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Old 04-29-2020, 09:22 AM   #1
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Default My old dog is blind. BTDT?

It happened suddenly, and it's so sad. He was almost deaf before. The vet says he's otherwise healthy.

When he was only deaf, I gave him hand signals that he seemed to understand, like come on! or no more food! Now he has no signals.

He walks into walls and finds himself in corners where he just stands, confused. We tap or pet him in the direction he needs to move when he's stuck like that, but it doesn't work well. And he's 60 lbs, too heavy for me to pick up and move around.

We have to help him down the two stairs to the outside, or he'll fall down them.

We're trying to keep chairs pushed in and closet doors closed, not leave things on the floor...

The hardest time is nighttime. I'm nighttime parenting again, since he wakes multiple times a night, the first time to go outside, but other times he doesn't seem to know what he wants. By 5 am he wants his breakfast, and I can't tell him to wait for daylight anymore. Part of that may be age as well. He's the first dog I've had (we've had him since he was a puppy, almost 13 years ago), so I'm not experienced with old dogs.

Do you have any suggestions?
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