Thinking of getting my dog put down, too harsh??

foreign_correspondent

lynnexxxo wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I don't post often on this board but would be really interested in your comments.

We have a 10 year old mongrel who we got from the rescue centre in 2000.

We've looked at rehoming her but funnily enough noone wants a ten year old mongrel who bites children and poos in your home.

Any good rescue will stipulate when you adopt a dog from the that if you cannot keep it, for whatever reason it must be returned to them...

have you contacted them about her yet?

.. the behaviour of this dog suggests it is either poorly or very frustrated and ten is not all that old for a crossbreed - how big is she?

orlao

mini_huny_money wrote: »

i was going to post tonight about my dog, she is a 16 year old lab/collie cross

Sasha....

To my mind my dog, Sasha is dying, she's done in....and its only my selfishness thats stopping me from taking her to the vet, but I can't do it. She;s eating fine, she still goes out for walks albeit very slowly and at times she's still the puppy/dog she always was

am very sad typing this cos she;s got her head on my lap, she just ran up the stairs to bed, probly quicker than I do

but she's old, and I can;t/dont want to take her to the vet, though I know I should, should I let her die in her home or take her to the vet to go asleep

I've always felt that animals somehow tell you when they've had enough...you just seem to know when it's time to make that decision.
Echo FC....sasha sounds like she has quality of life and don't tell my nearly 18 yo JRT that she's old:rotfl: :rotfl: she'd never believe you!

Mutter_2

mini_huny_money wrote: »

i was going to post tonight about my dog, she is a 16 year old lab/collie cross

Sasha....

To my mind my dog, Sasha is dying, she's done in....and its only my selfishness thats stopping me from taking her to the vet, but I can't do it. She;s eating fine, she still goes out for walks albeit very slowly and at times she's still the puppy/dog she always was

am very sad typing this cos she;s got her head on my lap, she just ran up the stairs to bed, probly quicker than I do

but she's old, and I can;t/dont want to take her to the vet, though I know I should, should I let her die in her home or take her to the vet to go asleep

16 years of age, well done you and well done Sasha.
Why on earth do you think Sasha should be pts. I don't understand.

If your Granny was 90, eating well as you put it, loved going out, though slowly and sometimes showed a glimpse of being young, should she be killed?

My lovely dog decided a couple of years ago that he wouldn't bother coming upstairs again. Sad, I loved him curled into the crook of my knees, it was so comforting. You're lucky Sasha can still climb the stairs. Why would you want her dead?

Mutter_2

YorkiePud wrote: »

OMG!!! ... I am gobsmacked!!

*L* I do go on about em a bit, but I don't work for em, honest!! I just back anyone who does what they can for animals.
Wow ... brilliant!! ... thank you so so much, you're great!!!!

:T

I looked for a place to say Yorkie had driven me to it, but no space for a message, but you did.

mini_huny_money

Thank you foreign correspondent, Orleo and Mutter. you all made me smile with your posts, and yes ok she might be old, but there is life in the old dog yet, its just such a shame that I will be facing the inevitable soon.


and she's a spoiled old dog,

Mutter_2

orlao wrote: »

I've always felt that animals somehow tell you when they've had enough...you just seem to know when it's time to make that decision.
Echo FC....sasha sounds like she has quality of life and don't tell my nearly 18 yo JRT that she's old:rotfl: :rotfl: she'd never believe you!

Sasha 16, yours 18. Oh I just want mine to live a lot longer,twelve and a half now. Vet said no reason not 15 years. I do hope so.
Not only will my beloved dog be gone, but I have vowed not to have another. Another dog would outlive me. The thought of life without a dog is bleak to say the least.

mini_huny_money

Mutter wrote: »

16 years of age, well done you and well done Sasha.
Why on earth do you think Sasha should be pts. I don't understand.

If your Granny was 90, eating well as you put it, loved going out, though slowly and sometimes showed a glimpse of being young, should she be killed?

My lovely dog decided a couple of years ago that he wouldn't bother coming upstairs again. Sad, I loved him curled into the crook of my knees, it was so comforting. You're lucky Sasha can still climb the stairs. Why would you want her dead?

I don;t want her dead Mutter, its just that she walks about the house looking so sad.....and the light that was always in her eyes isnt there now

YorkiePud_3

Mutter wrote: »

I looked for a place to say Yorkie had driven me to it, but no space for a message, but you did.

*ROFL* I get blamed for everything anyway, but am very happy to get the blame for this!!!

orlao

[quote=YorkiePud;18268799I think I would still try my damnedest to find someone in the horse world who could handle the horse though ... surely there would be someone with the expertise?
(Sorry ... I am the eternal optimist aren't I?!) ... but yes, I really do understand your point.[/quote]

Sadly the experts who could possibly handle him wouldnt actually want him!
The point is that there are many many animals out there needing homes that are less complicated, hassle and cost the same to keep as a loopy thing like him.

The problem with him (my problem really) is that I will never ride him again....doesn't bother me to handle him from the ground ( I have various tricks and techniques that keep everyone including him safe and relatively sane) but we've had a few nasty accidents over the years and I can't sit confidently on him and so I scare him if I ride him and then he flips...forget calling an ambulance, just call an undertaker as someone is going to die:eek: in those circs. I love him enough that while I'm happy to have him as a field ornament but horses get passed on very quickly and easily....after all look at those poor animals at Spillers Farm last year...and it terrifies me that he could end up somewhere like that. I would prefer that he never left me IYSWIM but if my job goes or something else hapens that means I couldn't keep him I would have PTS in preference to passing him on. BTW my vet is totally supportive of my decision.....

YorkiePud_3

mini_huny_money wrote: »

I don;t want her deagd Mutter, its just that she walks about the house looking so sad.....and the light that was always in her eyes isnt there now

It may just be that she's aching more than she did (perhaps with the onset of colder weather - I know it gets me!) ... I would seriously try the Runaround to see if it helped her.
Or one of the other mobility supplements ... actually, they are advising the green lipped mussel that is in Runaround for humans, for joint problems!

It's worth a go ... and if it helps her, then great ... she will feel happier on herself.
I know I always look sad when my aches and pains start up!