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Originally Posted by Patti  Nikki is a rescue so we have no way of knowing how old he really is. 3 vets have all said he was at least 16 and that was a year ago. So he is estimated to be 17. His hearing is bad, he is blind in one eye, can't see well out of the other and sleeps 95% of the time.But he still is pretty spry when up. I have never had a dog live to this age. How is Zac doing? Does he have any signs of dementia? |
Zac was starved of oxygen when he was born so he has always been a bit slow and had what i call 'zac moments' so its hard to tell if he is going a bit senile but i think he does have the start of it as his sleeping patten changed, he will sleep for 4 hours straight then be awake for 4 hours, he will wake in the night and want feeding again and little things like that but nothing really bad yet.
I have just brought some Activate to try as i have heard some really good things about it.
Zac does have cataracts and a chronic eye infection from the rhinitis but his meds keep it in check, he is also going deaf but he can hear if i shout.
Best way to tell how old a dog is by its teeth but as yorkies suffer from bad teeth most at zac or nikki's age dont have many left, zac has 3.