Putting our pet to sleep and have extreme sadness

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You’ve gotten anything I’d say already. Just want to express empathy for the difficulty of the situation.
 
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Our older schnauzer who we got before were married is in bad shape. They said he could go at any time. We don’t know whether to euthanize or let him go naturally at home.

If anyone has experience with this, please share because we are emotional wrecks.
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Hi punisherthunder,

As others have mentioned, I would talk to your vet for some guidance. He/she can guide you on “quality of life” issues.

That has been our guideline when it came time to letting a pet go.
 
punisherthunder said:
Our older schnauzer who we got before were married is in bad shape. They said he could go at any time. We don’t know whether to euthanize or let him go naturally at home.

If anyone has experience with this, please share because we are emotional wrecks.
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“We who choose to surround ourselves
with lives even more temporary than our
own, live within a fragile circle;
easily and often breached.
Unable to accept its awful gaps,
we would still live no other way.
We cherish memory as the only
certain immortality, never fully
understanding the necessary plan.” … Irving Townsend
 
Thank you all for the kind sympathies and stories. It helps to know that we aren’t alone in this.

Basically he has right side heart failure and it leaks fluid and the fluid has collected in his abdomen. The vet drained some fluid and has given us diuretics to drain the rest while giving him four different heart medications that he is going to have to take to stop the fluid leak and help his heart.

He is not in pain necessarily, but it’s an uphill battle.
 
punisherthunder said:
Thank you all for the kind sympathies and stories. It helps to know that we aren’t alone in this.

Basically he has right side heart failure and it leaks fluid and the fluid has collected in his abdomen. The vet drained some fluid and has given us diuretics to drain the rest while giving him four different heart medications that he is going to have to take to stop the fluid leak and help his heart.

He is not in pain necessarily, but it’s an uphill battle.
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As a long time multiple pet owner, feeling with you.
I live and always have a long long way from any vet and live alone and have always nursed my critters at home. Sometimes I wish there were some meds availiable I could give myself at need. My old collie died last summer, here at home. She was so abused she was territfied of especially men and it would have been so cruel

It is how you feel and please know all the love and fellow feeling here.
 
I’m very sorry that you are dealing with this–it is not easy, no matter what.

I know my parents (who had a Great Dane) were able to get a plaster cast of the dog’s footprint with her name in the space around the pawprint. They also had her cremated, and have a box with her ashes.

I have five cats, the oldest of whom is only 8.5 years old, so I know that there will come a time when I am faced with the decisions for these cats. (I previously have had other cats, including one who was feline leukemia positive who started failing at only 13 months old.) I’ll probably have them cremated and buried in my yard, and most likely I will help them via euthanasia. Remember, as much as we love our animals, it is not the same thing as would be the case with a human.
 
I’ve had to let several pets go. I can’t stand to see them suffer. If they can have a good quality of life and you can afford the healthcare they need to insure that it’s fine but when they are in constant pain or their quality of life is bad then I think it’s time to let them go. That said I still miss every cat I’ve had to have put to sleep. Right now I’m lucky both of my cats are in good shape but I had one that had health problems several times and was hospitialized several times he had IBD and UTDs then when he got stones and hyperthyroid issue none of which the vet could do much for his pain I let him go. He was 15 and lived a loved life. Another was only six months old I came home to find her comatose on the bathroom floor unable to move. No idea what happened. She looked woozy that morning but I was taking her to the vet that evening and she had been to the bet a few days before we thought is was a minor virus. You know know with animals some times because they can’t tell you. Anyway the vet said there was nothing they could do so I let her go. :mad:🤷
 
I haven’t read all the posts but I can tell you what I did.

I have had to do this four times now and though each time was very difficult, I think you just know – and often times your pets will let you know.

With my last one she went into heart failure – she’d been in congestive heart failure for years but was kept comfortable with drugs. I ended up having to take her to the A&M small vet clinic – of course, these things never happen when my vet is open. And I was given options of keeping her alive that might buy her six months. I bluntly asked the vet “if this was your dog, what would you do?” She said “I’d put her down,” I said “do it.”

I cried for three days, but in the end I didn’t want my babies (any of them) to suffer.

My heart breaks for you and your family. I will add you to my prayer list.
 
punisherthunder said:
This is the first time this is happening to us since we were married. We had him before we got married and he’s been with us so long.

My wife wants to euthanize him at home, but I’m trying to argue to let him go naturally at home. Either way, we are an emotional wreck, and if anyone has advice on this, please feel free to let me know.
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From experience with this happening to me and my family. I can only say you need to do what is right for the animal. Their suffering and when my dog had to go she let us know and we took her to the vet. The vet will know what is best for them.
 
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