[Yorkiemom1]

I will start by saying I personally have absolutely NO TOLERANCE for adult humans that have no capacity to understand what AGING does to an animal or another human.

YOU are doing very well understanding your baby's limitations and trying to find solutions for the problems your baby is facing and trying to overcome....that seems to be what we mothers are so very good at....not only with our precious, devoted pets, but with our parents, our aging siblings and last but not least, our aging partners.....

Hardening of the arteries in our brains, and in HER brain, secondary to the aging process, affects us and them in EXACTLY what you are describing....everything you are noticing about her and her responses and her behavior, goes hand and hand with diminished mental acuity, secondary to the dreaded aging process. You are doing a wonderful job, compensating for her acuity as she looses her focus and her ability to hear different tones.....MY memory is failing me, and I can not remember WHICH tones go first....the high pitched tones or the lower pitched tones.....but I strongly believe this is what you are trying to compensate for her....good mommy that you are....she would do the same for you, if the shoe were on the other foot and she could!

Dogs develop hearing loss as a normal part of the aging process. It may be difficult to tell whether your dog has partial hearing loss, however, because dogs have a greater wavelength of sounds that they can hear in the first place.

“Dogs tend to lose the ability to hear higher pitched noises first,”. “They might still be able to hear adults, but they can no longer hear a young child. This can pose a problem, because the senior dog can’t hear the child creeping up from behind and could bite out of fear.”

I think YOU are doing a wonderful, compassionate job, working to help her as she ages and loses some of her senses....keep it up....at 16 years of age, you dont want to be doing anything you will look back on one day and regret not doing....you just keep helping this precious senior as she continues to age....her little ears wont hear as well...adjust tones and sounds for her as needed. Her little bright eyes will start to cloud and her sight will diminish, you just continue to make adjustments for those failings. Understanding ensures tolerance and patience, love conquers all the failings....give your precious little aging senior a kiss and hug for me....

Let me check my library to see if I can find a book I had on aging pups....if I can find it, I will let you know the title and author....it was an excellent book....