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Check out our collection of more than videos about pet training, animal behavior, dog and cat breeds and more. Wonder which dog or cat best fits your lifestyle? I have had good luck with more contact. When my dog hangs around my feet in walks around me I pick her up and give her love just a few minutes then put her back down somewhere else. If she still needs attention I just do it again.
We also have a young dog in the house. Whenever I play with her I make sure the two older dogs get attention at the same time. They seem to like it. My boy was diagnosed with dementia in March and watching him decline has been awful.
Especially the VERY loud and odd vocalized yelping overnight. Not judging, but when does it come to a humane end of life? I have an anxious dog with bad joints and u can see her pain.
But how much time do you alliw the suffering? We have a 17 year old dachshund. She has become anxious and has joint issues. It can be hard to watch, the dogs we have loved for many years. Sure your doing the sam. My 19 year old dachshund has been exhibiting the same circling and pacing issues for over a year now. She is also mostly blind due to cataracts. She has always been able to find her food, water, bed and pee pads just fine, until recently. Last night, she was stuck in her bed on her right side and couldnt get up, so she started yelping.
I picked her up and tried to stand her up, but she just keeps falling over to her right and cant get up. This morning I managed to get her to sit up for a bit, and she managed to stand almost the whole time she ate her breakfast, but did eventually slide down and lay down to finish eating. She is hungry and thirsty, but I know she is not having a quality life if she stays in this state.
She has become more incontinent and I know her time is coming sooner than I want. I just pray she goes peacefully in her sleep and no suffering due to my selfishness to not want to let her go.
I hope all yall can find some peace in this end of life journey with your fur babies. Its heartbreaking. We will be making appointment to put our 11 year old chow mix to rest this week. She is now doing everything article describes and then some. She no longer obeys her house boundaries and walks with tail tucked between her legs fear. She growls and or jumps when we pet her and she just today started grabbing toys from our 5 year old granddaughters toy box.
She no longer enjoys or remembers things she always loved doing. Very difficult decision, but we need to think of them and not ourselves.
She will be and is missed. When they no longer want to eat,. Every reply here breaks my heart. Her box of ashes in their little green velvet bag is next to me on the couch as we speak. It is beyond heartbreaking to say goodbye to them. They are the purest souls on the planet. Comfort and peace to all of you. I can understand what your dealing with. Lots of trouble with back legs make it hard to walk. Very hard choice. That is my question. When is it okay to take a life? I am really having a hard time with this.
When he refuses to eat or drink and is yelping and moaning in pain and cant leave bed he is in that much pain. I was missing my dog that passed in late , I experienced the same issues you are describing. My advice to you is its not quite the time yet but if she deteriorates further, I would say go to the vet and discuss options because you are getting close to that time because my princess had a stroke that I think finally ended it but I did not know that her not eating that night meant something as did her stiff head, and I of course still beat myself up about that but I feel like she was comfortable in my arms when she went to be with God but I hope my story will help you because I had no clue at all what to do either and it seems that vets generally dont have a definite answer either, but I think if they can eat and are functioning despite being blind I think that is fine quality of life, not great- not great- but also not complete agony either.
I think the more I think about it its like a human, if we refuse food, probably something is very wrong as would it be if they stopped daily activities completely and abruptly. Monitor the pain level definitely thats key. That respects them whilst also not prematurely taking them as I have also heard of countless times. Theres no need to put a arthritic dog down if theyre still eating and licking the family. Thats just being excessive and in a way cruel too.
My boy walks in circles endlessly…especially at night, does not want to be pet anymore, falls a lot, stares into corners and is incontinent. So hard to watch. It was such an eye opener and confirmed what we had suspected. It lasts for about 5 minutes and then seems to come out of it. Breaks our hearts — we just lost his companion 2 months ago and still grieving the loss of her. I, too, already knew all this.
No medicinal suggestions were made here, or at the vet. I hope you ladies have more luck. No huge revelations here. That is something to try because the side affects are practically nil and it really did help him.
Now he just paces and pants and his back legs are giving out. I suspect the painting is from pain and there is little more I can do. I sympathize. My daughter has come to live with me with her 3 dogs. The nearly 14 year old dog screams for hours and nothing helps. She also paces almost continuously.
The old dog was prescribed claiming meds by the vet but made no difference. Also takes gabepetin and gets atiquin so shots twice a month. Still eating, drinking but starting to lose his bowels in the house. He stumbles around and back legs appear sore. Hearing almost gone and maybe some vision issues?
Give him CBD oil at night helps some. Hoping he helps us make a decision sooner than later, 2 adult kids leave for the summer-we all want to be together to say goodbye.
