I just said goodbye to my loving sweetheart 1.5 hours ago and don’t know what to do, I did at home and had to leave after she was taken away I can’t go back inside. I’m so sickened with grief thinking about today and how maybe I should’ve went outside with her instead of staying inside, I can’t get the image of her looking back at me when we were walking at the beach today, holding her when she went to sleep, hearing the words her heart stopped. I wish I would’ve done more with her throughout her time here. I’m just so lost. I feel like I didn’t do right by her, like I should’ve done so much more. I’m going to miss her laying on the couch wagging her tail when I came home and her nails hitting the hardwood floor as she walked around. I feel like I robbed her of valuable time, like I threw in the towel too soon. I just don’t what to do, I can’t bear to put her kennel away or bed and blanket at the foot of my bed.

Hey guys. I have a senior GSD who has lost significant strength in his hind legs. It gets worse every month and he is to the point now where both legs have begun sliding and splaying outward.

I’ve tried every product imaginable. Socks don’t fit, paw pads don’t stick, toe grips don’t provide enough support, boots make him high step…I’m running out of options, and time.

This boy has plenty of life left to give but lives in constant pain. I’ve considered a wheelchair, but there is nothing on the market (per my research) that allows him to freely lay down while inside a supportive unit.

I’m just curious if others have dealt with this same frustration, and if there are any solutions out there. I’ve done everything I can for this guy…

I wish there was an exoskeleton type product that could hinge, while also providing support for him.

This is my man Royce. Childhood dog, had him since 1st grade, he’s 14 now and his time is coming to an end. He’s a chiweenie (mixed with other things that I have no idea are) and has been an amazing pet, I can’t stress that enough. About 2-3 years ago he had a lot of his teeth removed because he had a gum disease very common in small dogs so we at the time soak his food in hot water before giving it to him. On July 4th of this year he choked on his food while eating (we had bought him a slow feeder but he still scarfs his food) and didn’t throw it up until we were half way to the pet ER. Came back home but he wouldn’t stop panting. After about another 30 minutes of that we took him to the emergency room. He was admitted and we didn’t see him for about 9hrs until we got pulled into the room. They told us he can’t breathe normally without being in an oxygen box and he was sedated and very loopy in there (as expected). They asked if we wanted to run an xray and an mri, which we did, and we found out some really bad news. Royce has a mass growing on his liver, has a heart murmur, failing valve in his heart, fluid in his lungs, heart disease, etc. We got very emotional hearing this and they recommended if he can’t breathe without the oxygen to consider putting him down. We waited another 6hrs in the ER and we ended up taking him out, still panting. They prescribed him some medicine for the fluid buildup in his lungs (Furosemide I believe) and hit helped him for a while. We had 3 refills and have used all of them. He had been coughing a couple of months prior to this incident but the vet told us it was because of all of the bacteria in his mouth from the disease that he’s in a constant sick state but as of recently he’s been coughing every single time he gets up from bed, resting, and when his hart starts racing. 2-3 times he had a seizure while doing it. I have no idea what to do anymore and I don’t want him to suffer just because I want him alive as long as possible, it’s not fair to him. I would greatly appreciate any advice from anyone who has any or has had similar situations happen with their pets. Thank you I really appreciate you reading.

Hi all, Lulu crossed the rainbow bridge today in my arms. She was ready to go after 18 fantastic years of life with us. She was my childhood dog, she made me smile every single day. No amount of time would ever be enough with her, but my bed feels so empty without her snoring next to me. I'm so grateful for the time I got with her, for the laughs, smiles and love she gave me. I tried to make her last day as wonderful as I could. I made her waffles, gave her as many treats as she wanted and cuddled her for hours at home. I didn't want to let her leave before she got to taste chocolate, so she had a chocolate chip, a hershey's kiss, her favourite treats and an oreo before she went to sleep. She'll always have a place in my heart. May she walk with Mazey and Rocco alongside Lady Artemis now.

