AGING SIGNS I NOTICED IN MY 9 YEAR OLD CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- Herky is 9 years old now and these are some aging signs I noticed in her.
If you have had a mature dog in the past, what are the signs you noticed?
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My Madison lived until 14 years old. Around 10, I noticed she started to sleep more. At 11, she started going deaf and she developed mild liver disease at 12, but never had heart disease. She was still excited to go outside for short walks and to greet people in the neighborhood and especially enjoyed having people over. In the last year of her life, she slept quite a bit. Toward the end of her life, she lost a lot of weight. She would only eat her treats and French fries. At that point, I said to hell with the diet. I will give her what she wants, and I am glad I did. I loved her more than life.. People can judge, but I don't care. Madison was my heart dog. I am crying as I am writing this, but what I want to say is do what you feel she wants as she ages. Enjoy every moment with her. You might have to protect Herky from Oasis if he accidently gets too rough with her. Herky is a beautiful dog and probably has many years ahead of her. Just shower her with kisses and hugs.
No judgement from me, I’d do exactly the same. My boy is my life. ❤️
@@lizfield6486 Thank you! Sounds like your boy has the best mom. He is a lucky boy!
@@chrisstepleton4761 thankyou. I’m the lucky one ❤️❤️
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Oh Sweetheart! ❤My Cavalier is almost 16 years old, and I sometimes feel like her "age care provider". lol. She can't do the stair on her own anymore, her food needs to be "munched", she is sometimes unstable on her feet and lands on her poop when going to the toilet. But I love her and this is what we sign up for. Better or worse.
I remember the thoughts and emotions I had with my Cavaliers when they got to a similar age as Herky, the thoughts of the dreaded countdown to the inevitable. I turned my thoughts into a positive at the time by thinking that I was so lucky to be sharing part of my life with them. Now they are no longer in my life I'll never forget the love, happy and cherished memories of time spent with them.
Cherishing each day! She is still thriving and I love her so much! ❤
I just lost my Scarlet at 13. She was a carbon copy of Herky!! About 9 she really slowed down a lot and got white faced. 6 months prior to loosing her she started going deaf. Happened in a couple of weeks.
I noticed it and started using hand signals. She picked up on the hand motions quick. From my experience this is probably normal. Love your Herky and cherish the moments as long as you can!!!!
Love your channel. Thanks and wish u the best. Dennis in Texas
Exactly the same for my Rosie. 8yrs old coming on 9. She's definately started slowing down a bit and not waking up sometimes when we come home after being out. She's my world & it's sad to know they won't always be there so just make the most for whatever short time we are blessed to have them.
My Louis is a Blenheim, no heart issues, but has some hearing and sight loss. Only got sleepy this past year he is 14 years and seven months, been to vets today for check up, constant weight, doing fine. Like humans, everyone is different, but I agree you need to know your own dog like the back of your hand. At 6 months he had a major operation for an internal cyst and I was told, it would either shorten his life or he would be weak for his age . It never happened. Anything over the years I've had checked out immediately and here he is today. You are right to notice changes in Herkey Teach her hand signals if she doesn't know them already, it will serve her well. Take care and enjoy every moment.
We have been following you since we brought our Sir Winston home, he will be 4 in Jan. I can't believe Herky is 9 already! All I can say is Thank You! I learned so much from you when we brought him home, he was my first dog ever and I never want him to go! Love that you share your experiences with us all. Keep them coming! Enjoy these precious years to come♥
That is awesome!
No way she’s so olddd ❤️
Happy Birthday Herky and Oasis. Herky is a fine specimen
Herky is so adorable!! 🐶🥰
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Been following you since the beginning! Our Blenheim lived 13 years. We have a Ruby now. She is 2 1/2 now. Definitely a “love sponge!”❤
My Lucy Cav and I enjoy the sit down videos 😍
Our 9yo is doing the same as Herky. He is having hearing loss. Discovered it by failure to notice the mailbox bang, husband opening garage door or even entering the house. He is getting bony also.
Your dogs are so nice ,I just got done watching a mess of your videos for therapy, we had to put our 16 year old Cavalier King Charles spaniel down on Friday sept 29 2023 . We loved our Rupert so much and it so hard that he’s gone I miss him so much . I have a small video of him I put together to help me through this tough time . I hope yours have a long healthy life like Mr . Rupert Did
Awww Herky!!!! I remember when you first got her
We go way back ❤❤❤
You could be describing me. :) Yes, when we get older, we go through many changes. We've had three Cavaliers, Charlie, Campo and Farley and they all slowed down as they got older. One of the first signs I noticed, was (our first boy, Charlie) not wanting to complete his walks, at times. My Vet told me to just pay attention to Charlie and let him decide if he wanted to turn around and go back home, or not. My suggestion is to just enjoy the "mellowness", as it has it's perks. We now have two puppies, age 3 months and 4 months, and I sometimes miss my mellow boys. :)
Definitely listening to her cues and signs. She’s my everything ❤
Precious Herky! I pray God gives her long life!
