Older Dog Has Started Running Away

RE: Older Dog Has Started Running Away By denisenace (5) Profile Contact Maybe dementia? Posted on 02/04/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Older Dog Has Started Running Away By JustPlainJo (453) Profile Contact I agree you should phone your vet. He or she may have an answer for you without a visit, or may want to see your "fur baby." Posted on 02/03/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Older Dog Has Started Running Away By Jazzylazzy (Guest Post) Sometimes you have to outsmart them. When they successfully run off, they realize how easy it is. I would try keeping her on the leash so that she cannot run off. Anything could happen to her. You will never know exactly why she is doing it. Now all you can do is protect her. I know how challenging older dogs can be. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Posted on 02/03/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Older Dog Has Started Running Away By Jean (Guest Post) My Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix has managed to go off to a very busy street several blocks away when inadvertently left outside for a few minutes. She is evidently suffering from Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome, which is the canine equivalent of Alzheimer's in humans. My last little dog also had this at the end of her life. Maggie is probably about 16 to 17 as near as the vet or anyone can tell, since she came from a shelter with no info. She also now gets very agitated and vocal in the car. They are giving dogs the same drug they give people (Anipryl, I think), but I prefer not to give her a drug. I would advise consulting your vet about this. Good luck, and keep loving her! Posted on 02/03/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Older Dog Has Started Running Away By PICO (468) Contact We had this happen to us, and I agree that she is ready to go and is looking for a certain place. We brought our dog home twice and the third time we went for him he had passed. It was very heart breaking, he was 17 and was missed terribly. Posted on 02/02/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Older Dog Has Started Running Away By ginger (Guest Post) I hate to say this but she maybe trying to go off to die. I have had 3 dogs do this over the years and I have learned that old dogs will leave their pack when they are ready to die because in the wild they do not want other predictors to realize that there is a weaker animal in the pack. Since you are the head of your dogs packed she may think she is getting protection from you by running away. I pray that isn't the case here but it is what has happened in our family. Posted on 02/02/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Older Dog Has Started Running Away By Glenn'sMom (933) Profile Blog! Contact Well, I have 2 ideas. Maybe she's got the dog version of "old timers" and maybe she's sick and lots of dogs want to go away when they're ill. Maybe you could ask your vet by phone. Posted on 01/30/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

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