Friday, July 15, 2011

Too soon to put my dog down? Help!?

well i completely understand your situation and i can sympathies with u, my dogs are everything to me i just love them so much i cried for days knowing that my babies were gone. the same thing happened to my dog Sarrie, who was a Australian Terrier, it started when she 15, it it didn't really happen to often, maybe once every now and again but by the end of it she was having 1-2 or even 3 times a day, she would just all of a sudden stiffen up and lye on her back then shake, sometimes she would even vomit, after a year of this we did get her put down at 16 but only because she went into liver failure (cause by many other health issues she had, the seizure had nothing to do with it). The only thing with seizures is that they don't cause the dog any pain but someone really needs to be there always keeping an on on him because he could have a seizure any where(Sarrie collapsed on the pavement and hit he head :( ) and when they wake up they are extremely disorientated they don't no what just happened to them or where they should or do next, every time they have a seizure it kills of brain cells, with Sarrie she began walking into walls and trying to figure out what is was by standing there looking at it. Just remember a dog will never forget its master even if it has lost million of brain cells, deaf, blind, anything really it's really up to u though if you want to go to the extra effort of managing the seizures and comforting your dog though i think 11 is quite a young age a dog has to be put down, my oldest dog at the moment is 15 and she is so energetic and full of life and she still goes on long walks plays with our dogs and other dogs to so we would never put her down unless she was in pain. u should really only put a dog down if its for the best though i really think he has a lot more years left in him if ur willing to give that extra care and support :) people can say its the best thing to get your dog put down which would be true if he was in any pain what so ever but if he isn't feeling any pain then i think that would also be just as cruel to get it put down for no reason he just needs some extra care when he comes out if the seizures, give him some pats let him sit down some where and just comfort him its just like in humans they forget where they are and what just happened to them and they feel NO pain

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