He's 14 years old, and very sick.
He has congestive heart failure, and water retention in his lungs and stomach, which is causing severe loss of a pulse in his back end. We are trying meds starting today, and hopefully it will help him.
Any of you that have pets and love them, you know what we are going through.
Thoughts/prayers would be appreciated.
Thanks
Alan

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Sorry to hear this. I got a 13 year old pup. He is on 3 meds 2x per day.

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Thanks Wayne.
We never had children, so Seth is a very important part of our family. We have had him since he was 3 months old. Only people that have had "four legged children" will understand it.
The one nice thing is, we trained him to potty in a cat litter box. So with him having to take a water pill, he can go anytime he has to.
He's a very smart dog. Lauriejean had a feeling something was not right and took him to the vet.
We want him comfortable and not to be miserable.
So we are hopeful that the 3 meds will help him.
We arn't ready to let him go just yet.

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Sorry to hear about your pup. Hope he pulls through. Don't have a pet now but I grew up with a golden retriever and remember how important he was to the family.

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Sorry to hear that Cheesey.
Our Ruby (beagle) came down with congestive heart failure at the age of 13. With the help of meds she lived to be 16 and lived a fairly normal life until about her last 3 months.
We were devastated by her passing as she was a member of the family.
With medication and exercise your loving dog should be with you for awhile yet.
My heart goes out to you, LJ and your pup.

Thank you Mikeys and Yooper!
I knew we had pet lovers on here that would understand!
They become so much of the family, they give love and companionship.
Our pup even jumps in if he thinks we are fighting.
It's amazing how much they are a part of our lives.
It's only been a day on the meds, and he seems a little better already. I hope his condition keeps improving.
We had to make the bad decision once already, on our first pup that we had for 13 years, and it was awful. I still cry if I think about him (Norman) too much.
But we have always said that if they are suffering, we won't make them stay just for us.

Enough for now.....as I don't want to start crying in the library.

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Sorry Alan. It's very difficult no doubt. I had a cat that grew to be quite old and to this day, I refuse to ask where he is. My daughters mother knows, but this is one of those cases where ignorance is bliss.

Is that that the barking shoe I met several years ago?

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Yes Kevin, that's the same little guy. He was only 8 and a half when you met him.

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I think knowing your pet is suffering might be one of the more difficult things to deal with. You can't really speak to them, all you see is the pain and anguish while you feel helpless. Sure hope the pain subsides and he gets better.

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Thanks again!
It's been especially hard for Lauriejean.
She had taken Seth to a different vet, and the pill that vet gave Seth almost killed him.
So she feels like it was her fault. (Although I and our good vet assured her it wasn't)
LJ worked all those years and felt she missed out on Seth's best years. Losing her job has been hard, but she's getting to make up for that lost time now.

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