Please, please help me. My parents are going to have my dog PTS...

[redmerl]

Please help me.

Our dog is a JR X border who is 16. He was ill with fluid around his heart about 4 months ago. He was give tablets to making him wee and get rid of the fluid (which worked).

He is now fine but we cant stop him weeing in the house, he is worse than a puppy again. He doesn't even try to get outside, he is particully bad over night, we have to actually take him outside for a wee.

He now has to sleep in the dinning room/kitchen and we had to take up the wooden floor as it got so wet the floor lifted.

We have had him to the vet loads of time, he has had blood and urine tests which all show him to be in perfect health, the vet says there is no more she can do.

I love in dearly, my parents say they can not longer cope with him wrecking the house.

Please help...any ideas are very welcome.

 

[brightmount]

I feel desperately sorry for your situation as to lose a dog is heartbreaking, they are such a part of our lives. It sounds like your parents might be rather insensitive to be making the issue solely about the house if that is really how it is. Sixteen is a very creditable age for a dog, and up until recently your dog has been healthy and happy.

Old age can set in very suddenly when healthy dogs reach a respectable age, and it is hard to watch them decline, and in many respects, kinder to say goodbye before they really start to suffer. The point at which a dog suffers can overshadow all the happy memories that have gone before.

With this in mind it is often the greatest kindness to let a dog go with dignity. Maybe you have misinterpreted your parents' motives, and they are conscious that there would be worse eventually to come for your dear old friend and it would be kinder to say goodbye while he still feels well in himself.

I had a dog who I loved very much, and I let her go on too long, not for her but for me.

I am so very sorry for you and wish you strength at a difficult time.

 

[echodomino]

I know it's very hard but at his age he's had a very good quality of life which is far more important than quantity. It sounds like it would be the kindest thing for him and like brightmount says let him go with dignity.

(((hugs))) for you

 

[redmerl]

Thanks guys,

It would be such a shame to loose him over something like this when he is happy and active in every other way.

 

[Maesfen]

I don't know how old you are and perhaps this dog is the first pet you've had that has aged and deteriorated, but please think of the dog before yourself, that's only fair although I know too well how very hard it is to do.
Your dog will have been good in the house all of his life and now he doesn't want to be dirty, he just hasn't got a choice and inside, he will feel very guilty for doing so; they don't like to break the rules if they can help it. If you look at it that way, how he feels, you'll see that life isn't much fun for him knowing he's doing wrong all of the time and expecting to be told off. He's done very well to make 16 and he's had a lovely life with you as part of your family but you can't keep him forever, how ever much you want to, sad as it is.

I know you don't want to hear this, you think your parents are being heartless, but they're not, they're thinking of him too and there's only so much you can do for a dog in a situation like this; it does seem as if his system is slowly shutting down; it will get worse if you let it.
For his sake, do let him go while he still has some dignity.
Hugs to you all, never easy.

 

[RLF]

its a shame nobody has invented a dog 'nappy' yet

 

[Acolyte]

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its a shame nobody has invented a dog 'nappy' yet

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They have done RLF

 

[Acolyte]

MFH_09 you have said everything that I wanted to say but it is phrased much better than I could have done

 

[pingpong]

Its the tablets (diuretics) that are making him wee all the time. Have you asked the Vet if he can reduce them now the fluid is cleared from his lungs?

 

[RLF]

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its a shame nobody has invented a dog 'nappy' yet

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They have done RLF

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oh - had no idea, was just thinking that was not a bad idea for Dragons Den

 

[Oneofthepack]

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Its the tablets (diuretics) that are making him wee all the time. Have you asked the Vet if he can reduce them now the fluid is cleared from his lungs?

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At his age I expect the tablets are all that is keeping the fluid from building up again.

I know it seems heartless but it is appaling having your house stinking of dog wee and having to lift floors andf throw away carpets. And dogs don't like weeing in the house either but he's gone past the point of trying to stop himself so it really is kinder to let him go peacefully.

 

[pingpong]

Possibly, but I have had a lot of expeience of this, I had a Dobemann with DCM who died at 5, I have a 16yr old Cat and a 15yr old Dog, both on heart meds and both were on high diuretics to start with untill their condition had stabilised and then the diuretics were reduced. In my current 2, that was over a year ago and they are on a low maintenance dose now and are fine. The OP said the dog was fine now, Id give it a try if it were my Dog.

 

[Tia]

Poor little dog

. It's awful when they start to do the toilet in the house, they get so upset about it as they know they are not supposed to do it.

I feel dreadfully sorry for you, it is never nice saying goodbye to a childhood pet, but I do think your parents are doing the kindest thing for your little dog. So sorry.

Tia x

 

[AmyMay]

Hugs. It's heartbreaking to say goodbye to a much loved pet. I had one of my cats pts about three weeks ago now, for similar reasons to your parents (continual messing in the house). I had battled for some months to help my cat through this period - but it was obvious that something was very wrong by the end. (It wasn't just weeing, but diahorea as well). And actually after having her pts not only did I feel a sense of relief - but also terrible guilt that I hadn't done it earlier.

A JRT at 16 is a wonderful age - but the fluid around the heart is a sure sign that his time is coming to an end.

Sorry.

 

[Booboos]

I am so sorry to hear about your dog but do not despair!

Our bitch has exactly the same problem and it is the medication the vets put them on that cause them to urinate because they are diuretics. They help because the reduce the fluid in the lungs but the unwelcome side-effect is the frequent urination. Your dog is not incontinent, it just needs to urinate a lot more often.

It might be helpful to discuss the dosage with your vet and see if you can't reduce it a bit without losing the helpful fluid reduction. Also, ask if you can give the medication in the morning when you'll be around all day and can take him out more often rather than in the evening when it will make him urinate all night.

You can also try a litter tray. You can train him to urinate in his litter tray just like a cat. Wood based litter products or woodfibre are usually quite attractive to dogs for peeing on.

Good luck!