[ponygirl]

Dog slide. I'm so sorry to hear your pup is feeling poorly TC. My dog died of cancer also and it was very painful for her. Towards the end, I had gotten a book on dog cancer and was making her food for her according to the book: sweet potatoes, ground lamb, brown rice, yogurt, blueberries. She never stopped eating, but she had days that she was in immense pain that was difficult to watch. Even with that, I let her go until I could see she was losing hope. She had lost use of one foreleg, but one morning I could see it had moved into her spine because she began losing control of her back legs too.

The best advice I received from that book was on how to prepare for the end. I sat on the floor with her and brushed her and told her her life story... from the first time I saw her up until the present. She listened to me so intently, I swear she could understand every word. We had an incident when she was a puppy where she broke her leg and it was my fault it happened. When I told her this part, she tilted her head and the tongue went back in her mouth, as if to say, "Oh yeah! I had forgotten about that!" And then she licked my hand, like, "It's okay... I forgave you." I then told her what was going to happen when we went to the vet the next day and promised her that there would be more tennis balls than she had ever seen where she was going. And I made her promise she would be there to meet papa when he came to join her, as my father was very ill at the time.

It was honestly the most helpful thing I have ever done when losing a pet.

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More dog slide.

That’s such a sweet, but sad, story! One fear of mine is letting them be in pain. For the last week, Taterbug’s back legs are getting really weak and she staggers. They told me that bladder cancer will spread so I suspect it’s getting in her spine also.

Dogs are masters at hiding pain and pretending they are OK. This Vet we are seeing today will know the signs. One thing I asked him when he diagnosed her was to please don’t let me let her go too long. I’d rather do it a day too early than a minute too late.

I could never have asked for a healthier sweeter dog. In all of her almost 15 years, this is the only time she has been sick. She went annually for her shots and exam plus heartworm checks and has always been perfect. She has never even had parasites. So, when she was diagnosed with cancer, I was in shock.