Lost our other lab 1 yr ago to bone cancer. I think this is one of the worst diseases for a dog. Hope this helps. The time he has been with me has gone by so fast it seems, but I have come to accept the lives of our friends and how they are only here for a short period of our lives yet they give endless love and devotion.
Hi all. He has all the same issues talked about here as it relates to dimentia. Pacing in circles, and howling at night till he wears himself out. I started giving him Cosequin about 2 years ago. It cleared up completely in a week.
Now I put Cosequin in his food occasionally to manage the Dysplasia. It works wonderfully. Try it for Dysplasia. Based on my experience I would call it a wonder drug. Try Cosequin for the hip dysplasia.
I use it on my 14 year old Chihuahua to clear it up initially and 2 years li use it to manage the Dysplasia. BTW, I grind it up and put it in his food. Good luck. My Maltese male age He still exercises regularly everyday and has a very good appetite.
However, lack of sleeping at night, whining, moaning and walking in circles is difficult to watch. Ww are spending a lot of money with trips to the vets, supplements and massages. Not sure what to do??? I really feel you on this. I became involved with senior German Shepherd rescue 7 years ago, and the dogs I foster and adopt are a minimum of 10 years old.
We have increased his pain meds however he has really slowed down. I know he is entering end of life as now have two other old dog experiences under my belt. Fortunately, he is still doing OK. I struggled with when to put down my last dog and actually waited too long. I wish I had put her down when she could no longer get up unassisted. My Katie is 14 years old with hip dysplasia and arthritis and is on daily gabapentin and 5 mg of prednisone.
She does walk around in circles and sometimes looks off into space and sleeps much more now. We have occasional accidents in the house but still able to go outside even though at times her back legs get out. Dang it is soooo sad! See my reply above. The screaming goes on for hours and the vet says no-one would normally put up with this. I have an 18 year old beagle and I am experiencing the same except the whining. I am exhausted. I am wresting with if it is our time to say goodbye for now.
We are in a similar place with our mini-Schnauzer. He is starting to not know us and flinches when I reach out. But he still enjoys going for a short walk and out into the yard. I see your post is several weeks ago. I hope you are doing well. Yesterday, made the decision to let my yorkie of 16 ys go home.
We always walked 3 miles a day, played for hours with his ball, and alot of biking. We both were active every day. Papa yorkie had gone blind and deaf. He still had smell so I still walked him and played games with his smell. He started walking in circles, bumping into things and just looked lost. Broke my heart. I feel, the purpose of life is to be happy, love someone deeply and be loved back.
Papa and I had it all until he walked in circles and stared in space. Hard decision but I believe its about quality of life. Its about them and their quality of life, not about the pain you will feel to let them go. Miss him.
That was such a difficult but brave decision to make Pat. I hope all of your happy memories of Papa help you through the days ahead. Much love. Shes bossy, more food! Picky about certain food. Im exhausted becuz of her sleep pattern at night. I wish there was something I could give her to calm her. My heart goes out to you. Hi Jorie — our dog is going on 19 and has the trachea cough which can cause him to have asthma or heart looking episodes.
Our vet prescribed Cerenia which seams to do remarkably well. Hope this helps! Tessie circles, is blind and incontinent. But she eats well and is in no obvious pain. Lately I am struggling with what kind of life quality she has VS the guilt I feel in thinking about end of life. I feel the decision is just days away and it has my stomach in knots with dread. The only thing she allows us to do contact wise is scratch her head and ears but only on the floor not on our knee etc Cuddles have gone out the door totally.
Hey Paula, I was missing my dog that passed in late , I experienced the same issues you are describing. She used to be the most affectionate dog id had ever seen. Its very hard to accept. She had just turned 11 and I noticed she would sometimes stare at the wall for no reason, she stopped wanting to go for walks, she did her business and wanted to come right back inside, but I just thought it was her getting old.
Before her appointment, she got really bad and had a hard time getting up one night so I took her to the emergency vet at midnight. Lucie never cried or gave me any indication she was in pain. My appt was on Tuesday so I called in sick on Monday and spent the day just lying next to her and petting her and talking to her. Tuesday was one of the saddest days of my life when I said goodbye. That was 3 years ago and I still think maybe I should have let her have the surgery.
I thought I would have time to spend with them, but instead they are dying of old age and it is absolutely heartbreaking! I truly had no concept of the heartbreak that saying goodbye would bring. I too, cried more for her than other family members, when of course I loved them with all my heart as well. I still cry every day. Your dog has YOU. I feel the same guilt, still.
I hope you find peace, comfort, and slowly, joy in remembering the pure soul that you were lucky to call your best friend. I too am worrying what to do about my 15 year old Lhasa apso. Sight is failing and so is hearing. He is incontinent and soils in the house nearly every day. He sleeps most of the day and all night.
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