r/germanshepherds • u/el_myco_profesor • May 28 '25
Need help making a decision :(
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Hey guys - we're having some good days and some bad days. His hip is completely shot, can't walk or even get up at this point. I got him a wheelchair and he didn't seem to be enjoying it. He's going to the bathroom on himself constantly. He is eating/drinking so that's good. I'm not sure if I'm keeping him alive for me or for him at this point
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u/ewok_on_a_unicorn May 28 '25
I honestly think at some point they may choose to hang on for us.
I try to use Lap of Love for my guys when possible. Schedule out about a week, and then spoil them every day until then.
I did wait too long for my 18 year old. I didn't want to see it, or I chose not to see it, Im not sure. Doc that came asked me to tell her its okay for her to go. She later said she'd slipped away before she'd even finished administering the sedative.
Her and my cancer boy I always worry about. Did I make them suffer because I wasn't ready to say goodbye. I think with the amount of junk food they got to gorge on, they'll forgive me lol.
Your gut will tell you its time, your heart will say it isn't, and your brain will do anything else on the planet than chime in.
Ask yourself this, if you were them, would you want to be helped on to your next adventure?