Something that has been happening to Babs with more and more frequency is that she gets into a corner and cannot figure out how to get out of it. She just stands there. It is common behavior in dogs with cognitive disorder disease. The confusion is more than they can deal with.
When we find her in a place where she is stuck, we go retrieve her, love her, and send her on her way.
Last night, she was outside doing her nightly rounds. When I didn't see her come around in a normal time frame, I went out to find her. There she was . . . stuck. But she was standing up against the trunk of a tree - a trunk not as wide as she is. All she had to do was move her head one way or the other, and she would become unstuck. But she wouldn't - or couldn't - figure it out.
So I traipsed outside in my slippers and nightgown, picked her up, and brought her in. Some of our neighbors probably think we are nuts . . . but we will continue to deal with Babs and her aging behaviors until she is clearly suffering - which she isn't.
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