Toy Poodle Getting Old

• Toy Poodle Getting Old P R Posted : 10/4/2006 7:41:35 PM Our 14 year old toy poodle is getting on in years.  At this point he seems to be mostly deaf, somewhat blind, and...well...he's not the smartest dog in the world.  So, due to his senility he gets very scared whenever he gets confused.  When he gets scared he does stupid stuff like climb the stairs only to fall down them.  Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to calm him down? ---------------------- Poodle Lover [linkhttp://www.doggybio.com/dog_breeds/poodle]http://www.doggybio.com/dog_breeds/poodle[/link] LIKE 3 REPLIES 85 VIEWS LAST POST SPIRITDOGS Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• greg petry Posted : 10/4/2006 7:47:24 PM The only advice I have is not to put him any enviorments he is not to familiar with and to very carefully introduce new things. he seems to be spooked easily and I would just try to keep things as familiar as possible, anything like a big change would startle him. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• forpaws Posted : 10/5/2006 10:50:29 AM In addition to what turtle said, I would not allow him to climb stairs by himself either. That only makes the situation worse. Carry him up and down those stairs. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• spiritdogs Posted : 10/5/2006 11:09:59 AM When Dancer was getting very frail, I kept her in an exercise pen, unless one of the humans in the household could directly supervise her.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login