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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  I have to disagree that few dogs are 100% potty trained. Callie absolutely will not go in the house I have had to take her out in hurricanes and big snow storms. All the dogs I grew up with didn't have accidents either until they got very old. Most of my family who has dogs has fully potty trained dogs as well. Being deaf and having cateracts is not a reason to put a dog down. I have seen deaf and blind dogs live happy lives. I think honestly most dogs get arthritis when they get older but its treatable. Those issues don't seem end of life bad. If the dog is suffering from lack of love and not wanted plus the issues she has then it might be better for her to be put down. I have seen dogs with much worse issues get treatment and live even longer happy. |
By 100% potty trained, I mean NEVER have an accident. But my main point is that whatever degree of potty training the OP's dog had has now been completely lost. I don't remember my childhood German Shepherd ever having an "accident" (although I have to admit that it would have been my parents who would have found one and cleaned it up). However, she became completely incontinent during the last weeks of her life as she underwent kidney failure. I cleaned up after her then, until one day while I was at school, my parents had her put down and buried in the back yard without my knowing about it. I was traumatized because I didn't get a chance to say goodbye...
Be that as it may, it would be wonderful if vets were trained to help people make end-of-life decisions for pets. It's difficult for pet owners to judge whether their pet is suffering, or whether the owner is being selfish in wanting a suffering dog to stick around purely for the owner's benefit. I feel for the OP, and I don't think that we in Yorkietalk have enough information to judge the owner's heart or make a decision that is better made between the owner and veterinarian, taking the health and happiness of the dog into account.