal problems.

• This reply was modified 10 years, 4 months ago by Dori.