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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 540850" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Has she been tested for diabetes? Excessive thirst can be a sign. Some of the issues can be due to aging too. Ten isn't necessarily "elderly" for a small dog but it can happen. Dogs can become senile just like people do and their behavior can change. Vision problems from aging can affect their behavior too. Dogs can also have strokes too, just like people do. My brothers family is going through this now with their elderly little Shih Tzu. He mostly just sleeps but when he does get up and walk around he sometimes appears confused and disoriented. And when they take him outside, he will sometimes just stand there looking around like he doesn't realize where he is. It will break their hearts when this dog is gone. They had considered having him PTS but he doesn't appear to be stressed or in any pain ... he's just OLD, so for now they are just letting nature take it's course. That may change if he starts acting like he is in pain and suffering. I think about this a lot myself. My larger mixed breed girl is at least 13 but still doing fine, thankfully. And my little Ragan will be 10 on the fourth of July. She too has autoimmune issues that are largely a mystery and two years ago I thought I was going to lose her, but she's hanging in there so far. Watching them age is the sad part of pet ownership.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 540850, member: 1883"] Has she been tested for diabetes? Excessive thirst can be a sign. Some of the issues can be due to aging too. Ten isn't necessarily "elderly" for a small dog but it can happen. Dogs can become senile just like people do and their behavior can change. Vision problems from aging can affect their behavior too. Dogs can also have strokes too, just like people do. My brothers family is going through this now with their elderly little Shih Tzu. He mostly just sleeps but when he does get up and walk around he sometimes appears confused and disoriented. And when they take him outside, he will sometimes just stand there looking around like he doesn't realize where he is. It will break their hearts when this dog is gone. They had considered having him PTS but he doesn't appear to be stressed or in any pain ... he's just OLD, so for now they are just letting nature take it's course. That may change if he starts acting like he is in pain and suffering. I think about this a lot myself. My larger mixed breed girl is at least 13 but still doing fine, thankfully. And my little Ragan will be 10 on the fourth of July. She too has autoimmune issues that are largely a mystery and two years ago I thought I was going to lose her, but she's hanging in there so far. Watching them age is the sad part of pet ownership. [/QUOTE]
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