Putting dog to sleep

The Great One returns · Apr 7, 2013

Alright, so I have a very old dog that can be aggressive but I still love the guy. I came home this morning to find him laying on my bed in a pool of his blood. He has an enlarged nipple (always has) and it basically is bleeding. He is very lethargic and is about 14 years old.

BUT he can be very aggressive and will not hesitate to bite if threatened. Afterall, I raised him.. He is so aggressive at times that I can not take him to the vet. Truth is I need to put him to sleep but not easy decision. Also, since unable to take to vet; is this something animal control should handle?

HacheMan · Apr 7, 2013

I'm sure vets deal with animals attempting to bite them all of the time though & know how to deal with it.

Are you wanting to put him to sleep because of his health, or because you think he may end up hurting someone?

MattyMatt · Apr 7, 2013

Hache Man said:
Are you wanting to put him to sleep because of his health, or because you think he may end up hurting someone?

Very important question. Also, is he in any pain or suffering that you may know of?

TyBounce · Apr 7, 2013

I had a doberman that i had to put to sleep a few years ago. He had wabblers syndrome and one day he all of a sudden couldn't get up. He was vicious and there was no way i could pick him up to take him to the vet to be euthanised so i called and they actually came to my house to euthanize him. (charged a lot more though).

..But i agree with Hache , vets are experienced in how to deal with agressive animals , so as long as he's not disabled it's best to take him to the vet. But if you're worried about him bleeding in your car you can ask and see if they'll make a house call.

nojuice9 · Apr 7, 2013

call a vet, worst case they come to your home. you've had him for fourteen years take care of him the right way one last time.

DNoonan · Apr 7, 2013

sorry to hear about your dog. agree that you should take him to the vet, they will sedate him if needed...call first as they may give you some advice on best way to bring him in (i.e., they may give you something to give him in a treat or something that will relax him before you bring him in)....you just want to minimize his suffering/stress and they will be the best ones to tell you how to do it. hope it goes as well as possible given circumstances....i dread the day my two beasts need to get put down

studmlb55 · Apr 7, 2013

Ty Bounce said:
I had a doberman that i had to put to sleep a few years ago. He had wabblers syndrome and one day he all of a sudden couldn't get up. He was vicious and there was no way i could pick him up to take him to the vet to be euthanised so i called and they actually came to my house to euthanize him. (charged a lot more though).

..But i agree with Hache , vets are experienced in how to deal with agressive animals , so as long as he's not disabled it's best to take him to the vet. But if you're worried about him bleeding in your car you can ask and see if they'll make a house call.

My doberman that I raised I gave to my parents during college. They had him for the last 5 years of his life and he was my dads best friend.

They found him a few months ago on the floor and he couldn't get up. It was wobblers disease.

They took him to LSU Vet School and they did emergency surgery on him and spent over 8,000 dollars on him.

They visited him 5 times over 3 weeks. Staying in hotels each time.

During the 4th week he was doing remediation therapy and the vet calls my mom and says, "Are you guys planning on coming this weekend?" "Yes" "Ok well he is doing great and we are probably going to let him go home with you then."

My mom called me and they were so excited.

They had put all this money and energy into getting their baby back to health.

Dawson died the next day.

My dad did not eat for over a week.

studmlb55 · Apr 7, 2013

My wife's dog who is a Jack Russel and over 13 years old sleeps with us.

4 nights ago he was shaking uncontrollably and panting. He also had climbed up to where my head was and laid down on top of me.

I knew he was trying to tell me something and I didn't sleep the whole night. I knew he was in severe pain.

In the morning I told my wife that she needed to take him to the vet.

She did and the vet found a coke bottle sized tumor on his spleen.

They did emergency surgery on him the next morning.

We got news yesterday that it was cancer but that it was not aggressive and it had not spread to anywhere else.

We are hopeful that he fully recovers.

I just got him to eat for the first time a few minutes ago but he still will not drink any water.

I also am having to keep my 1.5 year old doberman away from him because he bothers the shit out of the old fella.