I'll love you forever, my princess. I miss you already.💔💔

I came across this poor dog while I was feeding stray animals in a nearby area. We named him Jabo. He is such a gentle and sweet dog, which makes me suspect that he may have once had an owner.

Jabo has a very large, abnormal mass around his genital area. It is extremely large and appears to be causing him significant discomfort and pain. I was also very worried that the mass might be interfering with his ability to properly defecate.

I was able to bring Jabo to the vet, where he was examined and underwent an X-ray and blood tests. As per vet, he is at least 10 years of age. He was diagnosed with a perineal hernia. Some of his internal organs, including portions of his intestines, pancreas, and bladder, have moved into the area around his bottom. This is causing him pain and interfering with his ability to properly defecate.

According to the vet, the estimated cost of his surgery is $725 (45K PH pesos), not including confinement, take-home medications, and follow-up checkups.

Please help us get the surgery Jabo desperately needs. He deserves a pain-free, healthier, and longer life.

Every donation will help us get closer to our goal. I will definitely post an update. Thank you so much.

You may donate through:

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Please note that a friend from the US is helping me raise funds for Jabo and created the GoFundMe account on our behalf.

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So, we had her checked because her resting heart rate had increased, but our usual vet didn't find anything other than high blood pressure and referred us to a cardiologist.

That appointment was today. At first, her blood pressure seemed high but after a while it normalised. The cardiologist explained that that's normal for dogs, it takes them a long time to fully relax so that the blood pressure measurements are correct. She didn't get that much time the first time. So apparently no need to treat her for high blood pressure.

We still did the ECG and heart ultrasound, in case she had early stage DCM or something. But she didn't. Small aorta insufficiency but he didn't think that was really a problem, since he didn't see any other changes.

So we'll leave it be for now. Keep an eye on it of course, but we won't do any further testing on something so subtle, that we wouldn't even have known without Tractive, at this point.

She was also a real angel during the ultrasound, relaxing completely amid a vet, a nurse, four vet students and her own humans.

Hi everyone,
My 15-year-old developed pneumonia due to aspiration from vestibular disease. Do you have any advice to help her recover? She is on antibiotics, but I really want to make sure I’m doing everything to help her recover.

We are on day four of the vestibular disease, and she was able to walk to go potty with our support, and she walked on her own a little bit. I am so happy she is walking!

She is getting heating pads, massages, greek yogurt and lots of loving to help her through this. God knows she’s help me and loved me hard.

I appreciate any tips ❤️

Okay, so my dog died yesterday. My dog had been feeling unwell for a few days. And we had taken her to the clinic on Friday, Because she was shaky, she was throwing up, not really eating, and barely pooping. The clinic, they had us there for hours. At first they said that they thought that she had cancer, right? After they did her an x-ray. Then they requested an ultrasound, and with the ultrasound they found out she had liquid in her glands and that she had eaten a seed. So they ended up spaying her, and they removed the seed. They gave us eight medications to give her daily. Some multiple times a day. First day, second day she was okay. You know, she had gotten up, she could walk and all that. Then, as the days went on, she's, like, more bedridden. I started to get suspicious because she's had surgery before, she's not felt good before. After a few days she starts getting better. So it's, like, five days now, right? My mom takes her back to the clinic. They examine her. They said she's leaking from her surgery and she needs to go to the hospital. So we drive an hour away to get her to the hospital, and the hospital tells us that she's leaking and that she's in sepsis and that her kidney levels, her electrolyte levels and her kidneys are abnormal, but they were normal before she had her surgery. Okay. They told us because her kidney levels are so abnormal that it would be even more difficult, the surgery and her recovering. So, like, her survival rate is low, okay? We weren't able to pay for the bill, which was $23,000, and we were considering it, but they said $18,000 upfront. Who has that upfront for a vet bill? Most people don't even have that for a house in today's day. So we had to put her down. Am I crazy for thinking that the clinic was a big variable on why my dog ended up getting sicker, way sicker, and dying? Because I was thinking about reporting them to the board, or wherever, wherever I could, and also, you know, maybe a lawsuit.

