Hemirjtm
Well-Known Member
I'm in tears writing this so I'll try and make sense!
My 11yr old dog went down hill very rapidly, she was still coming out hacking with us up until last Friday. She is now very lathargic, has lost 2.5kg in 10days, can't walk too far and is obviously not very well.
We took her to the vets urgently on Monday, she had blood tests as to start off with it was thought that she had been poisened. It now looks like she is shutting down The vet didn't want to PTS straight away and has said to phone back Wednesday - we wouldn't leave her at the vets as she stressed just them taking her away from us :'(
Now she really is my best friend and I want to do the best for her. I said to her on Monday whilst at the vets that if she wanted to fight then to give me a sign (OK stupid I know as I'm pretty sure they don't understand!!), but she stood up and licked me which she doesn't normally do. So I said OK to give her treatment.
Today (Tuesday!) she wagged her tail so much when I got home, and this is something that she hasn't done for about a week. But right now my gut is telling me that she would want to fight as she's such a determined dog but my heart is telling me to be kind and let her go. I'm so confused and I don't really know why I'm writing this as noone can really tell me what to do!
I have been really strong as my mum and dad are in bits as she is a huge part of our life! However right now I've just broken down in tears and I'm sitting with her on the sofa not really knowing what to do. I suppose 24hrs isn't that long to know if the medication is working, but I just don't know if I made the right decision
Sorry for such a long post! Thank you for reading
From a very upset and confused dog owner whose dog has been her best friend for over 10 years!
My 11yr old dog went down hill very rapidly, she was still coming out hacking with us up until last Friday. She is now very lathargic, has lost 2.5kg in 10days, can't walk too far and is obviously not very well.
We took her to the vets urgently on Monday, she had blood tests as to start off with it was thought that she had been poisened. It now looks like she is shutting down The vet didn't want to PTS straight away and has said to phone back Wednesday - we wouldn't leave her at the vets as she stressed just them taking her away from us :'(
Now she really is my best friend and I want to do the best for her. I said to her on Monday whilst at the vets that if she wanted to fight then to give me a sign (OK stupid I know as I'm pretty sure they don't understand!!), but she stood up and licked me which she doesn't normally do. So I said OK to give her treatment.
Today (Tuesday!) she wagged her tail so much when I got home, and this is something that she hasn't done for about a week. But right now my gut is telling me that she would want to fight as she's such a determined dog but my heart is telling me to be kind and let her go. I'm so confused and I don't really know why I'm writing this as noone can really tell me what to do!
I have been really strong as my mum and dad are in bits as she is a huge part of our life! However right now I've just broken down in tears and I'm sitting with her on the sofa not really knowing what to do. I suppose 24hrs isn't that long to know if the medication is working, but I just don't know if I made the right decision
Sorry for such a long post! Thank you for reading
From a very upset and confused dog owner whose dog has been her best friend for over 10 years!