Older Dog Kidney Faillure What To Expect

[anon210]

She is now in the last phase.. no need for xanax anymore. She is unresponsive.. only has a muscle spasm in her leg. Using a syringe to put water in her mouth does nor result in her lapping it up. She only has a muscle spasm in her leg it keeps twitching. Her eyes are still open though.. staring into nothingness.

It hurts us but its better this way, i hope i never have to loose a pet this way. My first pet.. my first pain.

I sympathize with you. Death is something very hard to witness, especially when it befalls those you love. I am the owner of an 18-year old dog... and sometimes wonder what it will be like when he will be gone.

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[Sheryl]

Sorry to hear this but at least she is nto suffering now. Keep talking to her in comforting tones, hearing is the last sense to go.

[robblok]

She just passed away.

I never thought i could cry even more .. now its time to remember her.

Its better but it still hurt.. its not a nice sight to see a dog spasm just before death.. a beloved dog.. my first dog.. never thought i could feel this way. But is better she has no pain now anymore.

[lemoncake]

She just passed away.

I never thought i could cry even more .. now its time to remember her.

Its better but it still hurt.. its not a nice sight to see a dog spasm just before death.. a beloved dog.. my first dog.. never thought i could feel this way. But is better she has no pain now anymore.

Condolences mate, can share the pain with you

I know its not the right time, but you should consider taking or rescuing a pup soon, it really helps.

Again condolences for your loss

[robblok]

She just passed away.

I never thought i could cry even more .. now its time to remember her.

Its better but it still hurt.. its not a nice sight to see a dog spasm just before death.. a beloved dog.. my first dog.. never thought i could feel this way. But is better she has no pain now anymore.

Condolences mate, can share the pain with you

I know its not the right time, but you should consider taking or rescuing a pup soon, it really helps.

Again condolences for your loss

We still got her son, so we are not without a dog. Its just sad. But we will just try to remember the good times.. I got quite emotional, i had not expected that it would be like this. My mind knows it was the best.. but my heart still hurt when the moment was there even though I wanted to put her to sleep to spare her the suffering.

[lemoncake]

She just passed away.

I never thought i could cry even more .. now its time to remember her.

Its better but it still hurt.. its not a nice sight to see a dog spasm just before death.. a beloved dog.. my first dog.. never thought i could feel this way. But is better she has no pain now anymore.

Condolences mate, can share the pain with you

I know its not the right time, but you should consider taking or rescuing a pup soon, it really helps.

Again condolences for your loss

We still got her son, so we are not without a dog. Its just sad. But we will just try to remember the good times.. I got quite emotional, i had not expected that it would be like this. My mind knows it was the best.. but my heart still hurt when the moment was there even though I wanted to put her to sleep to spare her the suffering.

You are a human, so do not shy of your grief and feelings, we man,also have feelings, hang in there

[robblok]

Ok we just buried her and put a nice small tree on top of her. Its sad to see her go but this is only a shell. I know this was the way to go and that it was the only outcome possible. There was brief hope when she started eating more but in the end it was just temporary.

It is sad but we still have one dog to take care off.

[Sheryl]

My condolences. At least she died surrounded by people who loved her. I'm sure she knew that.

[Patsycat]

Condolences from me too.

[robblok]

Thanks and yes she was cared for every step of the way. We cant blame our selves for anything.

She will be missed, im now trying to train her son but we never had much luck with that. Still i will see he might change and become nicer like his mom.

[Kitsune]

I was in the same predicament with my pet.

He died from lungs disease suffering hell, for the last week.

The vet did not want to put him down nor give pain relief (which would "make him worse")

It was really awful to see so much pain and be helpless.

I got online did loads of researches and found that Lavender was a powerful pain killer used during WWI.

I had nothing to lose so I tried, it worked and did relieve shortly the pain.

I would make him inhale it or massage him and it calmed him down.

It was short live, and I had to repeat it often but it helped him until his last breath.

[Ausladyinpatong]

Robblok, I'm so sorry for your loss. You clearly did the very best anyone could have done for your dog in the circumstances. May your lovely little four legged girl rest in peace.

[DLock]

Rob, I'm really sorry to hear about your dog and the last few weeks. You did all you could and then some.

I lost my dog in December to kidney failure. Like you, I did everything I could to keep him alive. Injecting 500cc twice a day under the skin, multiple medications and trying all sorts of food to encourage him to eat. I slept on the floor with him.

Eventually, the vet told me he had days to live. Whilst he was on a saline drip permanently, he could not pee and the water was building up in his body and his blood. I stayed with him all day for 5 days in that dirty, smelly, concrete cell until they kicked me out at night. I didn't sleep for 5 days. On the last day, he was just shaking as he fought, but later that night he died. He wagged his tail until the very end.

I took him home and buried him in a place that I would walk past every day, and every day I speak to that mound of dirt like he was still here.

I'm not soft and my dog was a 45kg nasty beast, but losing my companion of 10 years was very difficult, so I have walked in your shoes.

Time doesn't really heal the loss, and whilst I'm sure you can bench 350, it makes you realize just how weak you are when it comes to your pets.

Good Luck Rob.

[robblok]

I am real weak when it comes to pets I have seen as much. Good thing we were taught to do the IV drip ourselves as she could then be home. Yes it was a lot of work (you can imagine why) but it was worth it.

I feel real sad she had to go through all of this,so sad i could not find anyone to put her down. It would have saved her so much suffering.