[Help] Our family dog (16) has been diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney disease and is showing symptoms of end of life. What should we do? https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Bobby is a 16 year old blue tan Yorkshire Terrier mixed with a Chinese breed. The past 2 weeks or so he has been acting very lethargic and sad (shaking all the time). He started vomiting (mainly bile) every morning for the past week and has been off-balance when walking. We took him to the vet on Wednesday and they did a blood test. The results showed Stage 3 Kidney Disease and the vet recommended a special k/d diet of wet and dry dog food. He had more tests today and he also has a urine infection (blood in the urine) and too much protein in his kidneys. We have purchased all of the necessary dog food and cooked him chicken and rice (on the vet’s orders). However, he hasn’t drank anything in about 15 hours and has not eaten anything in over 24 hours. He is even more off-balance now. We have tried to get him to drink water and eat but he refuses. He also smells really bad despite being clean. The vet said this was related to the recent bouts of diarrhoea. I’m guessing it’s flatulence, though it smells much fouler than the usual gassiness. The vet said that if he stays on this k/d diet then he could live another few years, however, he is an extremely fussy eater and has been fed free range chicken, Aberdeen Angus beef and lots of lovely fresh meals since he was a puppy (my mum treats him like her baby!). There is not a chance he will eat it (obviously we will try but we know him too well). He is showing all of the symptoms of being near of the end of his life, however, the vet said he is not in pain and she doesn’t think he’s near the end of life. However, everything suggests otherwise. He looks so miserable and is sitting in his basket listening to everything with his eyes half open TRYING to get to sleep. Last night he was sick all night and had diarrhoea so it could just be tiredness but the lack of eating and drinking is making us worried. We are worried he is going to starve or die of dehydration now. We know Bobby is not right and are concerned the vet is just prolonging the treatments, doing every test imaginable, etc. to make money (it’s a corporation not a private, family vet). We’ve spent over £500 the past few days on everything together. I don’t have any questions other than: What would you do in our situation? Does it call for him to be put to sleep? We’re devastated :( dogs LowFinding
Bobby is a 16 year old blue tan Yorkshire Terrier mixed with a Chinese breed.
The past 2 weeks or so he has been acting very lethargic and sad (shaking all the time). He started vomiting (mainly bile) every morning for the past week and has been off-balance when walking.
We took him to the vet on Wednesday and they did a blood test. The results showed Stage 3 Kidney Disease and the vet recommended a special k/d diet of wet and dry dog food.
He had more tests today and he also has a urine infection (blood in the urine) and too much protein in his kidneys.
We have purchased all of the necessary dog food and cooked him chicken and rice (on the vet’s orders).
However, he hasn’t drank anything in about 15 hours and has not eaten anything in over 24 hours. He is even more off-balance now. We have tried to get him to drink water and eat but he refuses.
He also smells really bad despite being clean. The vet said this was related to the recent bouts of diarrhoea. I’m guessing it’s flatulence, though it smells much fouler than the usual gassiness.
The vet said that if he stays on this k/d diet then he could live another few years, however, he is an extremely fussy eater and has been fed free range chicken, Aberdeen Angus beef and lots of lovely fresh meals since he was a puppy (my mum treats him like her baby!). There is not a chance he will eat it (obviously we will try but we know him too well).
He is showing all of the symptoms of being near of the end of his life, however, the vet said he is not in pain and she doesn’t think he’s near the end of life.
However, everything suggests otherwise. He looks so miserable and is sitting in his basket listening to everything with his eyes half open TRYING to get to sleep. Last night he was sick all night and had diarrhoea so it could just be tiredness but the lack of eating and drinking is making us worried. We are worried he is going to starve or die of dehydration now.
We know Bobby is not right and are concerned the vet is just prolonging the treatments, doing every test imaginable, etc. to make money (it’s a corporation not a private, family vet). We’ve spent over £500 the past few days on everything together.
I don’t have any questions other than:
- What would you do in our situation? Does it call for him to be put to sleep?
We’re devastated :(
Submitted August 15, 2019 at 12:33AM by LowFinding https://ift.tt/2Z6NaXi
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