I pray for this every day😊
I’ve been following you since the beginning! Our Lucy is 7 yrs 7months. She still have a lot of energy, just like Milton lots of white around her eyes. Also, I noticed some aging spots on her belly….Herky is just a beautiful mature lady👑I love that girl. One day I’ll meet her. Pray for many more years with her! 🙏🏻
What are aging spots on the belly? What do those look like
@@herkythecavalier she used to have a precious pink belly, now you can see a few dark spots on her belly. Vet said not to worry…as they age sometimes spots appear. Just like us humans with sun exposure.
Piper just turned 8! She is deaf but follows hand signals well. She seems to know what’s going on by watching me. She often puts the brakes on when she’s done walking. She continues to be a foody and her beautiful big eyes can cause me to give in to her😂
I noticed my baby Percy going downhill when he gave throaty coughs, & stood to the side of the door wanting to go out instead of at the door. The throaty coughs, I used a humidifier for a while, that’s all I could do. My baby Molly, I noticed she had idiopathic vestibular syndrome when I was pulling an all nighter, & at 3am she coughed up blood. It was the one time I was glad I was up then. I also lived with my parents then, & immediately told them.
Our first cav was a rescue at the ripe old age of 10 and since he was also our first dog, I just assumed all dogs were cuddly and sleepy all the time! Our second rescue was a shihtzu who is now 11 and he is very sleepy and cuddly! But he loves his walks and honestly has the energy of a puppy when he’s outside! He never played with toys until we brought home our second cavalier who loves toys, and he cannot stand to be left out of anything so now he loves toys too! 😂 I have noticed that some days he wants more calories than usual so I will just make him an extra fresh gently cooked meal. He’s hasn’t gained any weight even though he takes in more calories which doesn’t seem to make much sense but for whatever reason, he just gets hangry sometimes! I think as long as they’re eating nutritious healthy foods, an extra meal is well deserved at their ripe old age if they need it! 🥰
Interesting to see this about different breeds!
My cav is 2 and she’s already starting to behave like Herky! Should I be worried? When we are outside she is happy and active but when we’re home she is super chill… she does not really want to play unless I chase her… 😅😅😅
We had issues with both our Cavs at about 9. The toys were no longer fun, less eating and more rest. Ours could no longer jump on furniture without hurting themselves. The whole process is heartbreaking for those of us that feel to never have enough time.
HI ! Before Kelly I had two other female cavaliers, Gilda and Cindy and I noticed that already after 6 -7 years of age they had become much calmer and played less....But as for food they were always very hungry! I think these behaviors are a normal aging process 😔See you soon 😘
Bonjour à toute la famille 🙂, le temps passe vite et oui le temps fait son oeuvre. Médoc (9 ans) a commencé à blanchir aux sourcils. Il a ralenti le rythme. Actif et toujours aussi content d'aller jouer dehors ( 2 sorties de 30 minutes par jour), de faire sa routine d'exercice intérieurà tous les soirs pour 15-20 minutes. Par contre il ne se lève plus avec la première debout mais bien avec la dernière. Il dort beaucoup plus, plus profondément. Son prochain rdvs chez le cardiologue en octobre. Sa respiration est normale lorsqu'il dort mais il tousse plus. Il est toujours aussi beau, aussi rempli d'amour dans ses beaux yeux 🙂
Ahhh Medoc 🥲🥲🥲 bonjour à vous tous! Merci de nous laisser ce message! Ça fait plaisir de vous lire!
i've had dogs for 66 years. ageing slows them down, they sleep a lot more. everything sounds normal here. just let them decide for themselves how much they want to do.
You can't deny that Herky is getting older and slower, she is 63 in Dog years (it's true I'm sorry!) however she is still healthy and it's natural for them to slow down. You look after Herky and Milton so well and I still love watching Herky and her adventures! I do prefer a sit down video but if the vlog is quicker because you are busy, a mix of vlogs and sit down videos are good for me. Much love to you all! ❤X
Noted for the sit downs :) it shall be a mix!
