[Dailydrool] Jeffery

Thu Feb 9 06:31:53 PST 2017

Marty,
I don't really have any advice but I am going through a similar thing with my Abe. He is 13 and has extreme weakness in his hind legs, he spends alot of time laying down and usually in a place where everyone needs to get through. I have 3 other dogs. Abe has always been grumpy but has become mean. First he would just woof if he perceived another dog being to close to him. I felt he was just afraid of someone stepping on him or bumping him causing pain. No he just lays threr and growls and bares his teeth. He probably can't move fast enough to actually attack the other dogs but my Buster is so afraid of him he literally sits in another room and just cowers. It's so sad. I have to stand in front of Abe and body block him so Buster feels confidant enough to run by him.
You said Jeff is going after your cocker, is he actually biting  or making contact with the cocker. If the cocker is impaired he/she may be getting to close to Jeff and he is anticipating pain, just like my Abe. You might try crating Jeff which will also be good for his limb weakness. Does he tolerate being crated. Also check with your vet maybe it's a side effect of the medication he is on for the cushings. Best of luck and bless you for having senior dogs, thy're the best!
Melissa
Abe, Buster, Tinker, Susie 

    On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 7:37 PM, Marty Needham via Dailydrool <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org> wrote:

 Hello to all,

We are having a time with Jeff.He has had cushings for 4 years now.He will be 11 this coming Monday. He is on Trilostane.His back legs are getting weaker and now one of his front legs is start is starting to show weakness.He has started growling alot,which is not my Jeff.He continually goes after our 13.5 year old cocker spaniel who is blind and deaf,none of the others go after him.Any suggestions on what we should do?He is our very first basset,got him at 16 weeks.He's the reason we got into basset rescue when we lived in Illinois.We have 2 other bassets,also 11-not littermates and another cocker that is 12.

Thanks for listening,

Marty
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