Dash, who just turned 10(?) in October, had her check up a few weeks back. Her walking hasn’t been the greatest, which we mostly associated with her left hip having further deteriorated. We did take her off her Gabapentin, which had been to manage nerve pain, but it seemed to disagree with her and she was spitting it out or just not eating if we just dumped the capsule out and mixed it with her wet food. Plus, the vet confirmed what we assumed was just a matter of time, that she is starting to get degenerative myelopathy, which is super common in German Shepherds. So, since she is losing feeling in her hind end, she doesn’t need drugs for the nerve pain in her hind end. So, now she is just down to Meloxicam for pain and inflammation, especially inflammation cause through muscular compensation.
We did always say, as long as she can keep herself clean and isn’t in too much pain, we’ll do what we can for her. She has a double futon mattress on 2 of 4 levels, a single cot mattress in the rec room, and her dog bed and a twin cot mattress upstairs. We recently put a gate across the stairs going to the basement, since her food and water are kept either in the mudroom or in the livingroom/kitchen, where each of her futon mattress are. So, now she can’t get down there unless someone is down there who can help her up the stairs (i.e. me, and my mom on days when she herself isn’t in too rough of shape). But, she is at the point where she is pooping in the house really frequently. She pooped in the house 5 times in September, 10 times in October, and already once in November. Sometimes, she just can’t get outside fast enough, but other times she is just lying there and doesn’t even realize she’s done it. I mean, does this look like a dog who just shit the bed less than 10 minutes ago, just a minute after I had her outside on her harness:
Pretty sheet, though. I swear, I must have spent close to $30 on fitted sheets in the past 2 months. Luckily, the thrift store down the road (which is my favourite as all proceeds go to the adjoining foodbank) charges just $2.00 for twin and $2.50 for double fitted sheets. But, this is her 3rd sheet in a week. If she is going to poop in the house, I would prefer is she did it on the ceramic floor. Good thing we have all her mattresses in plastic storage bags to protect from harm. That damn dog is lucky I love her; carrying a 43kg+ dog up the stairs and cleaning up her poopy beds isn’t much fun.
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