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I put another dog to sleep last night. Black dog carried on about six months after . That's too many to euthanize in a year.

Brown Dog was the first time I had to put an animal down, so let me share my experience in case you will also be a rookie one day. My wife shared some wisdom from a veterinary technician...

Nobody ever complains that they put their dog to sleep too soon.

We went back to the first place which is a 24 hour veterinary hospital. They charge about $250 to euthanize your pet, cremate your pet with no return of ashes, and make you a cast of a paw print with your pet's name on it. That's the cheapest option they have. What to do with a dead pet is maybe the most stressful thing for me. It's good to have someone handle that with a little dignity. I'd feel bad putting my dog in the trash. She deserved better. It's okay if the ashes go to the landfill, I guess. Black Dog was a scavenger before I got her - that would be an all-you-care-to-eat buffet for her and she could chase the seagulls.

Home service in our case was many hundreds more expensive.

Anyhow, if you think this moment is coming maybe it is best to start shopping. Get an idea of prices and facilities. While I only know one place now, I think it is pretty nice. They have a comfortable lounge. You can go spend some time with your pet in there, they don't rush you.

The actual act goes down like this. They will take your pet to a procedure room and put in an IV line, then they bring them back to the lounge. Again, you can hang out until you're ready. When you are you call in the vet and they will explain the details to you. In my case it's like this. - They will administer a strong sedative through the IV line. - They will flush the sedative in with saline - They will confirm that your dog is unconscious - At your direction they will administer another drug which will stop the unconscious dog's heart and breathing. - They will confirm that there's no pulse. It's done.

They are awake, then they are totally unconscious, then they stop breathing and there's no pulse. There is not any kind of struggle. It is sad, but also a great relief. You worry a lot about your sick old pooch. She was horribly ill, no question. Dogs are tough and won't tell you that they are suffering until it is really bad. Farewell, Black Dog!

I'd make these final points: - Stay with your dog, don't drop them off. They will be worried and looking for you until they are put to sleep. It is sad, but not traumatic to stay with them until the end. - Be realistic about money. I loved my dog, but diagnostics would have been four figures with no assurance that she'd live much longer or comfortably. - Think about what it will be like if you have to do an emergency euthanization with a screaming dog in pain. I was ahead of this in both cases and glad for it. Once you get to the point where the pet is old and sick and you worry about them all the time - well that's pretty close to time to be thinking about this.

Go appreciate your dog now.

I put another dog to sleep last night. Black dog carried on about six months after [Brown Dog](https://poal.co/s/Dogs/770225). That's too many to euthanize in a year. Brown Dog was the first time I had to put an animal down, so let me share my experience in case you will also be a rookie one day. My wife shared some wisdom from a veterinary technician... >Nobody ever complains that they put their dog to sleep too soon. We went back to the first place which is a 24 hour veterinary hospital. They charge about $250 to euthanize your pet, cremate your pet with no return of ashes, and make you a cast of a paw print with your pet's name on it. That's the cheapest option they have. What to do with a dead pet is maybe the most stressful thing for me. It's good to have someone handle that with a little dignity. I'd feel bad putting my dog in the trash. She deserved better. It's okay if the ashes go to the landfill, I guess. Black Dog was a scavenger before I got her - that would be an all-you-care-to-eat buffet for her and she could chase the seagulls. Home service in our case was many hundreds more expensive. Anyhow, if you think this moment is coming maybe it is best to start shopping. Get an idea of prices and facilities. While I only know one place now, I think it is pretty nice. They have a comfortable lounge. You can go spend some time with your pet in there, they don't rush you. The actual act goes down like this. They will take your pet to a procedure room and put in an IV line, then they bring them back to the lounge. Again, you can hang out until you're ready. When you are you call in the vet and they will explain the details to you. In my case it's like this. - They will administer a strong sedative through the IV line. - They will flush the sedative in with saline - They will confirm that your dog is unconscious - At your direction they will administer another drug which will stop the unconscious dog's heart and breathing. - They will confirm that there's no pulse. It's done. They are awake, then they are totally unconscious, then they stop breathing and there's no pulse. There is not any kind of struggle. It is sad, but also a great relief. You worry a lot about your sick old pooch. She was horribly ill, no question. Dogs are tough and won't tell you that they are suffering until it is really bad. Farewell, Black Dog! I'd make these final points: - Stay with your dog, don't drop them off. They will be worried and looking for you until they are put to sleep. It is sad, but not traumatic to stay with them until the end. - Be realistic about money. I loved my dog, but diagnostics would have been four figures with no assurance that she'd live much longer or comfortably. - Think about what it will be like if you have to do an emergency euthanization with a screaming dog in pain. I was ahead of this in both cases and glad for it. Once you get to the point where the pet is old and sick and you worry about them all the time - well that's pretty close to time to be thinking about this. Go appreciate your dog now.
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I sit here with my doggo that has had an ear infection for 3 weeks, second ear pack. No one seems to know why she wants to get up every 10 min and go outside. She already has sundowner but this started after the second ear pack.

She gets fatigued as she’s 12 and a larg breed. We have the at home people contracted for the time it comes.

Just can’t figure out this latest thing up all night ranting to go out every hour or so. Don’t need to pee or poop. Don’t seem to be in pain she gets up as fine as months ago (she’s still old and has weak hips).

We think it’s just age progression and sundowners and she gets confused of what time and what not.

If she wants to eat at 3am fine. She gets what she wants.

[–] • 2 pts

Try Monistat on the ear if it is yeast infection. My old girl's ears were going nectrotic, though. A shame because her enormous ears were part of the charm. She wouldn't win a dog show, but she could hear the pet treat bag crinkle from a hundred paces.

[–] • 0 pt

Never thought of that.

How do you surmise it’s a yeast and not bacterial?

She had both to start.

[–] • 1 pt

One of my dogs had test infection before so I just tried that. If your pooch is getting smelly it might be yeast.

[–] • 1 pt

That sounds like her kidneys are failing.

[–] • 1 pt

She is peeing just fine and y that I mean how she has for the last year.

[–] • 0 pt

Can you share more information about this? I just now recall hearing that some cells in your ears and kidneys are exactly the same type of cell. Do you suggest this because of the ear problem, or were you looking at the other behaviors?

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1288/00005537-197309000-00007

Abstract

The not uncommon association in clinical practice of problems existing simultaneously in the kidney and ear, prompted a closer look at these two distant organs, revealing in fact that they may be comparable in a variety of ways.

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The getting up to go outside every 10 seconds. I have personally had kidney issues because I didn't know what Oxlates are and ate a "healthy" diet consisting of all of the foods that have the most amount oxalates. Kidney stones formed and blocked my ability to pee. I remember feeling like I had to pee, try to and get a couple of drips. Walk away and immediately feel like I was about to piss myself again over another couple of drops. It wasn't until I smhad to have a sit down session that prompted my bladder to really release, I think it had to do with the seated position.

Anyhow, once I went through that, I remembered that my first dog ate table scraps and was eating all of the stuff I was eating. I remembered how he would always ask to go out every 10 seconds and the realized his kidneys were fucked. The panting he was doing was like my hyper breathing from the pain of passing a stone. That sucks to know that I caused that pain in my dog because I didn't know better and only learned it by going through it myself. Only then did I become hyper aware of the signs so that I might help someone detect it early and avoid that pain.