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A subject close to our hearts I guess as pet owners.
Our Jack Russell is 14 . His mother (also ours) had a litter of six, she passed at 14. I've just been contacted by the owner of one her litter, likewise she passed recently..at 14. Our best friend owns another of the litter and she's knocking on heavens door big time, deaf blind the lot.
Well sadly our little terrier suffered two major fits a few weeks back when we were away. He kind of went downhill a few weeks earlier. He went to the emergency vet and was prescribed steroids and epilepsy tablets, his bloods came back normal.
They wanted to do an MRI on his skull as think its a brain tumour, more bloods and I guess we all know about the costs. It's like tugging on your heart strings whilst simultaneously draining your bank account. We refused.
He's basically lost the plot but can still manage a walk and bark at the postman. He can still hoik through the dog flap and still do his jobs in the garden. More tellingly his tail is constantly down, he just looks beaten but we've no idea how much is down to the drugs needless to say the lights are on and he's not really there. We've reduced the meds to the minimum but no real change.
We're tempted to just use up the meds in the next few days and let nature takes its course rather than keeping him going in some kind of spaced out state.
Any thoughts? I think my wife is in agreement but you know how it is, mixed emotions.
Our Jack Russell is 14 . His mother (also ours) had a litter of six, she passed at 14. I've just been contacted by the owner of one her litter, likewise she passed recently..at 14. Our best friend owns another of the litter and she's knocking on heavens door big time, deaf blind the lot.
Well sadly our little terrier suffered two major fits a few weeks back when we were away. He kind of went downhill a few weeks earlier. He went to the emergency vet and was prescribed steroids and epilepsy tablets, his bloods came back normal.
They wanted to do an MRI on his skull as think its a brain tumour, more bloods and I guess we all know about the costs. It's like tugging on your heart strings whilst simultaneously draining your bank account. We refused.
He's basically lost the plot but can still manage a walk and bark at the postman. He can still hoik through the dog flap and still do his jobs in the garden. More tellingly his tail is constantly down, he just looks beaten but we've no idea how much is down to the drugs needless to say the lights are on and he's not really there. We've reduced the meds to the minimum but no real change.
We're tempted to just use up the meds in the next few days and let nature takes its course rather than keeping him going in some kind of spaced out state.
Any thoughts? I think my wife is in agreement but you know how it is, mixed emotions.
Sounds like he should be put down
It's never easy when it gets to this point, but if the drugs are just turning him into a zombie and you have a risk of fits if he comes off, it's time.
Definitely recommend doing it a home and its always better slightly too early than too late. I'd look at booking in a time in a week or so and giving him his 'best week'. it's what we did with our cat and don't regret it.
It's never easy when it gets to this point, but if the drugs are just turning him into a zombie and you have a risk of fits if he comes off, it's time.
Definitely recommend doing it a home and its always better slightly too early than too late. I'd look at booking in a time in a week or so and giving him his 'best week'. it's what we did with our cat and don't regret it.
It’s our responsibility to take responsibility for their wellbeing.
If the time has come, you know what needs to be done. Listening to vets is probably the worst thing to do at this point in the dogs life unfortunately. They can’t be trusted to think of the dog above profits. That’s down to you.
If the time has come, you know what needs to be done. Listening to vets is probably the worst thing to do at this point in the dogs life unfortunately. They can’t be trusted to think of the dog above profits. That’s down to you.
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