lilylover
Shiny_Rock
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I have a beagle who will be 13 in July. A couple of weeks ago we noticed she was having trouble having a bowel movement, so we took her to the vet for a routine x-ray to see what is going on in her digestive tract. We didn''t find any complications there, but discovered a tumor on her stomach. We don''t know if it''s cancer or not, but do not want to put her through the surgery to find out.
The past week she hasn''t been wanting to eat her dog food, although she will eat it if I put a treat in it and she will eat any other type of food just fine. She still enjoys her walks and jumps (with assistance) onto my bed at night.
Here are the issues. On the x-ray we discovered that she also has pretty bad arthritis. Also, she has been peeing in her sleep and has accidents in the house if we don''t take her out every hour.
My mom says it''s time to put her down because we are just prolonging the invevitable. Plus, she is peeing all over the carpet. I don''t see her as a dog that is ready to go. When I think of an animal that needs to be put down, I think of one that really seems sick (i.e. has trouble walking, can''t keep food down, etc.) but maybe I am wrong?
Any thoughts on this? How do you know when it''s time? It''s just a hard decision.
The past week she hasn''t been wanting to eat her dog food, although she will eat it if I put a treat in it and she will eat any other type of food just fine. She still enjoys her walks and jumps (with assistance) onto my bed at night.
Here are the issues. On the x-ray we discovered that she also has pretty bad arthritis. Also, she has been peeing in her sleep and has accidents in the house if we don''t take her out every hour.
My mom says it''s time to put her down because we are just prolonging the invevitable. Plus, she is peeing all over the carpet. I don''t see her as a dog that is ready to go. When I think of an animal that needs to be put down, I think of one that really seems sick (i.e. has trouble walking, can''t keep food down, etc.) but maybe I am wrong?
Any thoughts on this? How do you know when it''s time? It''s just a hard decision.