euthanizing your pet

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(01-19-2016, 03:20 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Man, this entire thread has been tough to read, but especially this post.

I have a beagle myself, and she's 13.  Up until recently I've tried to not even think about the day I have to make that decision.  But she's really started to show her age.  She's losing her hearing, which in and of itself is heartbreaking.  This was a dog who could hear a potato chip bag crumple from across the house, who now can't even hear me come in the house.  She's got a couple of lumps on her side, which I pray isn't cancer, but I know can't be good.  And I can tell she's having more and more trouble with arthritis.

She still moves pretty good, but it's in more and more limited doses.  She gets some pep when she wants to, but she pretty much sleeps all day.

But yeah, I know it's coming sooner than later.  And I'm not sure how my other dog is going to react either.  He's always had her around and he'll be alone for the first time ever.  I can't even imagine how much it's going to suck whenever it's actually time.  Like I said, I hate even thinking about it.

I do think that whenever the time comes I'm going to try to have the vet come to the house though.  My beagle absolute hates the vet and freaks out even when I pull into the lot.  So I would like to try to have her be as least anxious as possible.

Ughh.. Sorry to the OP and everyone else who's been through this.  ***** terrible.

I'm right there with you.  My Blue Tick/Lab mix is thirteen.  Hearing is going , but not too bad....eyesight is getting bad , and the arthritis is beginning to slow her down....although she can still motor from time to time.  It's the stairs and climbing that gets her.  She has some lumps too....but the vet said they were fatty deposits/cysts.  If your dog shows no pain with the cysts.....it's most likely the same thing.  God.....I dread that day.  She goes everywhere with me.