[Magdalen] TBTG

[Jay Weigel]

It sounds like a medication reaction, Allan. Just as older humans often do
not tolerate the same amounts or types of medication they did when they
were young, so with older animals. Joey is now quite an elderly dog, even
for a toy poodle, and probably does not need as much sedative as he used
to, or perhaps needs a different type. Is his groomer associated with his
vet, or separate? Perhaps you also might ask the vet.

I'm glad Joey is still with you. Lady Pugsley was such a comfort to both my
parents in their last years.

On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joey D, now just plain Joey, became 16 years old on May 10th. Being a toy
> poodle, he has to be groomed monthly.
>
> On Monday, he really resisted  his haircut and was only bathed and combed.
> He came back from the groomer quite listless and not in full control of his
> legs. He stayed that way until Saturday, when he came back to being our
> happy and fun Joey.
>
> I fault myself for not taking this up with the groomer by now. I wonder if
> he had a reaction to a sedative or some internal injury, like to his back.
>
> He didn't react in pain when I moved him around, just seemed to be groggy
> as he is to the sedative they sometimes give him, except it lasted for days.
>
> I'll have to ask if the groomer noticed anything like a yelp of pain from
> Joey when she held him to be groomed.
>
> I'm thankful Joey is still with us. He spends most of his time in
> Camille's lap which, I think, is really good for both of them.
>
> Camille has almost no short term memory, but is able to do and is even
> quite sharp with word find puzzles. Thankfully, books of them are plentiful.
>
> She scored a couple of points higher this year on the Alzheimer's test the
> neurologist uses than she did last year, so she's holding her own, at least
> for a while.
>
> Thanks be to God, two times.
>
>
> > On Jun 4, 2017, at 9:19 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hooray!
>
>