Our beloved Collie cross has had deteriorating health issues for the past few years. She’s 14 and is the loveliest gentlest dog anyone could wish for.
Her back legs are very unsteady, she sometimes wobbles and sit down. She has pain medication everyday for this which made a big difference at first so we could up the dose? She struggles to get up sometimes but when she goes for a walk she’s really happy and will trot around enjoying herself, we just need to be careful on hills. She’s completely deaf and I think her eye sight is failing too, they’re really cloudy. Her teeth are a mess but she still enjoys food.
The vet says to put her under anaesthetic to clean her teeth or investigate any other health issues would be too much at her age and I don’t want to cause her any pain and distress. She still has happy bits in her day and enjoys a little play or a stroke but sleeps a lot. Over the past two weeks she has sort of collapsed 4 times, she suddenly lies down on her side, breathes deep and then recovers 20 seconds later, then she’s fine- anyone know what this might be?
She has a cut on her nose from where another dog bit her a while ago, if she knocks it her nose sometimes bleeds, this has happened tonight to the point it’s dripping.
I feel like when I go to the vet she’ll ask me what I want to do and I don’t know. I’ve had dogs before and I don’t want to keep her hanging on until she’s miserable, she’s my husband’s first dog and he wants to carry on while she is still happy sometimes. The vet has said before it’s quality not quantity of life at this point but she’s not very empathetic. I just want someone to tell me what to do.