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Just a quick update...the vet has prescribed a medication called Selgian for Oscar's dementia. He has been taking it for nearly a month now and wow what a difference! He is less restless at night and also seems less confused and more steady when going up and down stairs. Luckily my vet was kind...

Thank you for your advice. Oscar currently takes Loxicom and Tralieve for his arthritic pain, we did try him with paracetamol as recommended by the vet, but it didn't seem to do much. The vet has offered to write a prescription for Selgian for the dementia, I have had a look online and it is...

My 13 year old Staffie, Oscar, has started waking in the night and won't settle again unless we bring him downstairs. We have tried letting him out for a toilet, but he still won't settle, we even started letting him sleep on our bed at night; nothing seems to work. It is like having a baby...

Thank you everyone for your advice, you really have given me food for thought. At the moment because of certain personal circumstances it is difficult for me to send Oscar on a vacation every other weekend, but I will definitely implement that as soon as I possibly can. My adult daughter lives...

Thank you for all your replies. You have given me and my partner a lot to think about. I will of course be making an appointment with the vet just in case there could possibly be an underlying medical reason. We adopted Oscar when he was about six years old, so there is also that to take into...

Oscar has always been pretty scared of hiccups and squeaky shoes, so that's not new and he calms down after a little while when the noise has stopped. He has been fine around the boys up until about a month ago when the twins were screaming and crying when their dad had banned them off consoles...

I have a 12 year old staffie, he is an old boy that loves nothing more than to cuddle up on the bed. I am having some serious issues with him at the moment. I should start by saying he is not scared of thunder or fireworks or lorries, but he is absolutely terrified of hick-ups, shoes that squeak...