my dog is sick...?

Question

my dog is sick. we took him to the vet and they took x-rays and it shows he has a mass of someting in his stomach. we are hoping its not a tumour. what should we do??? shoul we put him through th surgery which there is no garentees he will survive or should we put him down. hes in sooo much pain.

he is 10, quite old

Answer 1

I am so sorry to hear about your dog. I know you must be really upset. I would talk to my vet about what to do, but the disision is going to have to be left up to you. But be sure to get as much informmation as you can on the subject. In the mean time i would like to share something with you that my vet gave me when i was faced with a simialer dilima.

If IT Should Be

If it should be, that I grow frail and weak,
and pain should keep me from my sleep,
then you must do what must be done
for this, the last battle, can't be won.

You will be sad- I understand,

don't let grief then stay your hand.
For this day, more than all the rest,
your love and frienship stand the test.

We've had so many happy yaers,
what is to come can hold no fears.
You'd not want to suffer so,
when the time comes, please let m go.

Take me where my needs they'll tend,
only please stay with me until the end.
Hold me firm and speak to me,
until my eyes no longer see.

I know in time you too will see,
it is a kindness that you do to me.
Althogh my tail its last has moved,
from pain and suffering i've been saved.

Don't grieve that it should be you
who has to decide this thing to do.
We've been so close- we two these years,
don't let your heart hold any tears.

I hope everything works out for you. Good luck and God bless!

Answer 2

Depends on money and you and how old the dog is, I guess.

1. Do you have the money for the surgury and recovery?

2. How old is the dog? In other words is he so old that he only has a short time left even with successful surgury?

3. How much of a guarantee is the surgury? Or what is the chances of it working?

4. If it is a tumor can the dog still be saved?

5. If it is a tumor and the dog is saved, would you shell out thousands more to care for a dog with cancer or have him put down and eat the cost of the surgury?

5. If it isn't a tumor, what else can it be?

6. If it isn't a tumor and the dog is saved, what caused it in the first place? Will it come back?

7. Could you live with the decision to put your dog down if you decided it was the most humane thing to do?

In the end it has to be your decision. You have to feel comfortable with the decision you make. Nobody can make the decision for you, so weigh all your options and ask QUESTION after QUESTION if you need to!

Hope this helped some.

Answer 3

Well, it depends on what the mass turns out to be and how old the dog is now.
Any mass could be dangerous or completely nothing.The question is whether or not it is cancer?
If it is not cancerous your dog could go on and live many more years with no problems at all.
Talk to the vet. See what he thinks you should do.(chance for survival after mass removal) If your dog is young... Find out the price to have the mass removed and tested. If you can afford it, have it done. It may be nothing serious.
( If your dog is already 10-12 years old, putting him to sleep may be the best thing being that there isn't much time left anyways. why put him through any of it at all?)

If you choose to have it removed and it turns out cancerous, then you may want to consider putting him down . Cancer treatment is expensive, painful and not a guarantee that the dog will live afterwards.

Good Luck!!

Answer 4

I had a 10 year old lab that died last year of a similar situation.. he died from toxic shock from the inability to expell waste from his intestines.. a very tragic thing to see your best friend suffer through. I grieve for him every day. the vet said there was a good chance he would not be able to recover from the surgery needed to get him back to his normal happy healthy playful self.
I opted not to put him through the experience of having to be hospitalized because I thought his personality would not be well suited for being attended to by so many people he would be uncomfortable around. I loved him like a brother, and treated him like a son until the day he was no longer breathing. He died happily in his sleep at the foot of my bed.
So I say it depends on the dogs personality and how he/she is toward strangers and how much stress the operation may be for him. If you feel it would do more harm than good to go through with the surgery, find some good medicine to help ease the pain, and if you are having your doubts that it is not working or his condition worsens, I would rationalize his passing as natural and unavoidable causes.. like an unfortunate child that dies of fighting a losing battle with cancer. Make him comfortable the best you can. Good Luck.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

You are right. There are no guarantees with surgery. It's a very tough call because you obviously love your dog, but my understanding is he is suffering.......................

I have four dogs of my own--three Boston terriers and a terrier mutt--and I can tell you that if that were the case with any of my dogs I wouldn't want them to suffer, especially if there was no guarantee that the surgery would correct the problem.

We (my wife and I) had a cat that was twelve or fourteen with a floating tumor in his gut--it knocked the life out of him. We kept him alive longer than we should have because my wife had found him when he was five weeks old and she just couldn't let go of him.

Don't let your baby suffer..........or yourself.

Answer 7

Well that's a hard one! I have had to put a dog down before and I hated it! My dog had parvo. You should get a second opinion on him. There is still hope...don't give up....give him lots of loving and that will lift his spirit! You should look into having that surgery done! You never know.... a miracle may happened! *~GoOd LuCk~*!

Answer 8

how old is the dog. if he is fairly older than just put him down, as important as our pets can sometimes be they are in the end going to die usually before us. they have shorter lifespans is what I am getting at. save your money and just be thankful for the time you spent with him. if he is young and the vet has a good feeling he will make it ok then if you can afford it go ahead with the surgery.

Answer 9

How old is he? Will he have a long time to live once he recovers from the surgery? or is he old and on his way out anyway?
Consider how long it will take him to recover, and whether or not the cancer has spread or will come back.
It's called quality of life if he will be happy and enjoy his life, then let him live, if he will spend his last days in agony and misery, let him go in Peace and remember the good days you had with him.

Answer 10

Did you get pain killers for the dog? I would try to make sure he is very comfortable, and one way to do that, is to be with your dog during the night (if he doesn't already sleep on your bed). Caress and love him.