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11. If he ever needs a Petsitter my Uncle Mack is available....

Reply to Tab (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 10:19 PM

Apr 2013

They would be perfect together. Mack takes all the papers out of my bill drawer and put them in unrelated stacks on the kitchen counter.
The plus side is that I tend to pay the bills before he visits. I'm guessing you folk really keep up with the waste baskets!

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Elderly dog advice [View all] Tab Apr 2013 OP

I have a dog that does that. OnyxCollie Apr 2013 #1

Yeah, I don't think he looks for attention Tab Apr 2013 #3

No specific advice on that, but elderly dogs are not unlike elderly humans. Stinky The Clown Apr 2013 #2

That is an odd thing to just start doing, Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #4

Oh, he occasionally pees in the corner too. Tab Apr 2013 #5

Maybe just taking a new hobby, some simple pleasure, in his declining years Voice for Peace Apr 2013 #6

That's sweet. IrishAyes Apr 2013 #10

Lots of older dogs IrishAyes Apr 2013 #7

"I'd give 16 years of my own life for another 16 with her and her sister Joy." Stinky The Clown Apr 2013 #8

One of the few times Joy and Freedom quarreled IrishAyes Apr 2013 #9

If he ever needs a Petsitter my Uncle Mack is available.... Walk away Apr 2013 #11

That is kinda sweet nadine_mn Apr 2013 #12

At 16 Helen Reddy Apr 2013 #13

If you really think he has 'doggie dementia' try Anipryl. sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #14