InsaneJournal

Current mood:	anxious
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Perky
Perk is finally starting to show her age. Nothing major, but it still breaks my heart. I want to still be in denial. I don't want to think about her being 13. She's been with me for a little over half of my life. I can't imagine losing her. I know it's silly to waste time thinking about such things, especially when it is only things that the average dog fed whatever garbage most people feed their dogs would have had cropping up years ago.

She is showing some stiffness in her hind legs. I've upped her joint supplement and starting adding yucca to her food a couple of times a week. She's already shown a little improvement, and does not seem to truly be in pain. She still jumps up on the couch without hesitation. She does not limp, whine, or have any trouble getting around. A less observant owner might not have even noticed it yet.

I just finished up a round of antibiotics for her second UTI ever, the first being in December. I do not like that she's suddenly gotten two. The vet wants to try her on an incontinence medication. She thinks the reason she still seems to need to go so suddenly is that rather than needing the extend the antibiotics. I'm not totally convinced, but I know part of it is also not wanting to believe that my baby girl could be having issues like that. That's an old dog problem. She's not old in my eyes, even knowing logically that she is.