A couple of months ago I posted about my Border Terrier loosing her sight.  I've taken advise from various people and carried on with walks etc. However I don't think she's coping very well. She's never keen to go for her walk, but I feel if she doesn't keep it up she will just fade.  I think her hearing is going as she doesn't seem to know which direction  I am when I call her. I only want what is best for her. I don't know how long she will take to get used to it all, if ever.
My vet says she'll get used to it but how long is that meant to be. As long as a piece of string no doubt.

I’m very sorry about your Border Terrier. I’ve a similar situation with my 14 year old cocker spaniel. He’s totally deaf, and quite tottery, but enjoys his food, although less than before. He asks for a walk in the morning but very soon wants to go home, five minutes is enough for him. He trots about (rather wobbly) happily sniffing in the garden so gets some fresh air and exercise.

He enjoys a little game of “hunt the hidden treat”, even though he’s as likely as not to put his paw on the treat, or sweep it up with his ears. But as long as the hiding places are easy and he gets help, he’s happy.

Would something like that help your girl? Or a ball with a bell in it if she can still hear it? Perhaps a snuffle mat with treats or kibble or tasty somethings hidden it it for her to sniff out?

I hope there’s something there that will help. Best wishes to you and to your terrier.

It's such a horrible situation.
I have an older girly (15) who is nearly blind ad nearly deaf. These both came on really quickly last year and it has really hit her confidence. She was super whizzy before this, but now she is a lot more cautious as she can't see where the other dogs are and she can't cope with them bumbling into her. She does still have the occasional zoomie, but I really feel for her. She's not at all 'old' or achy, she weighs the same as she has done her whole life, but is slower more because of her confidence.
I am hoping that I will be able to make the tough decision for her before she ever has to suffer, but I really don't think she's going to adapt to losing her sight and hearing.

There's a marvellous golden retriever who had to have both eyes removed over a period of a year due to glaucoma. At first he was scared and spent a lot of time barking , but a few months later he is just fantastic. His owners took a lot of advice, one thing was to wear a ring of bells round her ankle so he knows where she is which he needs. She can now walk him off lead in safe fields and to watch his recall is fantastic.
The newspapers have recently picked this up I think the Express and the daily mail on line have a report if you to have a read

Am so sorry, it sounds really hard for you.  I just wanted to echo what someone else said that using her sense of smell will be very rewarding for her still in ways we can't really imagine with our inferior noses!  I would consider playing scent based games like hiding treats - the old tennis ball in a baking tray, tucking a few inside a used kitchen roll folded up to let her rip up, making a scent trail of tiny bits of meat, letting her potter about in the garden just sniffing things, giving her worn socks or a coat you've worn when you've been out without her to sniff can be a bit like a doggy form of getting a newspaper, herbs rubbed onto a toy, let her sniff and then hide it in easy places to begin with and then more challenging as she gets used to it.  I'm not sure her energy levels but maybe some of these things might increase her confidence in the strongest of her senses while she gets used to the reduction in the others. Good luck with it all.

I think the big difference re whether they'll cope or not depends on how fast the blindness came on.   When it's slow, they general make the adjustment, scenting being the first (and last) sense.    I had one who gradually lost her sight, in old age, and only once did she have a problem - headed off in the wrong direction from the house, towards the albeit little used road in front of our property.   I had to do a sprint to catch her.

On the other hand, I had one who took a face full of crop spray at the end of our then garden - the idiot farmer was spraying in a high wind and before I realised what was going on, the damage had been done.   He lost his sight within 48 hours.  He was so lost that he was attacking all the others, and even tried to hit us.   He was only 5, but it was clear he wasn't going to cope so after a long talk with our vet, we had to let him go.   Saddest day of my life.   We had his eyes checked post death, and there was massive inflammation at the back of both eyes = the crop spray.  I could have sued I suppose, but what's the point!!

I hope you'll be able to be with your girl for a while longer.

I just want to update my girl's blindness problems.
It's some time now since she finally lost her sight. At the start you wouldn't have known she was blind, at home that is. As time has gone on she seems to have forgotten the layout of her home. She's always bumping into walls and furniture and has no direction.. I  haven't moved anything .I  just don't know how to help her.  Has anyone any ideas please, I'm getting desperate on how to help her.

I have seen these "halos" used on dogs that are blind to prevent them knocking their heads/nose on furniture.  Perhaps they might help? https://muffinshalo.com

I just wonder if there might be something else going on. It might be worth having a chat with your vet explaining the deterioration in your girl and if anything else is going on, perhaps he can check her hearing too? There are some good online resources for dogs with blindness, but if her hearing has gone too that does make things more difficult, though not impossible. I just wonder if she is depressed or confused for some other reason?

I hope you get some answers.

So she’s blind, has hearing loss, doesn’t want to go for walks and is always bumping into walls and furniture. When I read that I have to wonder what quality of life she has.
I would guess there could be some doggy dementia and or depression.
Can I ask if there’s anything she still enjoys ?

Yes she still enjoys my company and eating

St Domingo has expressed what I was thinking. It could be that along with sensory deterioration there is onset of canine dementia. It would be worth a chat with your vet on the phone as there is medication you could try.