Doggy Dementia!

By the time our little Chaco dog was 18, she very clearly was a sandwich short of a meal. She would go outside, wander around in the same place, and then come back inside. She didn't lose so much of herself that she was totally senile, but she wasn't as sharp as she had been.

Well, the same thing is now happening to Babs. For the last year we have noticed that she is operating on a reduced brain. Especially at night, she will go outside, turn around and come right back in. Sometimes I will open the door but because she can't see or hear well, she will stand there scratching at the air. Five minutes after she is inside, she is scratching to go out.

Monday night, Don got so tired of it, he opened the sliding door. Sure enough, Babs just stood there in the door. She didn't go in; she didn't go out. She stood there for over 15 minutes. Then she would walk around, go back and stand another 15 minutes. If it weren't for the bugs that came in, we would have left the door open all night.

Poor little thing. The light bulb is on, but we aren't sure someone is home most of the time.