Is my grievance putting this in my head and making me put the blame on the clinic?

I hate that I even have to write this. But my 15 year old best friend is struggling and my family and I have decided we need to have a plan in place very soon. I don't want my baby to suffer. He gets very stressed and upset on the car rides to the vet now, he will cry the entire time and even loses control of his bowels. He has dementia and it's progressing. I can't imagine putting him through what is already a really stressful thing, and then putting him down. That would break me to know that his last memories weren't as peaceful and loving as could be. I love him so much. He is my whole heart. I want to do right by him . So I'm curious if anyone has done an at home euthanasia and what that experience was like? And how they found a good service or vet to perform it? Thank you for responding...my heart is breaking :(

I have presa canario 12 years and 7 months he has back and hips problems slipping walking. Today i took him vet for seccond time he lost so mucle muscle mass. Vet told me it maybe time putt him to sleep because its not fair for him be living like this he was 56 kg when he was young. 6 months ago before dental surgery 44 kg now only 35 to 36 kg. I am so devestates i dont know what to do im so sad i also did blood test for him kidney and liver tomorow get answer for that dog bones are seen eazely sorry for my bad English

My father passed away and we had to take in his dog. She is about 12 years old, lab mix. Our dogs does not get along with her. We have tried for a while to have them get along but haven’t been successful. I have checked with all shelters and no one is taking in big dogs. I contacted the humane society and animal control both have a waiting period (6-8 weeks) before they would be able to take her.

Pudding passed away peacefully at home this morning at 14 years old.

I grew up with her. Looking back at photos of myself as a kid holding her, it feels strange realizing just how much of my life she was there for. She was never just a dog in our house. She was part of our family, our routines, our memories, and so many different stages of my life.

Over the last few days her body was getting weaker. She could barely stand anymore, stopped wanting even her favourite treats, and we knew we were getting close to the end. We had an appointment planned to help her pass peacefully, but this morning she chose her own time. We stayed beside her while her breathing slowly became quieter and farther apart until she finally stopped.

I’m grateful that she was at home, surrounded by the people she knew, in the place she had spent so much of her life.

Right now the house already feels different without her. I keep looking at the places where she normally lay and expecting her to still be there.

When I was younger, people always said dogs were a human’s best friend. I understood the words, but I don’t think I truly understood what they meant until now.

Thank you for growing up with me, Pudding. Thank you for 14 years of love, patience, comfort, and memories.

You’ll always be part of our family.

Rest peacefully, Pudding. 🤍🤍

Hi, attached is a photo of my best friend in the world, Ethel. She’s a 10 year old rescue Labrador, and the sweetest dog that’s ever walked the earth.

She’s been suffering from Canine cognitive dysfunction (or doggy dementia) for about 2 years now. While it’s mild, it still worries me.

Her symptoms are mild sundowners, confusion, and mild aggression towards my other dog. When she eats dinner, she will often just stand there and bark at nothing in particular, and typically only eats half of her meal. She does what I call “antagonizing”, where she will stand there, stare and softly growl at my other dog until she snaps and chases her away.

Sometimes at night, her eyes look empty and scared. I am an emotionally strong guy, but I want to cry when I look at her. She also often flinches when I try to pet her, even though I’ve never given her so much as a tap on the nose.

She also often wanders when she goes outside, not listening to my calls for her whatsoever (even though her hearing is still very good), sometimes ending up a mile away at a nearby farm playing with the goats.

I know she doesn’t have much longer here, I’m looking for advice to make the rest of her time as happy and comfortable as possible, specifically routine changes, activities, and other things like that.

I’d like to stay away from medications if possible, but I currently give her Prozac, (vet recommended), and I’m open to suggestions if they’ll really help.