Our Blenheim Ollie will be 7 in December. He still does walks, zoomies and other physical activities, just not as long or as many. The vet says he has arthritis in his left shoulder and that is why he doesn't jump off the bed or couch anymore. We got stair sets so he gets up and down without pain. Like all of us, we wish our pups could live longer. We have lost 5 pups that were with us before Ollie. We take comfort in knowing they are waiting for us across the Rainbow Bridge!
I really wish we could have them for our entire life
We have a Olie too Blenheim almost 1 years old in Feb.
Og herkey the cavalier
YES 🙌🏻
Herky and Milton are so cute! I look forward to videos with them. My blenheim, Sophie (5 yrs), started developing a white mustache this year.
How do you keep your Cavaliers
under eyes clean? You all talk about hand issues is there a video showing the hand signals?
I got my Cavalier after seeing Herky's early videos many many years ago, so they are noth similar in ages. My Ippo stopped playing with toys and such when she was 3-4 years old, only plays catch with me and nothing else.. For the last year, it feels like she is not aged but bored with all that, and matured immensely. Literally does nothing wrong, no accidents, obeys all commands all times, still eager to act funny to make me laugh since then. But I believe it would be appropriate to install dog stairs to couch and beds, I caught her collecting all her strength to make a huge jump from my bed to the toilet carpet which she could do without a second thought 2 years ago. Those tiny joints started hurting I guess :( Nevertheless, both Ippo and Herky are still atlethic and healthy, let's keep them that way sis 🤞🤞
Herky doesn’t play anymore either 😢
I lost my Maddie at ten 6 months ago due to heart problems. Worst pain I have experienced
Losing a fur baby is unbelievably painful. I still cry about my baby girl, and it's been 4 months. I wish you the best.
My cavalier didn't get noticeable muscle loss at 9... he did at 12 but it was a sign he had PLE (protein losing enteropathy). Please double check with a vet that this is all just aging.
You got enough harnesess?
I have a cavalier, when one is referring to the age of the dog, is this in human years or dog years?
Human years is 9. She is born in 2014
@@herkythecavalier thank you 😊
My boy was 12 this year. He isn’t really bothered about a walk & when. He does, he plods round slowly. He sleeps a lot he’s going deaf he’s got cataracts on both eyes he’s got dry eye kidney disease & grade 3 heart murmur. He’s a ruby & his face has definitely gone white. While ever he’s happy I’m happy & he’s just enjoyed an holiday at the beach 🥰
Praying our babies live a long and happy life!
@@herkythecavalier 100% 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Our soon to be 11 yo Copper is blind from cataracts and dry eye and completely deaf....I know with the lights on he follows my shadow....he sad but love is strong ,he goes everywhere we go in the car.....9/11/23 9:29pm
@@barbararichards8170 bless him. It’s sad to see them aging. My boy can still see at the moment 🙏🏻love is very strong 💪
My cav Laila turned 11 this year. And she's reaaaally into being slow.
So, here's what I had as signs of age:
- she's hearing worse and worse. And she wasn't amazing to start with. Currently, she's hearing clapping and childs screams/laughter (high, loud). Other than that? Not so much
- She's having moments of not knowing, what she wanted from me. Coming up to me, asking for something, but then unable to tell me, what she wants (she did that before, like walk me to the place where we normally do something or where something is she could want). She still does it occasionally, but less often now. It kinda feels like with old people, just being restless.
- She's slowing down on walks. Like, we need 30 minutes for 500m, when we would need like 10 only a year ago.
- She's had 4 epileptic fits in the last year. She's on medication now.
- Some health issues have worsend little by little. Like a dry eye now, that she didn't have as a younger dog.
- Her bones can be felt more easily, same as with Herky. Guess, it's the same as with older people.
- She's up to playing a lot less and for a shorter duration. Not that she was playing a lot with other dogs, but with me.
- She tends to sleep deeper more often, but she did have a very sound sleep as a young dog already. But also, getting up is getting harder on her, at least from deep slumber. I'm waking her up before heading to bed myself, to have a real short walk for her to take a pee. (it takes like 2 minutes, get out of the bulding, walk a few meters, pee, and back in). She really doesn't want to even walk to the door at night anymore. I often pick her up and carry her (also down the steps, which she only walks herself on very good days anyhow, for like, dunno, a year now? We'll see our vet regarding arthiritis after their break)
She's still enjoying life a lot and that all that really matters, does it?
I've had 4 girls two 19 one 17 one 16 don't worry
Its normal, she's aging.
thank you, sweet of you!
You should learn you son to be more soft with her or pay attention when they are together.
Nothing wrong with aging lady.
Grow up.