Question by Stephanie B: when is the right time to put my dog to sleep?
i have 2 rotts one is 6 and 7. the 6 yr old was diagnosed w/bone cancer in her rt shoulder almost a month ago. i believe it spread to her lungs. she coughs & hacks all the time now. her behavior has changed so quickley in the last couple of wks. she doesn’t want to walk much anymore more & when she does, she makes a horrible sound like she is coughing up a lung. then she will have to stop for a long time for a break. she is way too heavy for me to carry im not sure what she ways now but she was 85-90lbs a month ago when i found out. i can barely get her to eat. usually just a few bites few times a day. last 2 nights have me seriously thinking of doing it w/the SOB. she is taking meloxicam. then she has good moments when her tail wags cuz she is happy to see me but anythin that gets her excited makes her start coughin. her happy moments make me think i should wait but im worried she is being strong for me & suffering. i THINK naturally it would be 1 wk maybe 2. what do i do??
Question by Puppyluv1426: Decided to euthanize my cat, did I do the right thing?
My spayed female persian cat was 14. She peed all over my house her whole life. I had her to several different vets over the years for tests. Tried several medications, none worked. I hired a vet behaviorist and implemented all the recommended changes- Nothing worked. The Vet said that sometimes it’s just this way and I can chose to live with it or put her down (she was 3 at the time). Since I have a large downstairs room I only use for workout equipment we confined her to that room and crated her at night in an extra large dog crate so she had plenty of room. The room is large, the flooring is vinyl and easy cleaned, she had scratch pads, toys and beds.We gutted the house and replaced all the flooring, sheetrock and furniture where she peed. Over the years this cat has ruined not only my house but cloths and family heirlooms. I spent everyday cleaning cat pee and spent thousands and thousands of dollars on cleaning products and replacing my personal belongings. I could never have company and even having repairmen in my house was embarassing because of the smell.
I give all that information to show the judgemental people who are going to criticize me that I spent 14 years living with this because I am a good pet owner who took responsibility and loved my cat. I don’t need laymen’s advice on how to cure cats peeing outside the box as I have literally tried EVERYTHING and did so under the guidance of a $ 450/hour DVM behaviorist.
The past year she lost half her body weight and stopped caring for herself. Her fur was always matted and she often pooped blood. The vet said there was not much that could be done, she probably had intestional lymphoma so it would be better quality of life to not treat her at her advanced age and just let her enjoy what time she had left. She was still enjoying affection, eating, drinking, pooping and peeing (all over the place).
I recently had a baby and did not have the time or energy to clean cat pee everyday, nor was the smell and fumes from heavy cleaners on cat pee good for my baby to breathe. I have a fenced in backyard so we started putting her outside on nice days, then crating her inside at night and in bad weather. The weather has been nice lately and she actually wanted to stay outside. This is where things went horribly wrong. Because she is old and had mats on her butt the flies were attracted. The swarmed her, layed eggs in her mats and caused sores on her skin. I took her back to the vet where he shaved her bottom, cleaned her wounds, gave her antibiotics and said to leave her inside. I followed these directions but she started peeing downstairs again. Out of frustration over the smell one day the babysitter threw her outside while we were at work. The cat went missing for 2 days then I found her at my door meowing to come in. When I went to pick her up I smelled the awful smell of sepsis and saw once again flys got to her. One of her hind legs was degloved to the bone and swarming with maggots. I brought her to the emergency 24 hour vet and he said I could spend the estimated $ 3500 for 4 days of hospitalization and treatment and most likely she still wouldn’t survive, or I could humanely put her down. She was scared and in pain and besides not having $ 3500 to spend, I looked at her frail, skinny body and badly damaged leg and I made the decision to let her go and be in peace. It has been killing me with grief and guilt for days. Do you think I did the right thing or should I have tried to save her?
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Answer by Marc Elemental You tried everything.Nothing could save her
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Question by ☼▬Jessi Ann▬☼: Does this sound like the right thing to do, to you?
