I'm losing My best Friend
Hi, I'm new to the board but I need to write. My best friend Sampson is a 9 yr old GSD. He's the smartest dog I've ever owned. He has liver disease and puts on fluid around his belly. The vet has him on diuretics it's hard to mantain he shrinks up then swells out when I back off. I have to back off sometimes because he shrinks up too much. He won't eat anything but fresh meat. My problem is I would put him down but he is so alert, he still wants to go on our morning walk we have done for 9 years never missing a day. Some days he wants to play ball but some not so good. Sometimes his back legs swell up and testicles from the fluid and gravity. Its a stressfull situation but I keep plugging along. Its hard to put a dog down when he's wagging his tail at you and wanting to play. I've owned dogs for 40 years but this one has been so loyal to me . He will only walk with me if My wife try's to take him by herself he won't go. He's been our protector and our 3 disabled cats. He protects those cats. We have on 3 legged cat and she likes to go hide in the woods. I can say Sam go find felicity and he tracks her down. She can't protect herself very well and there are coyotes and other wild animals out there. Anyway I'm glad I joined, I didn't mean to ramble on. Why does love got to be so hard? I just don't when it's time to put him down, I wrestle with this daily, I cry buckets of tears, right when I say Ok it's time he comes to the back glass and looks at my feet to see if my shoes are on, if I slip them on he jumps and runs he knows I'm coming out to play. He has the heart and mind of a champion but his body not so well but he keeps trying. God has blessed us with many cool dry air days of late and that helps him when he is more swollen during walks. All I can say what a dog. I don't know if I want another but I said that before him when otto died of cancer.
Hi, I'm new to the board but I need to write. My best friend Sampson is a 9 yr old GSD. He's the smartest dog I've ever owned. He has liver disease and puts on fluid around his belly. The vet has him on diuretics it's hard to mantain he shrinks up then swells out when I back off. I have to back off sometimes because he shrinks up too much. He won't eat anything but fresh meat. My problem is I would put him down but he is so alert, he still wants to go on our morning walk we have done for 9 years never missing a day. Some days he wants to play ball but some not so good. Sometimes his back legs swell up and testicles from the fluid and gravity. Its a stressfull situation but I keep plugging along. Its hard to put a dog down when he's wagging his tail at you and wanting to play. I've owned dogs for 40 years but this one has been so loyal to me . He will only walk with me if My wife try's to take him by herself he won't go. He's been our protector and our 3 disabled cats. He protects those cats. We have on 3 legged cat and she likes to go hide in the woods. I can say Sam go find felicity and he tracks her down. She can't protect herself very well and there are coyotes and other wild animals out there. Anyway I'm glad I joined, I didn't mean to ramble on. Why does love got to be so hard? I just don't when it's time to put him down, I wrestle with this daily, I cry buckets of tears, right when I say Ok it's time he comes to the back glass and looks at my feet to see if my shoes are on, if I slip them on he jumps and runs he knows I'm coming out to play. He has the heart and mind of a champion but his body not so well but he keeps trying. God has blessed us with many cool dry air days of late and that helps him when he is more swollen during walks. All I can say what a dog. I don't know if I want another but I said that before him when otto died of cancer.