Well it's that time of the year again, happy b.d. little dog!
He's 15 now, time to apply for a driving permit.
He's a little slower than last year, sleeps a little more. Lately, he does this thing where he wakes up startled, and gets all snarly for a few seconds. We asked the vet, apparently geriatric dogs sleep very deeply, and wake up startled. Sometimes the fight or flight response kicks in. Ozzy has always been much more of a fighter than flighter, so he goes into momentary attack mode, half blind & missing half his teeth. He usually attacks absolutely nothing, as there is nothing to attack. He did go off on a brown bag a while back, took him a few seconds to realize what he was doing. We just have to be a little careful around him when he sleeps, which is a lot of the time. He did go off on my foot last month, but there isn't much he can do, as he doesn't have too many teeth left.
Other than waking up grouchy, he is fine, still follows me into the fishroom every time. He gets an algae tab every night; this might be the key to his long & relatively healthy life. My wife thinks he has the beginnings of Alzheimer’s, I think he intentionally does things to mess with her. I've seen him pull several mischievous stunts lately; I think he knows exactly what he is doing. He gives me that look after he pulls a stunt, like pretending to be sleeping behind a closed door.
I hope he has many more. Oh and by the way that is a nice looking tank of angels. They are awsome. Angels are my favorite fish..
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