I write this with a really heavy heart. I have a dog who is now 14 yrs. 6 mths. She's been with us since she was 6 weeks old. We've had many dogs and moved up from Durban to Johannesburg with 3 dogs. They've all passed on save for one, she's the one in my avatar. She's my favourite from all the dogs I've ever owned. I am currently working in Durban and the rest of the family including is up in Johannesburg.
Her back legs are pretty much useless and we have to walk her around with a harness. She cries every hour or so at night which means my wife barely gets any sleep because the the dog is incontinent when it comes to defecation and she sometimes has to walk her in the complex at 3 AM. It is really tough and me not being around makes it worse. She's happy and when I went up last weekend she was beside herself to see me. The question really is 'How do you know and make the decision to put a pet down?' I know it needs to be done at some time but I'm not sure when?
All thoughts will be appreciated.
Her back legs are pretty much useless and we have to walk her around with a harness. She cries every hour or so at night which means my wife barely gets any sleep because the the dog is incontinent when it comes to defecation and she sometimes has to walk her in the complex at 3 AM. It is really tough and me not being around makes it worse. She's happy and when I went up last weekend she was beside herself to see me. The question really is 'How do you know and make the decision to put a pet down?' I know it needs to be done at some time but I'm not sure when?
All thoughts will be appreciated.