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Some advice is needed, as I have never gone through this before. Long post.
I have a 13 year old boxer female, absolutely love her, and now she is having some age/health issues. In 2019 she was diagnosed with kidney disease, the extent at that time was probably in the minor category. Long story short, she has done fine with it up until two years ago where she started having multiple accidents in the house.
Fast forward to now - now she has a constant need for water...which flows right out of her 20-40 minutes later (although she can hold it longer if laying down). She can no longer go through the night without peeing. Meds have not helped. She is all skin and bones at this point. People that see her ask, is she ok? All you can see is ribs, hips, and her back. It’s part of her disease.
I feel bad because during the day we have to put her in the basement, or else she’ll destroy the entire house. We used to leave the garage door open, give her free reign of the house, and she’d pee in the garage.Then I’d clean it up when I got home. But she can’t do stairs very well anymore, so she stopped going into the garage...and just went all over the house. When I get home, she usually has peed 6-8 times in the basement.
She doesn’t appear to be in pain, and she still eats/drinks. Being 13 she’s pretty lethargic, but still has her good days. What would you do here? Am I being cruel for thinking it’s time. Or Is it cruel to keep this going? Or is there no right answer here? Never done this before.
I have a 13 year old boxer female, absolutely love her, and now she is having some age/health issues. In 2019 she was diagnosed with kidney disease, the extent at that time was probably in the minor category. Long story short, she has done fine with it up until two years ago where she started having multiple accidents in the house.
Fast forward to now - now she has a constant need for water...which flows right out of her 20-40 minutes later (although she can hold it longer if laying down). She can no longer go through the night without peeing. Meds have not helped. She is all skin and bones at this point. People that see her ask, is she ok? All you can see is ribs, hips, and her back. It’s part of her disease.
I feel bad because during the day we have to put her in the basement, or else she’ll destroy the entire house. We used to leave the garage door open, give her free reign of the house, and she’d pee in the garage.Then I’d clean it up when I got home. But she can’t do stairs very well anymore, so she stopped going into the garage...and just went all over the house. When I get home, she usually has peed 6-8 times in the basement.
She doesn’t appear to be in pain, and she still eats/drinks. Being 13 she’s pretty lethargic, but still has her good days. What would you do here? Am I being cruel for thinking it’s time. Or Is it cruel to keep this going? Or is there no right answer here? Never done this before.