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My poor old pug has been diagnosed with canine dementia and tracheal stenosis.
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It's so so hard. I went through this with my Shih-Tzu (similar thing, pound puppy, not a breeder) last year. He passed on February 29th in my partners arms. He was halfway to 19, and I treasure every lucky moment I had with that dog.
I am just happy that he seemed happy and content, albeit confused. He still loved walks and loved us.
Aww I'm glad he had such a nice long life and was happy though. What a good life he had!
My pug doesn't love walks anymore and doesn't seem content is the thing. Still loves cuddling and food, but seems very disoriented and restless. I'm happy to try other things and try to make him happy but I hate seeing him so not himself. Even a year ago he was still a funny cheerful dog who could sing like an opera singer and stole the celery out of the grocery basket.
He actually once went into the garden and dug potatoes that were growing out of the dirt and ate them raw. He had raw potato shits for days and was absolutely delighted with his snack. What dog does that?