I feel I need to answer both of you in greater detail than I provided with my first post.

Gracie'sMommy, Murphy has dementia, for sure. She had been dealing with some pretty tough stuff for over a year now. She is completely deaf and has been since I first met her in June 2002 (she is my husband's dog...he's had her since she was a puppy, and we only met in June 2002). She has been plagued with ear infections and tumors in her ear canals for most of her life. Tumors that were reachable were removed earlier, and then last year, Murphy went through major surgery to resection her ear canal on her right ear. The recuperation about did her in, and me too. It as horrible, as she does not get positive results from pain relief as most dogs, cats and humans would. It hardly affected her and it was very rough trying to keep her from pulling off the bandages. Murphy bumps into walls, barks incessantly, gets "lost", but at the same time is "dancing" for her breakfast and dinner, still, and loudly proclaims to me if her water bowl is empty, she is lonely or hungry! We're just not ready to give up yet.

Liz, I was a bit dismayed that this vet only prescribed Otomax and nothing else. We'll take her to Dr. Robinson tomorrow and make sure we are doing everything possible for her. It was a waste of Murphy's and my time to go to the "fill in" vet today, for sure. We live and learn, I guess. She settled down for a while this afternoon, but started up again this evening. When I fed her dinner, she settled down for a little while, but has started back up with the barking and crying tonight. I gave her a pain pill, which Dr. Robinson has provided to keep her comfortable, and something is working and she has been quiet the last 30 minutes or so. It is just so heartbreaking to not be able to do anything. The poor girl does not need to face major surgery again at this stage in her life. She has so many issues, and the ears are a minute part of them.