Long days ahead

Originally posted by Barker
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Originally posted by Barker
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LOL, fresh prince was great.

oooo, and my doggie is drinking stuff again. Hmmm before the vet came, I took paper towels and smeared vapour rub on them and placed them all over the room around my dog( to help with the congestion). And by the time the vet left mucus was begining to drain from her nose ( sounds icky, but for a dog, it must be a great relief to smell. Thats most likely one of the reasons why she would not eat anything.)

I bought some pedialyte( electrolytes for children) and she finished nearly half the bottle. And drank over a cup of water and glucose water. I had to stop her because if she drank tooo much she would throw up.

SO things are looking up a little.

Originally posted by Puzzle
"My 16 year old dog..."

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Originally posted by Barker
I would've just put her down. Not a good idea to make her suffer.

She had a viral infection.

If we can help her recover, dont you think that we can at least TRY????

Sure, but sounds like your keeping your animal alive for yourself. Which I can understand.....

At some point in every dog' s life, there comes a time when the owner has to start thinking about letting him/her go. I think you should take a step back then, look at things from a neutral point of view, and ask yourself some questions. Is your dog still here because (s)he wants to be here, or is (s)he still here because you want her to be?

Ceterum censeo OTF esse delendam.

Well if it is getting better then help it but if it can't get better then dont try
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🙁 awww ihug

16 is a good age for a dog though

ya it is!

Well thats why I called the vet to put her down, I didn't think that she was willing to try.

But when the vet came, she got up and greeted him. The vet himself said that if she had given up, she wouldn't have done that.

THIS morning, she is eating a little and drinking a lot. So things are still looking up.

16 years old for a dog is really old--you should thank your luck that she's lasted that long. That said, I know what it's like to lose pups (fairly often, actually) and it sucks a lot. But just think of all the fun she's brought in her long life, and it won't be too bad.

Best of luck for the coming months.

Now the lil old thing is getting fed up of me trying to force feed her. When she wants water or food she will take it now. But I am still giving her liquids every 45 mins- 1 hr. She has the energy to quickly move her head away from the syringe and tuck her nose under her leg.

You know she was really really good up to last year, then two of our dogs ( ages 13 and 14) died and they were the last surviving dogs from her two litters. After that she started slowing down. Then we got a puppy in december and that pepped her right back up, she would run and play with the lil puppy. And that was only 2 months ago.

WELLLLLLLLL so much for that

this morning she started throwing up blood. A dramatic downhill turn, especially when she ate and was drinking on her own yesterday.

But lunchtime she could not get up. So i called the vet and I had her put down bout an hour ago.

It was the greatest dog ever, she was not perfect, trained, quiet or anything, but anyway she was part of my soul and piece of it is gone now.

I'm leaving home today, not coming back for a while, and Am leaving here tooo for quite a while,
Bye all.

Originally posted by Barker
I would've just put her down. Not a good idea to make her suffer.

My sympathies.

We had to put down my Jack Russell Terrier The day after Thanksgiving in '05, so I somewhat know how you feel.

He was only 8, and really didn't like me too much, but we got on okay.

You never realize how much you love them until they go on.