Hi my husband has vascular dementia, and we have two dogs who love him
However he no longer thinks much about them, when he is agitated and upset they know and it is heartbreaking to see them steering clear and yet sitting looking at a distance looking at him, worrying about him.
The smallest and oldest will continually come to me, hiding behind me or sitting on me looking worried and puzzled, so,I worry........
Then 30 minutes later he is calmer, and he will call them and they don’t go, looking at me and backing away.
The younger dog, will go to him but so so, slowly, and looking at him so so carefully.
Then he is upset, and I worry..........
This is a continuous circle, and my heart breaks for all,of them
I am so glad that my grandchildren live too far away to visit, or. Would I worry?.........
Animals and people are easily hurt, and I can empathise with all these posts, I wish I could cry myself to sleep, but one, I dare not sleep, and two, we share a bedroom to try to keep him safe, and he tells me to stop making such a noise.
It is breathtaking, isn’t it, when they say something so suddenly and so cruel usually right out of the blue?
This was a man whom I loved, and without meaning to seem cruel myself, I don’t know who or what he is now,