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Thread: Aging Dog ?
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01-16-2020, 11:04 AM #1
Aging Dog ?
Our wonderful golden turned 12 in December. She has always slept through the night, but for the past 2-3 months she has needed to go outside to pee once or twice a night....every night.
Is this normal or an indication that something may be wrong (thinking bladder infection)?
Otherwise, everything else about her seems normal (for an old dog at least).
*wife is going to contact the vet today....just wanted to hear your experiences.
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01-16-2020, 11:05 AM #2
We have some good threads here that go into detail on this. Search under ‘incontinence’ etc.
Good luck with your furkid
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01-16-2020, 11:13 AM #3
Pretty normal for aging humans, so maybe the same for dogs. We have a dog door so I never noticed that with my old golden (passed in 2019), but he may have been going out once or twice a night.
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01-16-2020, 11:20 AM #4
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01-16-2020, 11:29 AM #5
Thanks for the tip.
Edited for pic
She's honestly been the perfect dog. Very little maintenance, never bites, comforts others when needed.....so the question we faced: Do we wait until she passes and then get another dog or let her "train her replacement"? Obviously we decided on the training route, and this now 2 yr old doodle gave the old girl a spark & a jump in her step. The puppy's energy and exuberance rubbed off on the old girl and seems to have made getting old much more enjoyable.Last edited by gatorboy; 01-16-2020 at 11:44 AM. Reason: pic
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01-16-2020, 11:44 AM #6
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01-16-2020, 11:50 AM #7
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01-16-2020, 11:53 AM #8"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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01-16-2020, 12:10 PM #9glocal
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01-16-2020, 02:53 PM #14
we're about a year back on age, i'm noticing it's a loootttt more effort for her go get up and nudge my hand. but yah. awesome breed. no matter how hard my then pre-teen sons played with her when she was young, she would turn her head and not even play bite. Barks about once a week.
next door neighbor got a doodle and they seem way, way more aggressive. we'll stick golden wait what were we talking about?"Can't you see..."
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