She turned 16 June 11th. The vet said for her weight (60 lbs) her life expectancy is around 10 to 12 years.

Our Shiba inu of 12.5 started getting extreme anxiety last year, we did all the health checks/scans/bloodwork.

His ALP or ALT, one of those was increased + cortisol (but he is EXTREMELY stressed at the vet) and his kidneys are working a little less. We started him on reconcile cause he was miserable and after a few weeks he was doing way better

Apart from that he was fine for a while, then randomly got regenerative anemia, lowered his reconcile dose and he was fine but also noticed a bit of back pain.

The last year he just gradually started being weaker in his hindlegs and the last few weeks his back was more sore.

The pictures didn't show arthritis or weird things, all looked really good and he can still run/move normally except for peeing.

We debated getting a ct scan, however the prospect of fixing most thing would be being convined for 6 weeks and a lot of fysiotherapy.

I love this dog and I would do anything for him, but he'd hate it. He hates being forced into anything, it gives him anxiety. The same with keeping him in a small space, he would get frustrated/agressive and just feel horrible.

But we discussed cushings, dementia, and back issues..

He shows some symptoms of all diseases, but nothing give us a definite, he is always a symptomatic on some textbook symptoms.

He doesn't drink more or excessively, he sometimes struggles with finding the right side of the door.. but we just moved houses. However the past year it barely progressed, he is less cuddly and he had gotten seperation anxiety the last three years increasively.. However he is getting better again with training, it's been a literal year and he never gets stuck or loses sight of his dish..

He doesn't enjoy walking anymore which he always loved, however he still enjoys running back..

He never was food driven, but the first sign that got us concerned over a year ago is an insane drive for food. Which is the only thing that is getting worse and worse, however it doesn't seem like he has forgotten that he has aten. He has his timings down perfectly, he just starts begging earlier cause he acts like he is starving.

He is also on gabapentin and sometimes I add in meloxicam, it worked for a while, but the last weeks it got worse again and the food anxiety just seems worse and worse.

He doesn't have a clear potbelly, he has an extremely full coat, but he did get ear/eye infections more often out of no where..

Wouldn't cushings or dementia have escalted more at this point? Anyone has ever heard of this case and that has any clue's cause even the clinics/vets are lost as of now.

He has a few symptoms of everything, but also missed a few other key symptoms and doesn't really get a lot lot worse in most aspects..

Help 🥹