OK I GIVE. Everyone jumped on me about my dog, so I will stay alive until she dies. Should only be a few more years. I can’t stand the thought of someone else having her.
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I am a bit confused. Are you planning on suicide or dying from illness?
If there is any way you can keep going please do. I have an elderly dog and my grandmother who is nearing 80 is sick with cancer. She is fighting every day and it shatters my heart.
I am closer to no one than her. I have a soft spot for the elderly (my grandparents often took care of me) and your post has affected me greatly. I want you and your dog in this earth as long as possible. I know, I am selfish in that way.
You can tell your vet you are dying and ask them to help rehome. They may know of someone or be able to look. And you can trying rehoming her yourself thru ads in the classifieds, ads on pet store bulletin boards, etc. Call your local dog rescue and ask their advice.
Rehoming is out of the question. My dog is high maintenance; every 3 months she has to get groomed and it costs $50; if she doesn’t she’ll get matts that hurt her. Her phobia of strangers and jumpiness since birth is extreme that I only take her for walks late at night or places where there are no people. I am too afraid she will not be treated well. She doesn’t have enough years left for an investment in a neurotic dog. I love her dearly but I dont’ want her to live without my excellent care of her, because she won’t get it from anyone else. No one else will love her like I do. She’s too old.
I do not have cancer but I have several serious diseases and am doomed to get cancer in the next few years. I’m all alone; no family; no one would care. Even nobody to want my possessions. The Public Guardian at the County would take my possessions and sell them and pay anything to the government for medicaid recovery.
I have been totally alone like this for 7 years. I cannot stand it any longer. I do not like people any more. I have no desire to be social. I have a terrible sleep disorder including nightmares and I just want to sleep without nightmares and without having to wake up to my nightmare of a life.
Hate to recommend a drug solution, however when I used to smoke Marijuana heavily I would have no dreams whatsoever. Might be helpful to you.
You chose the dog and made a commitment to it – now please honor that commitment. If you really really cannot. then research for rescues that specialize in older, special needs dogs/animals. They are out there – there are at least 3 in my area with that specific mission – I know this because I foster for one. There may even be rescue(s) in your area that cater to the elderly/infirmed/sick/unable/disabled. These types of rescues don’t require you to be dying, they just require you to no longer be capable to maintain the basic needs of the dog due to to your condition.
But any way you look at it, “dumping” your dog on a stressed system is going to be a burden … the pound WILL unceremoniously dispatch (kill) your dog as unadoptable … and human societies and ASPCA affiliates are overburdened and your dog may (most likely) lose the “numbers” game. The ONLY way you can be reasonably sure is if a rescue/shelter has a very specific “no kill” policy (unless the animal is suffering).
Whatever you do, your dog will be confused, bewildered and sad … some dogs can move past this if the rescue or rehome is a decent one – but it doesn’t mean the dog won’t suffer without you. Do your homework – don’t just dump your dog as an afterthought on a burdened rescue.
I, for one, tapped the wisdom and strength to persevere through some very dark times only because of my dogs. They have been my role models at times. My dogs are the reason I live on … they’ve had a hard enough life without me quitting on my responsibility to them – they deserve to be loved and cared for, for the entirety of THEIR lives to the best of my ability … what I want comes 2nd – unless I can no longer maintain the level of care and love they’ve become accustomed – but then it’s still my responsibility to make sure they get the best love and care possible until the end of THEIR days – they aren’t choosing an option of suicide so they shouldn’t have to suffer the death sentence that may come with it should you execute your option.
sad dawg
If you’re hell bent on betraying your dog, yes a vet will kill her for you.
Kijiji?
Call a rescue org for older dogs and have them find her a home.