Hubby and I are faced with one of the toughest decisions we will possibly have to make.
Our dog, strauss, she had her cancer cut out not too long ago and seemed a little better but... well apart from being old she's showing signs of having poor quality of life.
She's got a very very bad hip, and leg, so bad she won't put pressure on it, her bladder control has disappeared pretty much completely. She pee's and not just a drop or two but a whole wee where ever she is, lying down, sitting down, getting up to walk. She tries to clean it up herself, whimpers a lot, can't run can't do most of the things she's done all her doggy life.
We've been giving her pain and swelling relief every day now since she came out of hospital, it helps a little but buzzes her out.
We know that at some point she will lose her ability to use that hip and leg completely, then what quality of life will she have being in pain all the time. Of course we can give her drugs, but what kind of life is that? we also have stairs here, she can't climb or descend them well now, what then when she can't walk at all, leave her downstairs and not see her, she won't see us, she will be drugged all the time and unable to be the dog she was.
Its hard to explain, I love my dog so damn much but I don't want her in pain or drugged out, uncomfrotable and unable to run, walk even. We're thinking out our options, but it ain't easy.
