OT: family wants to put our dog to sleep bc of incontinence! need advice :(
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on 1/27/08 2:59 pm - CA
I vote for doggy diapers, too. We had to put our old friend down when he couldnt walk anymore and it was the most horrible thing ever. He was a big old yellow lab who was heavy and couldnt walk anymore....so sad....
Keep your old friend around as long as you can, but dont let HER suffer. Too bad about your family suffering but they will feel better about it in the long run.
Euthinizing a beloved pet is a difficult decision to make. I would say if your puppy still has a good quality of life and is not in pain anymore then let her hang around. If she is hurting and suffering then let the poor thing go to heaven's gate dog park where she can romp and play pain free. We had a dog in about the same situation, he was about 15 or 16, was blind to the point that he would walk into walls to figure out where he was going, he was deaf, he had several bouts of cancer, had most of his teeth pulled, starting peeing everywhere and was epiliptic but he was not in pain though. We only made the decision to put him down when the cancer came back again, he started having seizures all the time and he had mucos coming out of his rear end, it was then that we knew his life just wasn't good and we had to help him (that has been 4-5 years ago and it is making me cry to even think that we had to do it). I would ask those advocating to put him down if when they get to the point of peeing on themselves if you should call Dr. Death for them? They could be living a very normal life but urinating on themselves, should you put them down? When they say no and give a reason, then you should say and that is my reason for not wanting to put my puppy down.