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It’s currently 4.30am and I’m sat on edge of bed having been awake an hour with my elderly dog. She woke me again wretching on our bedroom carpet. No vomit this time as she’s on anti sickness pills. She’s lost loads of weight. The vet has just scoped down in to her stomach and ultra sounded her...

Hi My elderly female cocker has become in continent. She’s peeing all over the house. I was going to buy some disposable nappies for incontinence. Is it a good idea. Will she know to pee in it instead of on my carpet ? . Not sure what else to do. My house has become smelly.

StamfordRegistered My cocker is 13.5 yrs old. She’s always been a lovely placid kind dog to both humans and other dogs. But we’ve hit a stage where she’s become extremely challenging. I have mentioned her behaviour before. But she’s getting progressively worse. It’s so hard as I don’t know if...

I posted a longggg thread this morning about my elderly dog’s health and behaviour. It’s not on the forum. For some reason when I started writing it I was asked to out a members name in the heading. Which I though odd. What’s happened ?

I posted a while ago about our 13 yr old cocker bitch. The fact that as soon as the dark comes she just starts wandering. Wanting to go out on the garden 100 time an evening. We feed her. We make sure she's had a walk. We go to bed around midnight and go fast asleep to be woken three or four...

My 12 yr old cocker spaniel who I think has dementia has started going to her water bowl and frantically with both paws, likes she's digging paws out all the water. She is constantly soaking the floor. I have now resorted to only putting small amounts of water in the bowl. But she keeps doing...

I am at the end of my tether. My almost 13 yr old Cocker spaniel has become so challenging. I adore her. I have pampered and looked after her all her life. I feel awful calling her challenging and I'm trying my absolute utmost to be patient with her. But I'm almost 60 years old and it's just...

Our girl is going to be 13 in February. She's doing fairly well although she's up in the night two or three Times. I think she has cognitive/dementia problems. She had a cancer in her mouth which was successfully removed. So she's doing ok. But I need some advice on how to prepare for the...

Pls Help. My 12 yr old Cocker spaniel bitch is driving us crazy. She is constantly scratching and scraping our carpets. She’s ruined every corner of every carpet in our house. The worst thing is she’s mostly doing it at 6am in our bedroom. I can’t shut her out as she howls Outside our door. At...

Hi can someone please help me? Im at my wits end here with my 12 yr old cocker spaniel. Yes i understand shes a water dog but i cant keep up with the filthy cushions and dirty bed linen. In the past year shes got worse, every single time she goes out on our garden she jumps straight into our...

Hi It’s me again. Sorry but I’m really anxious over my dog. she’s a 12 yr old cocker spaniel. She’s been acting really weird and has some health issues I’m worried about. She’s incredibly unsettled in the evening. She’s really good all day. But come about 7.30pm she starts. She’s up and down to...

Hi I just wanted some advice. I think I’m asking because my friend just lost her dog and mine is 12 and it’s stirred up a lot of thoughts. Mine is my first dog. She’s 12 now and I’m finding myself increasingly thinking about how we, as a family will cope when her time comes. We are devoted to...

Sorry I’m back again. I’m REALLY worried about my 12 yr old cocker. She’s displaying some odd behaviour. I’ve been awake five times in the night with her again. She keeps waking me up by literally clawing my carpet. It’s not just once. She does it, then lies down and snores for about ten mins...

Hi I’m worried about my 12 year old cocker. In the past few weeks she’s been acting really weird. She’s always locked the gravy from our plates. But now if I put the plate down and the cutlery clangs on the plate she runs a mile. She’s really scared. She’s also been getting up in the night ( she...