My Lab, Smokes has leukemia. It was diagnosed this summer. Overall, he is holding his own with prednisone and tramadol , but his breathing always seems so labored. I have been reading different articles about how to decide when is the right time. Smokes is able to walk, but has very poor endurance. He follows me around the house and I try to have him not follow me up and down the stairs, especially when I am just running right back down the stairs. He is eating great, but only what he wants. I am concerned he may have dementia as he is doing things he has not done for years, like getting in trash, having accidents in house. It's easy to clean things up, but it is concerning to me. He also has diarrhea at times, sometimes I see blood in his stool.
To make it worse, we have a senior Golden, and senior cat. They both are not well either. Molly, our Golden, I feel is in a lot of pain because of arthritis, doesn't get around well. The cat, Jr. just isn't right, doesn't eat much, sits in one place all the time...I feel like all my animals are going at once.
I just don't know how to make the decision, then most likely will be making it sooner than later on other pets.
Thanks for listening. Has anyone else gone through all their pets on the decline at the same time?