What you should know about the behavioral changes of older dogs

Will your dog cry at night? Have you noticed that in the elevator, the dog is facing the wrong direction? Or seem to be trapped by furniture? Dogs start to urinate at home? Trainers can show you how to help older dogs, but these are actually signs of health.

Medical: The following symptoms are cognitive imbalance syndrome

confusion/loss of direction: getting lost at home; changing from facing the door to facing the wall; being trapped by furniture or objects behind you and unable to walk through it.

Overresponse/social behavior; less interest in people and other dogs; less interest in caress; no immediate contact when you go home, including not following you or being stuck.

Activity - Increase or Repeat: Stare at an item, pace, over-lick family members or items, increase barking, eat faster or more.

Activity—Reduce or apathy: less exploration, less response to what happens around you, less self-modification, less eating.

Sleep - Sleep cycle disorder: day and night are reversed; it is difficult to sleep at night or is awake all the time, and sleep increases during the day.

Learning and memory: urinate at home; reduced ability to demonstrate skills; inability to lovers or other pets; no response to an already understood password; reduced learning of new skills; reduced use of body language.

If the veterinarian diagnoses your dog with Alzheimer's disease, some medications can help, such as Anipryl® (selegilinehydrochloride), including some supplements. Drug-combined behavioral therapy is more effective.

For older dogs, they may lose hearing or vision.

Behavioral: The ability to cope with changes is reduced.

Medical: As you age, some inner feelings of a dog will be lost. "Their vision is reduced, or their hearing is not as sensitive as before. Therefore, the information obtained by dogs by their senses was missing. Even if the dog's brain is running well, sensory imbalance will occur." Therefore, elderly dogs will have problems that are difficult to deal with due to the lack of information acquisition.

If a friendly, unattacked elderly dog ​​suddenly develops unusual aggressive behavior and confirms the cause of the problem, it is extremely important for the elderly dog ​​itself and the owner and other dogs he gets with. Both behavioral problems and medical problems trigger attacks: Too many elderly dogs who suddenly appear aggressive and cannot be relieved have their lives in the shelter.

Behavioral: New pressure may cause elderly dogs to be restless or attack. For example, marriage or divorce, the emergence of newborns or new family members, the death of relatives, or the arrival of a new pet, all of these factors can lead to aggressive behavior in older dogs. This is because older dogs have lower self-confidence or anxiety and sensitivity as they age.

Medical: Any pain in the body can cause attack, from arthritis to toothache. Loss of hearing or vision in elderly dogs can also make dogs frightened, and the inconvenience of movement makes it more difficult for dogs to leave resources.