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Years back I had a snoodle with epilepsy. He lived with it for years, but I was told the seizures would get worse as he aged...When the seizure activity went from a minute to 45 minutes with loss of bladder and bowels it was time...I even had valium from my father to give the dog after a seizure...their muscles can be painful after a seizure and valium is a skeletal muscle relaxer....

A brain tumor is a death diagnosis..Watch carefully for any change in behavior...Much depends on where the tumor is located...the dog can go aggressive and its not the dogs fault. Its hard to let go, when I had my last dog put down with cancer and spontaneous leg fracture it was on the floor of the vets with her head in my lap...cried like a baby as we all do..

The dog I had to have put down 10 years ago, I had the vet come out to the car and do it...with me in the back seat petting her.....Most vets will come out to the car. They will also stay with you until your ready to drive. Its the hardest thing to do. But you do what is best for the dog and not what is best for us...

Good luck and sympathy for which ever road you take...The one put down in the back seat of the car had been in and out of renal failure for a couple of years and I had to cook her food, no dog food....The vet had given me a special receipe for dogs with renal problems....

Putting a dog to sleep only takes about 3 seconds. I kept asking the vet, are you sure she's gone...I already had a grave dug in the back yard for her..(my son's dug it as I knew she didn't have much time left)

I now have 2 graves side by side in the back. If possible bury your baby in your yard, make sure the grave is at least 3 feet deep, more if the dog is big. Just so some critter won't dig it up...

My heart goes out to you Judith....you will do what is best and never second guess your choice...what ever it is..