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Keep your pet alive, or Euthanize?
Dr Jones’ Book When your pet is seriously sick, should you be doing everything you can to …
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Hi and thank you for your videos . I have been taking care of my beautiful dogs one is 19yrs old and the other 16 they poop and pee in the house deaf and blind they are not sick just to old and I’m having hard time putting them to rest 😞😞please tell me is it time for my baby to sleep? Thank you 💙
Thank you so much for this guidance Doc. It eases my mind that I made the hardest decision I have ever had make three years ago. My heart still aches and I still cry for Ben, but I know I did the right thing. Thank you so much.
Elaine from South Africa
God Bless You
I just put my boy cat to sleep …My house vet wanted to see his mouth as the dental vet saw a mass…didnt know what to do. He saw a huge growth on his back tongue. Not sure if it was cancer but he said it was. It grew from nothing 3 weeks ago to the size of a large raised quarter. I made the decision right then to help him…feel guilty but very said it was cancer…He was having a hard time eating and I couldn't let him get worse.
Thank you!
Had my dog PTS a few days ago. He was 14 and had a grade 6/6 heart murmur and severe heart failure. We spent that final day together doing his favourite things and he died in my arms knowing I loved him. I dont feel guilty that I might have taken away a few good days he could have had….only relief that I was able to take away all those bad days that would only get worse and more frequent.
As heartbroken as I am it actually helps to know that I could take all that pain and distress away from him and be there for him one last time.
Thank you for this video ❤️ huge help for me and many other pet parents.
You vets should give pet parents a seditive . Most of us need it before putting a family member to sleep.
When it becomes too much painful for them to live and they're not carefree and happy anymore, the best thing to do is to free them.
Thank you. So sorry for your loss 💔
I have so much respect for you.
How do I know when I could get another pet why did the big things that I could do for him because he had cancer the best doctor dead I know
I love your show I love your program wishing you were my bed and I know if you were my red you could have helped my beloved baby love it baby my beloved baby passed away he had everytime I test test it when he had a skin rash it came back negative for cancer which time it came out for cancer a show I love your show it's so hard to come to an empty house I never ever want I want my baby bye baby pass away at home I wish I wish that I was watching you much earlier because I don't if I was you could have saved my dog I lost two dogs 5 first dog that I lost it had the weirdest disease that it only came out one-of-a-kind it had water it I started watching you much earlier cuz I knew if I was you could help wish you were back family family wants me to have another animal watching you watching you you are the best and I won't be watching you no more but thank you for all your help
Thank you..
My 7 y/o Yellow Lab looks exactly like that beautiful baby behind you… few days ago he was diagnosed with nasal sarcoma. I'm devastated and was just crying the whole day. The vet advised me to make him undergo a chemotherapy. But I was evaluating whether or not it's the best thing to do for him. The side effects will just make my boy suffer for few weeks and weaken his immune system. I believe chemo will just give him temporary relief, but I'm sure he will be weaker after that. I don't want to keep him alive for my own satisfaction…..I love him so much, he's the sunshine in my life. I want him to die naturally, but that only means he will suffer longer. So I'm thinking about euthanasia….I want to make him enjoy his precious days and leave this world knowing that his mom is beside him…and that all the pain will end. I hope I can make the best decision….
It's hard but you must do one last responsible decision not not be selfish they deserve that.
Struggling
Thank you for a helpful video
Thank you
I had to learn that extremely hard life lesson with my son. After awhile I told to myself: Are you praying for him or yourself? Think about his life and suffering and let him go if that's the best for him. I did the same for my pets. Painful? Tearing me inside. But, have mercy, don't let them suffer.
Having been through chemo myself, I would never put my dog through that.
Thank you for such a thoughtful treatment of the topic of euthanasia. My pet peeve is seeing a video of "fluffy's last day" in which the tail wagging dog goes to the park to play, catches a frisbee multiple times, has steak, ice cream, then goes to the vet for euthanasia. Why? A whole lot of living left in that terminally ill dog. I'd let that pup live as long as it was happily possible. On the other spectrum are veterinarians who would keep a dead frog alive on life support if they could. You handled this clearly, compassionately, and reasonably. Thank you for being a voice of reason.