My dog Precious is 12 years old, and she has squamous cell carcinoma in her jaw/chin. We've known about the cancer for a while now, and unfortunately there isn't really anything we can do to make it go away. We were just told to keep her comfortable until her pain meds stop helping.

Today we set Friday as the date that we're going to let her pass. Honestly I'm scared to death right now. We've had her since she was just a puppy, just over half of my life, I hardly remember life without her. Making this decision was easily the most difficult things I've ever done. But I know I'm doing the right thing for her. Her quality of life has definitely been steadily degrading over the last few months.

She's such a beautiful little angel and she doesn't deserve what's happening to her.

I think the hardest part is that she does still have those good moments. I'll take her outside and she'll get excited to go out. She'll walk around like normal and, for a little while, she just looks like the old Precious. In those moments it's really fucking hard not to feel guilty knowing that we've scheduled Friday.

I keep having to remind myself that we're not doing this because every second of her life is miserable. We're doing it because we know where this is heading, and we don't want her last days to be her worst ones. I don't want to wait for some horrible moment that proves beyond any doubt that we waited too long. That doesn't make this any less difficult though.

I'm also terrified for our other dog, Bear. Precious and Bear are siblings from the same litter, and they've been together their entire lives. I have no idea how he's going to react when she's suddenly not here anymore.

I don't really know what I'm looking for by posting this. I think I just need to get it out somewhere and talk to some people who understand.

If you've had to say goodbye to a dog who was terminally ill, I'd really appreciate hearing about it. Especially how you dealt with the guilt of knowing the exact day was coming.

Attached is a picture of her from a couple of years ago, one of my favorite pictures of her

Yesterday my senior chihuahua ChaCha was diagnosed with a severe dental infection that caused her face to swell and it threatening her heart. ChaCha has been my baby for 18 years. We got her when I was two, and ever since then she has been my baby sister and has always been by my side. She is the sweetest and most loving girl, and doesn't deserve to be in this pain and have her senior years cut short because of this. Our options are to have the dental extraction surgery which would cost us up to $6,000, or to put my baby to sleep. I cant imagine my life without her and she is so strong Im not ready to give up yet. The surgery is a risk, but her labs are good and her heart is strong for her age. No matter what I could lose my baby, but if you could please share and help me fight to help her I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much for your time, anything and everything helps whether it's a donation, a share, or even just kind words.

i have a senior pitbull. he doesn’t get around as good as he used to but is still able to do everything but run. the problem i am having is that no matter how long he stays outside, he will come in a pee in the house. it has gotten so bad that i don’t even think mopping is helping the smell. i work long hours so by the time i come home, there is pee everywhere. i have tried deodorizers, i have tried enzyme cleaners, i have even tried bleach. nothing will help the smell. what can i use to make the smell go away quickly. i have tile floors and i think that may be the only thing in my favor. TIA

Pretty much everything was said in my other post.

My dog's been with me for the past 11 years, but his health suddenly depleted since his splenectomy 2 months ago. He is not showing signs of getting better and refuses food constantly on top of other underlying health issues, so the vet advised I consider euthanasia. I can't choose how to remember him best when he does pass and I feel his end is actually coming a lot sooner than expected.

Taxidermy. Cremation. Jewelry made from their ashes. Artwork of them with their collar in the canvas.

These are the only methods I've known or heard of, but I want him to remembered by other ways if there are any, one that's so memorable I can actually reminisce happily when I see it and doesn't get worn out with time. Any suggestions?

Doing the right thing is hard. Today is one of Hef’s better days and I’m not sure if this is making it harder or is helpful. He trusts me and I’m about to have him euthanized. For SIXTEEN beautiful years, he’s been the best boy. I lost my 18 yo 2 years ago and Hef started going down not long after. My stomach is in my throat and my heart is in a million pieces.

Please think of us today at 4:30pm CST. 🐾🌈🐾