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Originally Posted by bronco67
Are you kidding? It might be hard, but he needs to go down.
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Well, neither the vet nor I think so. Meg's mother was incontinent for the last 4 years of her life. He gets around just fine - gets up and down those stairs you see and the all over the yard and the stairs to the yard. Eats like a pig (including poop - don't get me started on that) and still tries to hump the other dogs. I was going to get him some wheels but we tried them and he actually gets around better w/o them because my yard is so hilly. He's always one of the first ones to run up to greet me if I've been gone and is the one who better than any of them knows exactly when it's 8AM in the morning and 5PM in the afternoon.
One of the first things I asked when he was diagnosed was if he was in any pain and was told "no" by 3 different vets including a specialist and he certainly doesn't show any signs of being in pain. The growths on his back and neck are paralyzing him, they aren't painful.
Like the vet said, he'll let me know. I would never in a million years make him suffer. I was worried about the weight loss but she said since he was eating the same and not throwing up or anything, it's muscle loss. He had a full blood workup in June and was 100% OK. Even when he was first diagnosed 2.5 years ago the vet said he'd probably live another 5 years because he was so healthy otherwise.