DNoonan · Apr 7, 2013

studmlb55 said:
My doberman that I raised I gave to my parents during college. They had him for the last 5 years of his life and he was my dads best friend.

They found him a few months ago on the floor and he couldn't get up. It was wobblers disease.

They took him to LSU Vet School and they did emergency surgery on him and spent over 8,000 dollars on him.

They visited him 5 times over 3 weeks. Staying in hotels each time.

During the 4th week he was doing remediation therapy and the vet calls my mom and says, "Are you guys planning on coming this weekend?" "Yes" "Ok well he is doing great and we are probably going to let him go home with you then."

My mom called me and they were so excited.

They had put all this money and energy into getting their baby back to health.

Dawson died the next day.

My dad did not eat for over a week.

Brutal....

I have a buddy that paid about 7K to have his pitt's eye removed after he got cancer.....that was one scary looking beast with one eye and a big Frankenstein scar across the other socket...he lived for about another year before it came back

I spent ~$5K on stomach pumps, charcoal treatments and who knows what else on my dogs when the two of then ate a box of 500 paintballs (the casing is made with pig intestines and they pulled them off a shelf and ripped open the box)....all for two adopted dogs...

While my dogs turned out ok....just like humans, the % of lifetine medical costs that go into the last little bit of life can be astounding (especially in relation to the impact).

studmlb55 · Apr 7, 2013

The most disgusting thing about it was when dad went to go pick him up to bury him, he asked for the bill and paid for it in full.

3 weeks later the vet had found one more small thing that they had "forgot to charge" and my parents received a bill for their dead dog.

bilbal · Apr 7, 2013

nojuice9 said:
call a vet, worst case they come to your home. you've had him for fourteen years take care of him the right way one last time.

I have a friend who is a vet and she does the housecall Kevorkian thingy quite a bit.

KingofNicotine · Apr 7, 2013

Have him freeze dried and he'll be around forever.

Murphy8276 · Apr 7, 2013

KingofNicotine said:
Have him freeze dried and he'll be around forever.

this is plain old sick

hno:

-murph

DNoonan · Apr 7, 2013

that is disturbing...i wonder what my dogs would think if I took them into that room!

RunLeeRun · Apr 7, 2013

If he's suffering, put him down. I adopted a mutt last year that got sick early on, so I'm sure my emotional attachment wasn't the same as with your dog of 14 years. But still, it was tough watching him suffer and watching the moment of death was sad. I wish I had put him to rest a day or so earlier.

gtc08 · Apr 7, 2013

sounds likehe doesnt have the money to take him in

The Great One returns · Apr 7, 2013

Hache Man said:
I'm sure vets deal with animals attempting to bite them all of the time though & know how to deal with it.

Are you wanting to put him to sleep because of his health, or because you think he may end up hurting someone?

For his health and don't exactly want blood all over my house. I don't think he is in pain but he constantly is licking that nipple. But I have taken him to vet before and they muzzled him to give shots and could still barely do it because he can maneuver his body to get out of certain situations.

The Great One returns · Apr 7, 2013

gtc08 said:
sounds likehe doesnt have the money to take him in

And you arrived at that hypothesis from what? I have a bleeding dog and a new car. Or as you may refer to it as a "da new ride" .And to have a dog put asleep, I really don't want to be there as having that as a last memory....Oh nevermind, why am I talking to Al Sharpton.

Putting animals to sleep is nothing new for you though right...You just take the handgun out and do it Michael Vick style.

The Great One returns · Apr 7, 2013

bilbal said:
I have a friend who is a vet and she does the housecall Kevorkian thingy quite a bit.

I may go that route. I can't see animal control giving a shit about this.

gtc08 · Apr 7, 2013

The Great One returns said:
And you arrived at that hypothesis from what? I have a bleeding dog and a new car. Or as you may refer to it as a "da new ride" .And to have a dog put asleep, I really don't want to be there as having that as a last memory....Oh nevermind, why am I talking to Al Sharpton.

Putting animals to sleep is nothing new for you though right...You just take the handgun out and do it Michael Vick style.

damn straight.

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