[three retirees]

I am sorry hear of your Wally and cancer. I assume it is hemangiosarcoma,. Since you did not say. My Eden had it. She was 9 years old. She had a tumor on her Thigh. It grew to the size of a orange, before I put her down. She was happy and a joy to be around, the day she went to the bridge. In hindsight, I should have removed the tumor early on. The breeder said it was a fatty tumor and not to worry about it. Wrong Diagnosis! So my recommendation to you is find another Vet who will remove the tumor surgically and then hope for the best. Yes you can spend 10 to 15K and still have the dog only live 2 to 10 months more. It is a hard choice to make. The real choice is are you doing the best for the dog OR are you doing it for yourself, because you don't want to lose the dog.

I am not being harsh with you. I did the research when Eden had cancer. I read everything I could about it, I joined web sites and dog cancer forums. I read storied of people who amputated dog limbs to remove cancer. Vets told the owner the dog would live another year or more, only to have the dog die in 2 months. Why put the dog through that for a few more months of life.

Your choice, your decision. I held my Eden even as she passed to the bridge. MY wife left the room before she passed.

 

[three retirees]

I put Eden down on Thursday July 5. She was 9 years 3 months an 1 week old. We got her a week before she was 7 years old.

On Monday July 2 Eden would not eat her breakfast. I gave it to her 3 times before she finished it. Not like her at all. Usually she would wolf it down.

On Tuesday July 3 we talked with a Vet. Eden seemed to be ok.

On Wednesday July 4. Not a good day. Eden just followed me whereever we went for a walk. If I stopped she stopped. No chasing Rabbits or Balls. Just followed me, 2 steps behind me. I knew it was time, but it was a holiday.

Thursday July 5, We gave Eden all her favorite foods, We let her on the furniture and bed. We never let her do that before.

Eden was diagnosed with cancer in May of the same year. She Passed in July when I put her down. It was the hardest decision I had to make, but the best for her.

On Thursday July 5 when we put her down a Vet Tech wanted to know why we wanted to put her down. I told the Vet tech to feel her left hind thigh. She found the tumor. The tumor was between the size of a orange or Grapefruit. The Vet tech understood why I wanted to put her down.

So of the last 4 days she had one good day and 3 bad days. Eden was a champion show dog, before we got her. But she was a pet to us. She went to the bridge 3 years ago in July. We still miss her and compare our current dog, Paige to her. Paige, too is a retired show dog. We got when she was 7 1/2 years old. Six weeks after Eden passed. This is why we call ourselves Three retirees.