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10-27-2015, 12:27 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: smithville.arkansas
Posts: 10
| yorkie 16yrs old My yorkie has liver problem sleeps all the time , urinates on kitchen cannot hear or see well but does eat what do I do, How do you know when to put him down. We do not get anything out of him as he sleeps but after 16yrs, We have put 6 dogs down. My husbands no more dogs but after having a dog for 30 yrs, it gets lonesome without one, I need some advice Lorry |
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10-27-2015, 05:45 PM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| Hi Lorry, I think you have to follow your heart and consider if your boy is in pain. Have you talked to his vet? Letting our pets go to rest in peace is the hardest part of loving them.
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10-27-2015, 06:28 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| My sweet 17 y/o girl was 95 % blind and deaf, peed where ever she was, had dementia, she would get in a corner and not know how to get out, somehow would get under the kitchen table, get confused and couldn't get out. I removed all the chairs except one which I flipped over and put it on the table, she had a good appetite, drank water, slept most of the day, played new game called bite the momma's nose when she kisses me. It was painful to see my once little baby puppy now a blind,deaf senior, but I couldn't have loved her more. I could NEVER think of putting her down because she had aged. She was not in pain, she was healthy. Then her time came and I had to let her go,she was not the first I had to have put down but it never gets easier. I thought she would be with me until she was 20 y/o I was devastated. If your senior baby is not in pain, if he is eating and drinking, you can confine him to what ever room you are in, I laid down plastic in my living room because she peed several times on the carpet, she had a bed in the living room for when I would watch TV she could be in that room, the carpet was protected. She had a bed in the kitchen for when I was in the kitchen. Just as we puppy proofed our home when they were a wee baby, I senior proofed my home for her. I swore no more dogs. The pain of losing them had become to overwhelming. I packed all her clothes, things I had saved from my 4 other yorkies, harnesses of every size, I donated everything to my local no kill shelter. I was not planing on another dog, cried all the time, I have had dogs in my life for 40 + years, I didn't know how I would be able to live without one but I was going to try. Fate has a way of throwing monkey wrenches into our lives sometimes, my vet gifted me with a 2.5 y/o baby boy that had been surrendered by his owner 6 weeks after I had to let my little girl go. He rescued me, and my HOUSE became a HOME again, the hole in my heart was filled with love for this poor sweet little boy that was not wanted anymore. Talk to your vet, ask his / her advise, see if they feels it would be better to let him go. This is a horrific decision to make one that I am glad I didn't have to do God decided for me. (((hugs)))
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10-28-2015, 12:58 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Covina, CA
Posts: 154
| like matese said...if the dog eats and is in no pain...why put your best friend to sleep? My mom had a chihuahua for 16 years...he just died last year...was like a brother to me...a grouchy one, but he was loved to the very last day he decided to leave this earth...my mom considered it a few time because they become hassle...but you always have to remember that they gave you all their life...and just because they are blind, deaf, and no longer play with you, means that we just can just put them down...but like I said if your dog is sick and in pain then yes, make your choice and good luck! |
10-28-2015, 02:40 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Delaware
Posts: 2,663
| My little was 13 and was in excruciating pain. For the last 3 weeks of her life she was on medication. It was the only relief. I held on too long. I thought was she was going to pull through but her little body couldn't take it anymore. She would have good days and bad days. On her good days she was sleep peacefully and I would think she is going to get past this. I took her to the vet but he said there's nothing that could be done. He did thankfully prescribe pain medication. However, I will never use eating and drinking water as a barometer again. Brandi still ate normally, she never lost her appetite. I think because she was eating and drinking, it give me false hope. I knew the minute her pain hit, I would have to give her pain meds prescribe by the vet. I think it was buprenorphine (not sure if that was it as this was about 2 years ago). It worked within minutes. It was like what morphine is to us. I was so glad that I was off work during that time. The decision to wait so long haunts me to this day and I have asked her for forgiveness many many times. As long as they are not in pain I would never put them down but I will never again wait that long. |
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