[nagdu] Labrador noises

[Tracy Carcione]

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

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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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