r/olddogs • u/tsetseb • 3d ago
Dead mom’s dog
I got our family dog (14-years old) when my mother died of ALS last year. The dog is very dear to me but I am in a situation where I don’t think I have enough resources to take care of this dog. It has started barking when it thinks it’s alone (mornings or evenings) and that is stressing me and the dog of course. The dog eats painkillers and has some minor trouble with balance outside and with slippery floors inside but other than that it is seemingly healthy ❤️.
I love the dog, it’s just killing me that I feel like I’m glued to home all the time and it makes it so hard to plan things. I’m also depressed so the effort it takes to take the dog out is just enormous. I don’t know if it’s living it’s life to the fullest anymore, partly ’cause it’s so old but also because I don’t have it in me to take care of a dog right now.
For a while now I have thought about euthanasia.
I just really hope someone could underestand and maybe offer an opinion or something…
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u/burntneedle 3d ago
My condolences on the loss of your mother.
Is there really nobody else in the extended family to take her/him on? I'm concerned that you may not be emotionally, financially, or psychologically able to properly care for this dog, since you wrote, "For a while now I have thought about euthanasia."
Why did you take on the responsibility of a dog you don't seem to like? You wrote this pup is "very dear to you," but never refer to the name or even gender of the fluffy gal or fluffy guy... your mother's dog is a living being (them), not an object (it).
Please, please, for your sake as well as this dog's, find someone else to care for them.