[nagdu] Labrador noises

[Danielle Antoine]

You could always run this by your vet.
There may be other insight there.

On 9/29/14, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I can't tell.  He seems to walk all right, though it's not as easy as it
> used to be to climb into the bus.
> A vet once told me that animals keep their pain to themselves, because a
> hurt animal becomes prey.  Which is why it's so hard to figure out, and why
>
> I worry about subtle things.  Maybe he's stiff.  Maybe he's just making old
>
> man grumbling noises.  Oy.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aleeha Dudley" <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
> To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "NAGDU Mailing List, the
> National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Labrador noises
>
>
> That, then, might be a cause for concern. It could be some mild arthritis
> pain or something else. Does he seem stiff or does his gate sound different
>
> when he gets up?
>
> Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas
> Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students
> Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
> "The wind of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." Arabian
> proverb
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Sep 29, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> It's not the noise that worries me; it's the change from no noise to
>> frequent noise.
>> When a dog starts getting up in years, I start to worry about changes and
>>
>> what they mean.
>> Tracy
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aleeha Dudley via nagdu"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the
>> National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Labrador noises
>>
>>
>>> Dallas does it, and he's not even three yet. I wouldn't worry about it.
>>> I've heard a lot of dogs do it, and I don't think it's an issue to be
>>> really worried about.
>>>
>>> Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas
>>> Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students
>>> Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
>>> "The wind of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." Arabian
>>>
>>> proverb
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Sep 29, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There's a noise labradors make that people call a moo or a moan.  Me, I
>>>>
>>>> call it roo-roo.  Anyway, Ben used to not make that noise much at all,
>>>> but lately he makes it quite a bit, like when he lies down, or sometimes
>>>>
>>>> while he's lying down.  I'm trying to figure out if it means something
>>>> or not.  Is it just an old dog thing, like me saying Oof sometimes when
>>>>
>>>> I sit down?  Or does it mean his arthritis is bothering him?  Or does it
>>>>
>>>> mean something else?  I wish dogs could say "Gosh I'm stiff today," or
>>>> whatever.  I'm giving him an extra glucosamine pill, just in case.  I
>>>> just can't figure out what the rooooo means, if anything.
>>>> Ben is my second old dog, but, of course, they're all different and my
>>>> experience doesn't seem to count for much.
>>>> Anyone with old dog experience have a thought?
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
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