I've just gone back and read these posts again. First I have discovered the sense of smell is very very good but NOT like sight or hearing. It is diffuse. Ank knows if I have entered or left a room. With food - he just knows it is somewhere near. Put the bowl touching the dogs foot and he will find ...

Thanks Viktor. I hate it when he bumps into things. Mentally though he is pretty sharp. I've noticed he can hear the pup bark (shrill) she barks when she hears me come home or spies a stranger go past and he joins in. If she doesn't bark he sleeps through me opening the door etc. I think I should bu...

Thanks for replies he is getting heavier and heavier - I want to get his thyroid tested too, because the weight gain started about 4 years ago - he has dandruff and is always sleepy. Apart from that he LOVES walks now - especially if we walk down the road because he knows it is clear space in front ...

Hi, my heart goes out to you. My cocker has been getting deafer and deafer now at 10 he has lost the sight in his second eye because of glaucoma - he's not coping and neither am I. My vet put my dog on Clonicalm and he is much more relaxed. today he walked across a room with his tail wagging instead...

Hi, Our dog is 10 had already gone deaf when he lost the sight in his remaining eye - I had been using hand signals and other visual clues for everything. Now they are useless. Any tips for profoundly deaf and blind dogs. My dog can hear me a bit if I lift his ear flap (cocker ears) and speak very l...