She deteriorated so fucking quickly
>>4876608In happier times, our last trip to the beach
>>4876608Not as bad as 4 stage stomach cancer died in literal days
>>4876613Superman pose>>4876614Fuck cancer too.Worst part is the pain, little pupper seemed so good at resisting pain, she's breathing so hard and barely whining, I didn't even know how much she must be in pain
>>4876621lol dunno why the pics keep getting rotated
>>4876621Should've given you even more scritches while you had more time
>>4876621Alternate Superman angle
>>4876608She's beautiful. How old is she? I'm so sorry you're going through this.I lost a cat to kidney disease in 2022, and now one of my dogs is in the early stages of it.
>>4876633She's only 6 and a half, my parents owned her parents who gave birth to her litter in 2018. She's way too fucking young, can't believe her parents (12 and 9yo) are outliving her.. Here she is soon after birth...
>>4876633I live in a country with a still-developing vet scene, so I've been trying to learn so much by myself. I only learned about my girl's disease when her CREA kidney numbers got worse, but I learned that by that point her kidney damage would've gone up to 50-75% (irreversible) damage. I only learned too late that we should've gotten her an SDMA test much earlier to be able to catch her kidney issues much earlier to be able to intervene in time.Make sure you check that your pets get the SDMA test screening too!
>>4876637Oh, damn. Six and a half is rough. That must be devastating.Though, honestly, that sort of screening isn't really done here until the dogs reach about 7 or so and we start doing annual geriatric blood panels. My dog is twelve and a half, and we picked up some borderline results about a year ago. Been monitoring every six months since then, and he's only just tipped over into a spot where he actually meets the diagnostic criteria for kidney disease, and for him it's definitely just age-related. But because dogs here aren't routinely screened until they're in the geriatric age range, I don't think your girl would've been spotted even here.
>>4876608I'm sorry, anon. It's hard to be a caretaker for someone who's terminal. My old dog lived for two years after being diagnosed terminal with heart failure. And yeah, he deteriorated very well quickly at the end. About 21 months of a very gradual decline, then 3 rapidly.You probably don't want advice, but I'll give it anyway. Take as many pics and videos as you can now. Do casts/prints of her nose and paws if that's important. Spoil her as much as you can. Let yourself cry even if you think it's dumb or girly - what's more noble than to shed tears over a great friend?It will suck really bad. The journey there and her passing. It will hurt greatly and you just have to deal with it until time builds up a callus. Keep a journal and write how you feel, talk to her through it, write down all your memories of her and all her little traits so you never worry about forgetting. It's a hard road. I'll save her pic so I remember her, too.
>>4876608Sorry that you both have to go through this. Your dog looks great and happy.
>>4876608Deny it.
Shoulda fed her real food
>>4876608I am going through similar with my Husky/Sheppard right now. Not kidney but pleural effusion and he deteriorates fast if we don't drain him. Decided to euthanize tomorrow but really struggling with it and everything just feels terrible. I hope you are doing well anon.
