It's time for dddddoggo

[idontlikealdi]

I know it is, let's heartbreaking but it is.

DH is in denial.

Doggo has diabetes, blind, deaf, grade 4 heart murmur, several lumps and bumps that may or not be anythjng. He's 14. I'm not putting him through investigations, not least because the anaesthetic and stress would be awful for his BG. He is trembling. Back legs are going. Am taking to the vet to discuss tomorrow.

What do you do if you don't agree? I have printed out one of the QoL questionnaires to go through tonight.

He my best mate, I dont want him to suffer in any way and im worried he is already. It's been a very dramatic decline.

I hope I don't sound cold. I'm trying not to cry on the train.

I wouldn't have opened this post if I had realised the content.

I opened it expecting a happy post saying someone has decided to get a dog.

You sounds like a loving owner.

We have owned dogs for years- it is always heartbreaking when it is time to let them go.

You know in your heart when it's time, when your loving dog is hanging on, just for you.

Don't let him suffer- let him drift away in your arms. Ask your vet if they will do a home visit.
When we've been through this it's been very peaceful, no pain of suffering for the dog, in case you were worrying.

It's absolutely heartbreaking to say goodbye to a beloved dog. A terrible kind of pain to suffer.

Something which might help if your DH is finding it hard to decide what to do, would be to watch some videos and look at photos of your darling dog when he was younger. I think if you see your dog every day you don't notice the deterioration (I didn't want to see it in our girl if I'm honest). Watching videos of her tearing after a ball and bouncing around even just a few months earlier made us realise just how limited her life had become and how old and sick she really was.

I hope there is something positive the vet can do. Our vet helped us make the decision easily and without room for doubt at the end. I hope yours can too if necessary.

If it is any comfort, when the time came to let our girl go she slipped away so willingly and gently at the vets that it was obvious she was ready to go and have a rest. She was 14 too. It's a long, full and happy life for a pup.

A big hug to you, your DH and your boy.

Thank you for your kind words. We're going in Friday. He is having steak for dinner after years of eating fish because of the diabetes. I love him so much. Heartbreaking ❤️‍🩹