Good information I had to put my dog asleep today very sad but he was just to sick take care God Bless ALL.
Most vets are just money mills. They don't have compassions for you or your pet. They offer no help in the process of losing a beloved pet.
Before I took care of my own dog, I thought that I’d never be able —when it becomes time to make that difficult decision— to euthanize. But since I have had many opportunities to experience the joy and companionship that a dog brings to one’s life, I now know that I will need to be present—I will need to be with her—at a time that I previously wished (in my mind) to thrust upon someone else so that I could avoid my own personal pain. I am still very much afraid to witness that moment, yet I think that I’d feel terrible if I am not there with her in her last (currently I expect her to live many, many more years… since she only has experienced a ligament tear) moments, mostly because I’m afraid that she would feel much more afraid if she happens to be alone at that future time, and I never—ever— want her to be afraid. ❤️
Dealing with this right now. My 14 year old chihuahua mix has cancer in one of his rear paws. He had a tumor and toe removed, but another tumor is growing quickly on the next toe. I’m just keeping him comfortable until the holidays are over and the vet is back from vacation to make that final decision. I’m trying the Panacur/vitamin treatment with turmeric added for pain relief. If it works, great, but I think it’s just prolonging the inevitable. Sad times, but he’s had a long, good life.
My 14 year old girl started having seizures 2 nights ago. She had 2 within a 24 hour period. We took her to the emergency room after her first seizure the first night, they ran test on her and her blood work came out good so they stated that the seizure most likely is a neurological issue and possible brain tumor and more than likely eplipsy. They told us to see if it happens again within 24 hours to confirm. So she had another episode last night. It lasted for about 3 minutes but she seemed confused afterwards and literally wondered the house in circles for the next hour. I HATED seeing her go through this at her age and I know there are some medications that the vets can give to help with the seizures but from what I read and was told these meds may not work 100 percent and she may still have seizures. Even knowing that the seizures are painless I DID NOT want to witness her having ONE more seizure. They may be painless but she seems stressed after they are over. We also noticed the past few months before the seizures that she seems confused often and just doesn't seem like herself at times. This on top of the fact that she has a tennis ball sized cancerous growth in one of her legs along with several other suspicious lumps on her body. We came to the consideration that her quality of life would not improve much nomatter what we do so we decided to get her put down tonight. I am devastated but also glad it is over for her.
Thank you for doing a video on this very real and extremely painful subject. I watch my old girl Aspen the coonhound aging and it troubles me greatly when proceeding forward through time and the inevitable and how I will how to make this choice again as I have with every little lover pet I’ve ever had. It is one of the most painful experiences I have ever known
It's hard to kill something you love. I decided to give him an easy death and no suffering.
I have 16y old labrador. He is in wheelchair for 2y. 2years ago we wake up and he couldn't walk.All vet in my City said he is over 2y ago. I take care of him every day. He has urin incontination but he hasn't got any infaction yet. 3days ago he shaking all day… and he fell on first left paw. I extand his life for 2year and he was very happy boy. Now, I am thinking about eutanisation😭
Too many people (including vets) treat this as an "all or nothing" proposition; EITHER you pursue expensive, painful, and probably futile treatments OR you immediately euthanize. Another option and a better one is just letting your pet be; taking it day by day and making each one the best you can.
Hi,Dr.Jones,
I'm so sorry for your loss buddy
I can't deal with death and dying very well either.
Kenny
Trusting oneself for me was difficult. I felt powerless to come to a decision, the right decision. In retrospect as long as Janey enjoyed her life and could walk outside life was good. I'm angry at myself for not protecting her more…She was blind except at night and essentially deaf and likely had cancer, yet we enjoyed and loved each other. Allowing oneself time…do not succumb to another's interests or their pressure.
