Harley Boo Sundowning?

Ah the brindles are getting older — and our Harley Boo has taken to something which I think is called sundowning? Where every.single.night for the last – er two months? Around 5-6-7pm (depending on if we are at work all day or it’s a mama WFH day) he will be inconsolable and cry and whine and barkbarkbark and cry and bark and just cannot rest. We play with him, he gets mental puzzle treat time, active time, cuddles, din din, outside and potty, fresh water and IT DOES NOT MATTER – I feel so bad. I feel like it’s some weird anxiety cognitive getting older thing? I thought maybe it would get better after he went to the vet and finished his antibiotics for the bladder infection but nope.

I cuddle, I play, I engage, I ignore (which is what I’m trying to do now while typing.) Nothing helps. And yes, he does get anti-anxiety supplements. It doesn’t seem to matter if he is engaged and awake all day (like he was today) or hanging out with Jordan all day while we are at work. It’s every.day.

Eventually, he calms down. Right now, I lured him on the couch and he is leaning on my leg while under the blankie.

My heart. My poor Harley Boo.

Has anyone else experienced this with their old pups?