Quincy
Marla Brinkerhoff6 d
Dog, weimerweiner12.6 yo12.6 years old
possible Cushing’s diseaseWorsening mobility with back legs giving out and refusal of assistanceIntermittent appetite with possible weight changes and increased drinking and urinationFrequent coughing and breathing changes that are slowly getting worseGradually increasing hygiene challenges and licking of legs or bottomHistory of a collapse-type episode with staring afterward, now improvedeats only intermittentlyback legs give out oftencannot jump onto bedrefuses help getting onto bed even with soft harnesstrouble going up and down stairssleeps much more than usualsleeps most of the day and nightpreviously had high liver blood value about 2 months ago
Our love- Quincy- is slowly going downhill
I’d love to know when it is “his time”. We’ve had other large dogs and he’s lived longer than all of them. We lost his life-long pal 2 1/2 years ago . He seems to have adapted and relies on us more than ever. He can no longer jump up to sleep with us-although we’ve tried 2 different devices to help him- he just becomes more distressed. He now sleeps on his tuffet or in his kennel with the door open. As long as he continues to have any joy in life and continues to eat- although intermittently- i cannot make the decision to send him to “doggie heaven’😞