I am an english bullie owner and i frequent a website for bullies and their owners, and we post messages and are very close all of us regulars on that board. One of the owners has a bullie as well as a 9yr old rottie. The rottie has osteosarcoma and was given 6 months to live. The owner decided to do a leg amputation on the affected limb to prolong life and give the dog a few more months. She took the dog in today around noon and they finished the surgery at 3:30pm. She told us everything went well. The she messaged us at 10:45pm to say while trying to get the dog out of the car into her house the dog started hemorrhaging and bled everywhere. She had to call her vet he came out emergently and wrapped the amputation site, put the dog on Iv’s and gave it a morphine shot. The dog is now at home with the owner and getting morphine shots every 5 hours. She just posted saying the dog is crying constantly and is very much in pain. She’s already given it it’s morphine and it can’t have anymore for 2 more hours. SHe’s trying to keep the dog calm so it won’t pull out it’s IV’s but its thrashing and whining when she tries to reposition the dog so it can be more comfortable? Does this whole situation sound right to you guys? I would have thought no Vet would let a dog go home less than 24 hrs after an amputation surgery?
I did some reading on this disease and it says that even with an amputation and chemo most dogs don’t live more than 1 year. And with amputation surgery i would think recovery would take months? What kind of quality of life can this poor dog have? This lady is distraught and i want to be there for her but at the same time i am shaking my head in disbelief. How could you let your dog suffer like this?
The owner just mentioned that she hopes the dog could live to 14 or so? I’m wondering if she’s just in denial about the illness and the prognosis?
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Answer by kanani The love of a dog is amazing. My 4 year old Rottie was hit by a bus yesterday and broke his leg. The feelings that overcame me before we found out it was a fractured bone in his leg was agonizing. To think you may lose your pet is very difficult. However, if my dog was suffering, I would refuse to leave the hospital no matter the cost. I am not wealthy, but I love my dog as much as I love my children. I don’t think I could bear to see him suffer though.
I sure hope this lady thinks about what her dog is going through and not her own feelings.
Question by Escape: I have a 5 yr. old beagle, and about 2 days ago I noticed two lumps one on the right and one on the left by?
his back legs. they are in the same spot. they’re about the size of my palm, and they are pretty firm but not rock hard. I don’t know what they are but they’re making me nervous. I don’t think they’re tumors. They’re both in the same position on either side. I just had to put my other dog down because she had lymphoma cancer. She was not related though, and the cancer isn’t contagious. He seems okay. He sleeps most of the morning but the rest of the day he runs around. I don’t think they’re really bothering him a lot but who knows. I can’t take him to the vet until Friday. Has anyone encountered this on their dogs before? I’m so nervous, what do you think it is?
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Answer by Shanna Are they on the inside of the legs? Dogs have lymphnodes on the inside of each leg that can get swollen, but the size of your palm sounds pretty large.
I’d get it looked at asap….if it is the lymphnodes, it could be a sign of an infection that needs to be treated.
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Question by doglover2007: what is diagnosis for my dog’s swelling in his rear right leg?
a rhodesian ridgeback, male, 10.5 years old, previous mast cell tumors, surgery to remove tumors three times, but not in the last four years; otherwise perfectly healthy, eats huge amounts, does not exhibit any pain when the swelled area is touched or massaged, the recent blood test was unremarkable, and a needle biopsy indicated a lipoma–yet, the swelling persists; he shows a very slight and often imperceptible limp on occasion, but mostly does not favor the leg in any way; in fact, he will lift his left leg to urinate while putting all of his weight on his right swollen rear leg; any ideas??
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Answer by REnate Take the dog to another Vet if you do not trust the one you have now.
No one on here can diagnose a dog they have not seen and especially when none of us are Vets.
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Question by seawolf95501: my 8yr old wolf dog has osteosarcoma. His right rear leg is swollen and heavy. He’s on pain meds, what is this?
I know he will die but I never read anything about the leg edema and dense tissue in the diseased leg. Is it time for Maverick to leave?
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Answer by BYBs cause suffering and death Talk to your vet.
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