Re: Mimi
Hello and welcome to the forum.
First I want to mention we have a sister site for diabetes here:
k9diabetes.com/forum they are very good with the diabetes issues and we have members who are on both forums.
Is her diabetes controlled and is her cortisol controlled? Does she have high BP? common with these diseases.
Yes I am dealing with my dog losing her sight. It gets less and less all the time and is caused by first retinal bleeds caused by high blood pressure and cataracts. She knows everything in the house and we don't move anything so she runs around like normal, but she doesn't always know where we are even if standing in the same room with her. Her hearing is really everything now and her sniffing. Takes forever to take a walk as she sniffs every little thing.
She is very skittish when we go outside at night, as it is even worse then and she shies away from everything and every sound or large blob (a tree, a sign).
I think that dogs adapt much better than humans. I'd be freaking if losing my sight. It is key to stay calm and to engage them on other levels. Like I make a sort of clicking noise with my tongue that means come here and she responds very well. I hold a treat bone under her nose and then use it to play with her.
I rattle her pill bottles and she knows its time to take her meds and get that all important piece of whatever the pills are hidden in too.
Those are just some of the things I am trying. It is all a learning curve since this is my first instance of a dog losing sight that is mine.
Welcome to the forum.
Sharlene and the late great diva - Molly muffin (always missed and never forgotten)