re: Elderly dog barking at night, pacing, and seeming restless - any pet owners with advice?

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I have had 2 elderly labs that did this around 14 years of age. Both of them quickly went downhill when the behavior you described started. In both cases I had to have them put down within a month or so of this; they got to the point where they could hardly get up a walk or eat. Was hard to do but part of owning the pet, I sat at their sides until they were gone.

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I had this happen to my lab not long ago but she was already on medicine (gabapentin) for years. She started doing this at night, and it wasn't long til she couldn't even walk. It was a seriously sad dramatic decline.