Nina's Blog - Thursday 1st August 2024

Yesterday was supposed to be the dog's last day but he's been given an indefinite reprieve. If reprieve is the right word. So now my sister has declared that she wants to spend time alone with the dog, so my presence is no longer required.

So I stayed up until 01:00 this morning trawling hotel sites to find places to stay, leaving here on Sunday.

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22Michelle · 70-79, T

I don't know the specifics of your sister's dog, but whilst it was one of the most upsetting days I can remember it was the easiest decision to make. He was suffering and being able to take away that suffering was the right decision.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@22Michelle He has a huge tumour on his right back leg that extends all over his penis. He's still mobile but it's very hard to say how much he's enjoying life. He's clearly in pain. What I don't understand is that my sister is continuing to dose him with the chemotherapy tablets even though she knows he has only days left. He also gets Tramadol and Pardale pain relief.

The vets seem to be very reluctant to advise that she put him down, she was even going to try radiotherapy at a cost of something like 6 000 GBP. It would have been covered by insurance, mostly.

She always has some kind of huge medical problem with her dogs. I can't prove it but it seems to me that her habit of getting rescue dogs is part of the reason. I've tried in the past to persuade her not to do it because in my opinion it is just propping up the puppy farms.