We just had to put down my sweet dachshund, Boonie, 4 weeks ago. She spent most of her remaining time in the kitchen as she no longer seemed to know how to use the litter box. He’s the last living connection to my mom and I hate to,lose him. She still fights against me if I try to bring her back home before she’s ready. Is there some way I can get him down without carrying him? To All that have had to put their pet down, I am so sorry. Our vet said that dogs peeing in their own bed is a sign that are ready to cross over the bridge. We have a split level house, so the stairs have been a huge, huge struggle. I am continually washing his bed and blankets and towels. Over the past few months however, he has been to the vet three times. . I am questioning myself about putting her to sleep yesterday; I could have had her longer and I just know that she wanted to be with us-but that’s selfish I guess. But now he’s not eating or acting like he used too, so gonna call tomorrow to get them to go ahead and check. He was always slow and uniquely lacking in ambition … it was hard to say when he slowed down bc he was SLOW. He can barely walk is deaf and blind has seizures and barely drinking and it’s only going outside once a day now all he wants to do is sleep he does not like to play or anything anymore what do I do all of his favorite things he no longer wants to do do you think it is time. I’m not a vet so I can’t say whether his behavior is psychological or not. I was told there was a 50/50 chance it was cancer. And I can’t bare to see him in pain. We took short walks, he swam in the Colombia River. I’m sorry he’s having so much trouble. So…I scheduled the appointment, this coming Tuesday. Does anyone have an opinion on my situation? In last two weeks he was recently diagnosed with diabetes. I have an appointment with her vet tomorrow ( tonight, it’s 2:30 am here) at 6:30 pm. finally acknowledging that he wouldn’t be around much longer, https://www.seattledogspot.com/know-time-put-old-dog/, It’s Been 7 Years Since the Rescue of 100+ Dogs from the Olympic Animal “Sanctuary”, Desiderata Rescue Rips Off Seattle Area Animal Hospital, Seattle DogSpot Moves to New Digs, Taking Off Rest of 2020, Adopt-a-Pet Boots Desiderata Rescue from its Website, Report: Washington Pet Stores Get Puppies from Puppy Mills, Backyard Breeders (Updated 8/15/2020). Where do you live? She goes outside and comes back in and does her business inside …. My dog Murray Elizabeth has been showing lots of pain walking and now she can’t jump up on my bed ,or even my couch ,my uncle went to help her get my bed and she cried out and he stopped because her pain ,was to much for her to even try to help lift her self on to my bed…so my question is do I keep letting her hurt with my strong love for her and pain medication, and she is still in pain ,,do I let the doctors do what would hurt me so bad but Murray no longer would suffer from her hips .she is 10yr old rottweiler mix with husky about 95 PDS ?what would u do if it was like your child ?? The vet did not know what was wrong with her. It takes him a while to get warmed up to move. She has had a lot of accidents over the years. Am I doing the right thing? I sounds to me like you thought this through and did everything possible to do what was best for your dog. I didn’t want to do it and I was tortured thinking about it when I first found out she was sick, but when the time came I just knew and I had peace about it. Spot, My cavalier king charles/cocker spaniel mix is 12 1/2 years old. She stopped eating so I cooked chicken with water and mixed it into her food. He is going blind The previous times he had his ‘strokes”, he bounced back (eating, drinking, moving) on his own within several days , but never that same as before. She would just lay on the couch and it quickly got to the point where she wouldn’t move and just empty her bladder so we knew it was time. We could have put him on steroids to reduce the swelling and bought a couple more weeks but at what cost to his happiness? Thank you for sharing. Vet informed us that both of her eyes would have to be removed… we could not put her through this ordeal at your age. Our son who is 27, my husband and myself. I put my dog down yesterday he was blind and had fluid on his lungs n heart he had a hard time breathing he couldn’t even lay down anymore he would sleep sitting up I did all I could to save him but there wasn’t nothing I could do I CRY all the time I had him for 12 yrs I’m dying inside I feel so guilty but I know it was the right thing to do its not easy BUT HE WAS SUFFERING MY POOR SUNSHINE !!! I loaded Courtney up & the drive over she started getting that puppy happiness for riding in the car, jumping around & a twinkle back in her eye. We had about 2 good weeks after she recovered, but then she had another attack 7 days ago. The vet said it looked like beginning stage of kidney failure. And in my head I heard all those glib comments, “oh, you’ll definitely know when it’s time”. Sometimes she goes in and out 3-4 times within 15 minutes. I’m so sorry for your loss. She is my baby, I love her more than anything on this planet. I also recently lost my Mother, so there is a lot of grief already in my nervous system. That’s what makes the decision so difficult. I’m a mess-second guessing big time letting her go. I have a 16-year old (in 3 weeks he will be 17) Westie who still gets around but has gone blind and deaf. Now she quit eating again and is very thin. I’m the problem and I know it. This past year though she was diagnosed with cognitive dysfunction. He wants to live like me! I do not know if she is in pain as she does not make any sound. I don’t know the normal recovery time for back issues but I would imagine that like in humans it’s longer as they age. They believe he has liver cancer. This is so hard, for all of us. Vet said these were micro seizures and were controlled with meds for over a year, but the twitching in her face came back even on the meds. So , I looked it up. He was a person wearing fur. I love my dad. I have 2 maltepoos old and ill. Jasper is 13.5 and was diagnosed with nasal cancer after a sudden bad bleeding episode. As she was talking, I couldn’t help but tally the number of hours Hattie was locked in a crate — 14. Just watching him age really hurts me. She has signs of dementia- doesn’t know where she is, gets stuck, was pacing in large circles but now is stuck in this loop of tight ones, and keeps falling over, won’t settle down, pants, drools, head to the side. I’m glad it helped. I’m so sorry about your dog. If Money could have saved her I would have broke the bank I am 61 Male never had kids and dogs are my life I told a friend of mine if my dogs are not in Heaven I dont want to go let me go where dogs go , I feel for you all that lost a Pet God Bless. It does sound like you realized the answer. About 5 years ago we found through routine lab work elevated liver enzymes. I would have kept her in her bed-bringing food to her, bringing water to her, and loving her. He was still enjoying his brief romps outside, though truth be told he’d bounced all the poop out by the time he go to the door, and had know idea it had happened! I want to pay homage to the overwhelming joy that she brought to my family for so many years and do the humane thing for her. We were still trying to take him off the prednisone to try to put him back on Rimadyl which had always helped him and which he tolerated well. Yesterday was snowing like crazy and he loves the snow …I cleaned my porch and the steps and I took him outside ..omg he was in the heaven even he couldn’t run like before he was rolling over the snow and watch my kids who they were playing. We are connected so deeply and this is ripping my heart out. If your dog starts howling, whining and barking because they know your leaving they aren't sleeping all day. It’s also a helpful thought that he went with his dignity, and with exceeding great memories, as opposed to letting him suffer/deteriorate, accumulating more and more sad memories to carry. He has partial collapsed trachea, a heart murmur, when he was about 7 he tore his meniscus which surgery helped with that. She loved to travel, totally LOVED kids of all ages and of course food was probably as favorite an item as I was in her life. Stuck between a rock and a hard place…I have a 14.5 yr old Sheppard mix with a failing back end. I made an appointment to have my baby euthanized at our house at 4pm. I mean I wail of how much I miss that Mikey. He has very bad hips and is now on pain meds and steroid shots. He is blind, deaf, and has really bad arthritis. She’s been diabetic for over a year. He also has a large unit on his anus. the list will be endless if you allow it to. I haven’t but maybe others who had a similar problem will post on this thread. I have a 16 year old chihuahua . 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