Chazzy our 9 year old GSD is in pretty bad shape. She has a degeneritive nerve disease on her spine, artritis all over her spine. She was a rescue from a breeder.Anyway all in all she still wants to play & hobbles along as she always has. Till sunday afternoon. I took my horse out for about 1-1/2 hours, I came back & she was dragging her hind quarters on the ground. Our conclusion was that one of the other dogs must have rammed into her & broke her hip. With all her issues we assumed the worst. I brought her to the vet on monday morning to be put to sleep. We all said our goodbyes. I couldnt take off from work & I trust them. I also assumed I would be putting her down. Well Dr. called & said they took an xray, gave her cortizone, & pills for home, she seems able to walk. Ok great I'll pick her up. The bill was only $170, Im not rich but I know what it could have been in an emergency hospital. Well I go into the back with doc to get her. The tech takes her out of the crate, she cant walk & needed to be helped with a towel to hold her rear end up. Well I figure shes stiff, all day in a crate, tile floors, of course she can't walk.
I get home & you can imagine caring for a 90lb dog who cant stand on her own let alone walk.
This was monday night. Tuesday morning I called & spoke to my vet, made arrangements to bring her thursday night to be put to sleep. I don't want her to suffer. She does not appear to be in pain. She has only cried in fustration when she cant get up to go in another room with us. So I have plastic with big towels that I move her from the kitchen to the livingroom then at night in her spot by my bed. She did not budge one inch from how I laid her down in her bed last night. I left her in the kitchen this morning. My husband just called, she was in the livingroom when he got home. He took her out & she stood on her own & walked a bit. I have called off thursday nights appointment at the vets. Please also keep in mind since sunday night Chazzy has pee'd herself several times, Ive done a ton of laundry so now I only but her front end on blanket/towel & hind end on papers. Billy said she didn't do anything today.
I really need to let this all out. The last few years I have learned a lot about loosing beloved pets. I am ok with her going to the bridge, she has friends there.
Thanks,
Carolyn