as you know i give my doggy painkillers and anti inflammatories by injection well today this happened ----
i went and did some errands this morning and jake was just in pure pain all the time - he just couldn't use his back legs at all so i've just come back from the vets cos jake kept on falling over cos his back legs kept on collapsing
so not good
vet give him some sleepy type stuff but don't what to do
also saw 11year old border collie Spot while i was in there and spot got "to go to sleep"
which i found difficult
cos the owners are really nice people
we were in the country park a few days ago and one of the "regulars" was telling me about all the collies that had been "put to sleep" --- there's not one that's older than 11years
Tess 11year old collapsed and passed away in her owners kitchen
Taffy 9years old totally blind, back legs keep going but doing ok on metacalm
Jet put to sleep cos of cancer in his back end and spine age 7years, Mollie 6 years old spinal damage after being severely attacked by another dog - owners had no option but to put her to sleep
Iklo 3 years old severe displasia in his front legs - unable to stand, total pain all the time
Benji aged 4 severe displasia in both front and back legs plus rear spine now put to sleep cos of the constant pain he was in
and quite a few others too --- it's just shocking that everybody i know that got a collie --- we had a collie club going for a while where only collies and collie owners could join in and it was really good - all the dogs were well behaved and played nicely enough with each other and now it's like no point going cos there aren't enough collies to keep it going
am sure that my collie school will have a few more in the next few months or so
a few of the owners of the dog listed above are going to go and get another one so there's hope yet
as for jake i think it'll get to the point where i end up keeping him alive for me rather than what's in his best interest..............
dunno