I had to do battle with a wave of emotions recently. My 14 year old Charlie suddenly fell ill to kidney related problems and he had lost interest in food and water, having discussions repeatedly with the vet they admitted him in for bloods and to get some fluids into him intravenously. When his bloods came back his readings were off the charts and suffered kidney failure. The proper thing was for me to end his suffering right there but i didn't want to say goodbye in that environment so i brought him home for the weekend so the whole family could rally round him. He peacefully slipped from our grasp not 24 hours ago in the comfort of his own bed surrounded by the family. had there been some form of medical treatment to prolong his quality of life and giving him another 6 months or a year i would not of thought twice. Kidney transplants in dogs however is not an option.
Awwwww, your dog Lewis acts like my cat who passed away.
U have to keep your pet alive at all cost!! Do not put her to sleep just because u think she is in pain, or she has a "bad quality of life".
First of all, I never understood why u need to euthanize the pet just because the quality of life is reduced. My dog is unable to walk in the last 7 months of her life due to artities and will every now and then, groan in pain. Vets told me she may be gone before long but I still keep her alive.
The pet may be suffering but how do u know that if it wants to go or stay? Despite her pain and bad quality of life, she may be cherishing every moment u spend with her and begging u to spend one more day with her!!! She can't talk and u dun know her inner thoughts!!!
Inside her mind, she may be begging: "Mummy, can u hug me for one more day?" And at this moment, u tell the vet to give her an injection, that will be the greatest betrayal!!!
I lose my Cookie recently. She was in Diabetic acidosis and had pyometra. The vet made it seem that it was best to put her down. I regret putting her down. The guilt and pain after euthanasia is unbearable that I don't think I will ever euthanize any of my other dogs. My Cookie fought hard to live and I didn't fight for her to give her a fighting chance. My Cookie was only 6 years old. I miss her soo much.
I’m having a huge question about your dog’s body. What to do after you choose euthanasia, what kind of things will happen to my dogs body? Does it get cremated? What you do with that? Which are the choices?
Thank you.
Thank you for your videos. I came back to them multiple times throughout my walk with my dog Samson. He passed away today. I wish one of the Vets he saw had the interest and passion as you do. Maybe my dog would have been diagnosed correctly earlier.
We have no right to take life in Indian scriptures we have reverence and culture to nurture reverence for all life in nature
Thank you
Hi Dr Jones. My doggy son Tony~O has a trigeminal nerve brain tumor. We have done everything for him minus the radiation cause how anesthesia weakened him from chest x-ray and MRI so I didn't want to keep putting him through all that..but God I so wanted to cure him.
He is getting so much Love and palliative care… He stopped walking recently and sleeps more…was gonna have Lap of Love come in tomorrow for him to go to Heaven…but we just don't know if it's best to maybe let him go naturally only if he is not in pain. He is on very low dose prednizone…wonder what pain med he can have in case he has pain. He turns his body to right..i know that is from brain. He has fluid in inner ear..was gonna see if removing that would help his vestibular issues but its so complicated to do and again would need anesthesia.
Oh and yes I too cried and cried grieving over my kitty named Gremlin when she passed from an accident..car…on street. I was an adult at time..i told my mom I was so much sadder than when Nana passed and she said that is normal cause Gremlin was my baby who I nurtured.
My dog is suffering, she has pain, paralyses and is choking a lot. It is terrible, but I can not see her hurt anymore. In 3 hours she will fo to rest.
Thank you so much.
My dog has amast tumor. She us 16. It is infected and i keep giving her something the vet suggests but no one wants to remove it. I give her antihestimines and heart medication. She still eats and goes to the bathroom but really smells. I think she still wnjoys life so i am not making that decision bit feel bsd for her. I dress her so she doesnt pick at the tumor but she does. I just think she still has a wish to live. She goes with a baby buggy and goes to the bathroom eats sleeps just really smells from the tumor. Was on antibiotics and vetbsaid it is enough. I changed 3 vets . Found a caring one but says nothing more to do but gve her the antihestimine and heart medication.Can you comment please
Thank you so much for this video for it helped me with making a difficult decision I made today. Thank you for your insightfulness, compassion & heart Doc!