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Anonymous
My last dog had the same problem with the tumor on the leg I believe. When we took her to the vet we were advised that; 1. It was reasonably expensive to get worked on (and we weren't in a position to pay either) 2. There were a few uncertainties, along with the likelihood of growth elsewhere, which was kinda obvious when she shown how sick she was (can't stress how much she hid her pain and such, we thought she had a stomach infection, I wish I knew earlier, like we all do) due to her having blood in her business in a few of her recent trips to the carpet. It made her stop eating (which is usually the sign of something serious) unless we really coached her with steaks/chops, she also soiled the carpet and such. But she also had crippling arthitis.
Thing is she never ever showed how much pain she was in to us until she couldn't walk down or especially up the stairs, we had to carry her and she HATED it. It all became obvious within a single week when it all became too much for her, was pretty shocking to us, really.
As much as I hated losing her, she lived a good life of 14 years (she looked 5, the vet was astonished, I think it was the Dingo in her, Dingo x Aussie Cattle Dog), her quality of life was really bad by then and when I look back on it, I know it was the right thing to do.
We gave her the green dream, you will cry if ya love him and don't convince yourself otherwise, I watched the light fade in my girl's eyes as the stuff shut her down, saddest day of my life to date.
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