We have a 9 year old scottie dog (from the time he was a puppy) who has been having pee accidents for about 2 years. The vet was completely mystified and told me
deal with it. If it gets worse, come back. Well it got to the point he was having 4+ accidents a day and he peed like he had prostate issues. He will pee for like 10 minutes, come inside, and immediately want to go back out. I took him back and they thought it was kidney stones only to find out it was bladder cancer. He was pretty eat up with it from what I gather but they removed the tumors. The vet told me he will be uncomfortable and have a sucky life and need to be euthanized before the actual cancer would claim him. At this point, we've sunk a ton of money into this dog. He acts happy go lucky except pees on the floor and on furniture constantly. We have porcelain floors and they are very slippery when wet (and I have the 3 kids). It's not a matter of taking him out enough: you take him out and he pees on the floor as soon as he walks back in. He just has a constant pee sensation due to tumors filling the bladder. That being said, he will still run, bark, play, etc. I've been waking up with him like a newborn because he cries to go out. I can't leave him outside or downstairs on the tile because he will cry to be near me. I had made up my mind after a 2,4,&6 am wake up call to put him down BUT>..
It's Christmas!!! Today my 4 year old let him out to pee at 7 (they know the drill and are trying to help him get out a lot) and he closed the door and just started bawling so pitifully and said "oh mama can we keep him?" Hubby told him the night before the dog is dying. I had already told them the dog has a sickness that can't be fixed and we have to let him out a lot and give him extra love right now. Anyway, it broke my heart. At this point, it's a mega inconvenience to me but I have no idea how the dog feels. The vet says he's at max 5 more months to live but probably not. We are leaving Dec 26 for hubby to go to the music city bowl and I am not paying another $17 a day to board him when he is knockin' on death's door. I'm really torn about what to do. I can't imagine his life is all that great but then he acts happy a good bit so
Also, don't want to carry him on the road trip because he cna't make it without stopping. Don't want to pay for more boarding...last time was $160 or so. Don't want to buy more food. Don't want to buy the medicine he was prescribed...it's causing other issues and not helping overall.
I grew up in the country and I've never had an inside dog and never had to worry about a pet being euthanized. This is a really hard decision and at this point the thing keeping me from taking him in is my kids being sad right at Christmas and the dog acting normal part of the time. I've seen him very sick before when he almost died and he wouldn't take treats, play, anything.
When is the right time?
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