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Heart Failure

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rockingbird · 12/07/2023 17:34

My poor girl is slowly drifting away. She's gone deaf in the past 6 months and now the vet has confirmed my worst fears.. heart failure and many other complications. We've had a massively tough year. Last August I left my H with the kids and a boot full of clothes. At that point we were unable to take the dog. Since we settled in our new forever home she's been with us but it became evident quite quickly she wasn't herself. Recall had vanished and she seemed confused - deafness likely cause. Then she started losing interest in play and now this 😢 it's been an awful day. I'd been saying to my stbxH she wasn't right and he kept talking me round saying she was old and it was to be expected blah blah. What I really needed was his support but more fool me. So I booked her in and went alone after the school run. I knew it would be bad news and now have to broach the subject with the children. Dog seems so slow and sleeps most of the time, I have no clue how long she can plod on like this or how much more she may deteriorate.. any advice?

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Lastqueenofscotland2 · 12/07/2023 18:13

I’m sorry you’re having such a hard time OP.
In your situation I’d let your dog go. I appreciate it’s hard but rather now than let her deteriorate further

rockingbird · 12/07/2023 18:55

I'm actually of the same opinion, she's not going to get better and I'd rather not see her get any worse. I'm going to speak with the children shortly, I was given a information sheet on quality of life and a check list - I want to ask a few questions around that with them. The happy playful dog is no more, just need them to understand as we've never had a pet die before so this will no doubt hit hard.

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