re: I need help with my elderly dog’s behavior issues (anxiety related with possible dementia)

Shock collar.

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She takes 100mg of trazadone

Even the dogs are zonked out of their minds these days.

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How much does this dog weigh. My doctor told me to split a 100mg Trazadone in half to help me sleep.

1st post!

Stop the Trazadone. My dog is wired like a crack addict on it. Use gabapentin. Works much better.

Get backyard fenced. Put her outside when you eat. Problem solved. And you'll have a fenced yard for fricking in your backyard hot tub

Pentobarbital

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For the OP, essentially it’s an overactive gland that causes increased cortisol- which in turn causes anxiety issues, ravenous appetite, accidents in the house (drink more water, and additionally have issues emptying bladder properly), and then some other stuff that’s super easy to chalk up as older dogs getting old- muscles weaken over time, belly can droop a bit, etc…

Outside of the appetite thing it’s really easy to think my dogs old and in some stage if physical/mental decline.

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Exactly what I thought my 13 year old little dog had, doggie dementia. He never pees in the house until Cushing's, and had an insatiable appetite. Vet was fairly certain it was Cushing's before bloodwork and abdominal ultrasound confirmed.

The generic, Trilostane, isn't much less expensive than the brand name (15%?) so we just use Vetoryl from our vet. Either way it's an expensive med, with tax close to a $100 bucks a month.



He's back to his normal self with this med, took less than a week to kick in. He did have a bad reaction at the second week, became very weak with no appetite, which resolved by going off Vetoryl for a week and then back on. No issues since.