How to Know When it’s Time to Say Goodbye to Your Fur Baby…

by becky on in Useful Tips 121
older pug

Watching your dog through the years, observing how he has slowed down, is common. It had to happen eventually. But there will come a time when your pooch’s quality of life will be visibly altered. They go blind; hips become displaced, and some other physical problems emerge with age.

You will need to ask yourself many questions, including if it will be kinder to let him go peacefully or hold on through thick or thin.

But – if the latter – will you be doing your pup a kindness by keeping him alive although he may be suffering?

You can always consult a veterinarian. Most will be very honest with you about your dog's continued good or bad health. However, they cannot make a life-ending decision for you. Vets will dole out the medications for as long as you think Fido will take them but eventually, even the doc will advise you enough is enough – it’s time for you to decide.

And that is when you will have to ask yourself pointed questions about your pooch.

After the break check out the questionnaire provided. Do the positives out-weigh the negatives? Be honest with yourself – and your furry family member.

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121 thoughts on “How to Know When it’s Time to Say Goodbye to Your Fur Baby…”

  4. Tammy Creech-Baxley

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    I have 2 pugs and 2 duachunds and it will tear me apart if one of them has to leave or be put down I even get freak out when they don’t come when I call when out to pee I wonder if they got stolen or someone let gate open I freak out i.cant image my babies getting put down

  5. Nancy J Tiemann

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    And your heart hurts so bad you think you might die from the pain. It is soooooo hard, but for their sake you have to make the decision. These precious fur babies who make our lives so much better are family members!

  6. Jarred Keith Justice

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    They have a way of letting you know. My baby did. And I stayed with her until the end. I will miss her every day for the rest of my life. But I know I made the right decision for her sake. I have her paw print tattooed on my side, where she slept, so she will be with me forever.

  7. Nicole Spivey

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    I can’t even read the article. I don’t want to think about the day that we have to make that decision again. Three years ago we had to say goodbye to our 16 year old Pug, Bart. It is still difficult.

  13. Rosemary Trawick Sayers Johannesmann

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    I just had to do this last Friday, September 22, just one day past my CarrieAnne’s 13th birthday. She had Mast Cell cancer. She had a tumor the size of a tennis ball on her right hip. The skin ruptured and it was just raw. It bled and weeped fluids. She cried a lot and she wasn’t sleeping. It broke my heart to lose her, but I couldn’t stand that she was in pain. I have been begging for her forgiveness in my prayers. I hope I never have to do that again. I miss her like I lost a limb.

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