The past year has been challenging. The past few months have been emotionally draining. Campy is 16 and 3 months old and he is living with canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD) - or dog alzheimers. In September of 2021, Campy had an infected tooth which needed to be removed. He has always had issues with his teeth (requiring a lot of deep cleainings) and as a result, many teeth have been removed over the years. We knew we were taking some chances with him being anaethesized at his older age but I trust his vet and he had a successful teeth cleaning (and several teeth removed). The next year, in October 2022, we noticed that he wasn't acting normally. He wasn't hearing as well and he started to exhibit some strange behaviors. He would often stop and freeze in one spot (similar to the beginning of a seizure). Campy suffered from seizures in the summer of 2015 after we had someone spray our lawns for weeds. That was the last time we ever had anything on our lawn. Campy has b...
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