Hello, I'm new to the site and this is my first post. Baylee is 14 1/2 and we have had her since she was 8 weeks old.. she is having some health issues. She has arthritis and on Gabapentin twice a day. She has a cancerous tumor under her tongue. It won't be removed (our vet doesn't want to put her through a surgery and neither do we). She is on Piroxicam to stop or slow the growth. It seems to be working and doesn't seem bothered by it at all. We can't see it and she won't let us look. She was recently diagnosed with possible early kidney failure and (her creatine level is 2.2 so just started on Azodyl. Our vet will check in a month to see if this is helping.
Her appetite is good and she is on Hills prescription diet kidney formula. Baylee is also showing signs of dementia. She barks and whines at us when we are eating, trying to get our food. Sometimes she paces especially in the evening before bed. When we let her out (the yard is large and fenced in) she wanders around then runs back onto the porch several times and barks and scratches at the door to be let in. Almost like she is afraid of something outside. She may not go potty outside but comes in and will pee or poop on my carpet. We've tried going out there with her, same reaction.any suggestions are welcome
Sorry for the long post. We love our girl so much and trying to cope with these aging issues. Thank you for reading and for your support.