Posted by Dinah on January 9, 2003, at 12:54:51
In reply to nope - don't hear you... » bluedog, posted by IsoM on January 9, 2003, at 12:38:18
I'm a dog person myself, but many years ago my mother's beloved little one had this problem. We gave her fluids under her skin, which she hated. She was miserable that one hour a day. But fortunately, she wasn't the brightest bulb on the tree and the other 23 hours she was as happy as a clam. She didn't remember the bad hour until it was time for her twice a day drips. She would dance around my mother's feet and sit on her lap and you'd never know anything was wrong except that she appeared bloated.
I have had other dogs who would have been miserable 24/7 over the same experience, and I would never have tried to extend their lives. One of my girls had her pancreas shrivel up for some reason (she was old). There was no reason she couldn't live a decent life with insulin injections but she just laid down and died. She didn't want to fight.
I always made my decision on a dog by dog basis.
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