Hello all, I am new here and came accross it looking for some info about my dog.
I know this is something we all have to deal with as pet owners. My dog is 13, he is a cross breed. Over the last 5 months he has got noticeably older ie a bit slower, sleeps more, but on the good side he is lively, eat and drinks withouth fail, loves food, will fetch his ball when you throw it even though he walks or jogs now. To me he seems to look forward to a lot of things still. I took him for a claw clipping at the vets on sunday and the nurse said that there was a loss of condition with him. She said his stomach seemed bigger and maybe swollen, and that dogs like this just fall over and die ( not much of a bedside manner ). So the next day he saw the vet there, we walked in to the room and the vet said that he has lost condition and made the following observations:
-Pale gums
-Bigger stomach section
He said that if we had taken him in to be put to sleep then he wouldnt be shocked. He took blood shots and we get results on friday, and gave us a low dose of frusemide and some vit b.
The thing is, I dont know what to do now, he seems to genuinely enjoy most of his life now, i mean he is slower walking and sleeps more but food / drink fine, and going to the toilet he is fine with, he likes walks and likes to play. On the other hand I dont know if there is something wrong with him and if he is in pain. He has a quarter of a previcox a day anyway just for muscle and bone pains ( he broke a leg when he was a pup) . He has 3 large bumps ( one a golf ball size and the other 2 a marble size ) on his body, they have been there for about 4 years and whenever we take him in to get checked the 2 vets there have said they doubt they are bothering him and that he is too old to operate anyway. Again yesterday he said not to worry about those.
Any advice / info would be great. Thank you all so much in advance.
I know this is something we all have to deal with as pet owners. My dog is 13, he is a cross breed. Over the last 5 months he has got noticeably older ie a bit slower, sleeps more, but on the good side he is lively, eat and drinks withouth fail, loves food, will fetch his ball when you throw it even though he walks or jogs now. To me he seems to look forward to a lot of things still. I took him for a claw clipping at the vets on sunday and the nurse said that there was a loss of condition with him. She said his stomach seemed bigger and maybe swollen, and that dogs like this just fall over and die ( not much of a bedside manner ). So the next day he saw the vet there, we walked in to the room and the vet said that he has lost condition and made the following observations:
-Pale gums
-Bigger stomach section
He said that if we had taken him in to be put to sleep then he wouldnt be shocked. He took blood shots and we get results on friday, and gave us a low dose of frusemide and some vit b.
The thing is, I dont know what to do now, he seems to genuinely enjoy most of his life now, i mean he is slower walking and sleeps more but food / drink fine, and going to the toilet he is fine with, he likes walks and likes to play. On the other hand I dont know if there is something wrong with him and if he is in pain. He has a quarter of a previcox a day anyway just for muscle and bone pains ( he broke a leg when he was a pup) . He has 3 large bumps ( one a golf ball size and the other 2 a marble size ) on his body, they have been there for about 4 years and whenever we take him in to get checked the 2 vets there have said they doubt they are bothering him and that he is too old to operate anyway. Again yesterday he said not to worry about those.
Any advice / info would be great. Thank you all so much in advance.
