We decided we needed another week with Bonnie. We aren’t ready. Also, I discovered a great calming chewy. Basically, they are duck-flavored hemp edibles for dogs.
They aren’t quite strong enough but if you give them about twice as much as recommended Bonnie sleeps though most of the night.
I know nothing we do is going to solve her problems, but she is having some good days and as long as she is able to move around and look happy, we will let her.
Groomed Bonnie
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LOL T 60 AND 70S. I’ve missed so much. I’ll have to try to find a post indicating what’s up. I’m sort of getting used to the laptop now. Got a few necessary programs installed so can see you and now get to you too, lol.
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Owen just bought an older Mac and he is desperate to make it functional. You are not alone.
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I wish him well!
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I’ve been super involved elsewhere, but for some reason was called to visit y’all today. Now I know why. I am so, so very sorry for your loss of Gibbs and upcoming loss of Bonnie, Mr & MrsA, I know your pain. Many beloved dogs over the years, and many hard decisions made. I remember Rose’s standard poodle Lucy, and having to take her away about a week after she should have already been gone, as Rose just couldn’t make the decision. Fortunately, Rose’s beloved cairn Kizzie outlasted her by almost a year and she was spared that pain. Following through with beloved Rosa’s DNR was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and also the right thing for her. You will know when it’s time. Carry on, gotta love cannibis, and Godspeed to Bonnie. She will have many friends to catch up with. I’ll send Rose a note to order extra biscuits.
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Poor dear, if it helps her through the days and nights – go for it….
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She’s actually a bit playful. Garry pointed out we can’t keep her stoned forever, but I said I was pretty sure we could handle a week. The dogs are so quiet!
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I’m glad you’ve found something that helps, Marilyn. This certainly isn’t an easy time, I know and remember only too well. Bonnie is so lucky to have you and Garry!
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Amazing how useful cannabis is after all those stupid years of making it illegal. It helps a lot of people and apparently, both dogs and cats. Better than pain-killers and a lot less lethal.
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I always hoped my cats/dogs would decide for themselves (like Gibbs), but that never happened. Bonnie is happy. That makes me smile. Makes me cry, too, because I know the ending, but it does make me smile.
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We bought a week and the receptionist said we can keep her until we can’t. Maybe she’ll get some summer out of this last year of her life. Better sunny weather than ice and snow, though she used to love snow.
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She looks so adorable. Why they have to be put down by humans? It must be difficult to decide, when. It’s good if she is happy and she can be with you little longer.
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We are more pragmatic about our pets. If they are sick, in pain, or mentally lost, we let them move on. Only humans are required to live in misery attached to wires and machines.
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Difficult time, I’m sure 😦
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Right now, she’s happy. She wasn’t in pain so much as terrified because her sight and hearing are gone and her teeth went very bad in just a few months. We’d been so diligent about maintaining them, but I think her body just decided it was time and lots of parts just “went.” It’s probably harder for us right now than for her.
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Over the weekend I talked to a friend whose dog went blind in a short amount of time. the dog was always nervous, but now lives in almost constant fear. My friend is pretty much the dog whisperer, and has taken care of animals others would find impossible, so I trust her judgement, but I’d have a hard time justifying keep the poor guy around.
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He should try the cannabis chewies. They really helped. Bonnie was terrified, even though she knows this house like I know my fingers. It calmed her down enough to remember to use her nose. THAT still works. I don’t think it really makes them stoned the way it does for people. I think it is more of a calming drug for them.
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I’ll mention it. Thanks.
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Whatever suits her and you…. I – at first – didn’t understand, but I think these are sleeping aids?! How funny, hemp flavoured…..
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They aren’t hemp flavored. They are HEMP plus some duck flavoring.
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Well, expressed badly. I mean using hemp for pets, makes sense… I gave homeopathic globuli to my dog too….
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it is a very hard place to be, in the in between,
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We needed some more time and as long as she isn’t in pain, we can manage.
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If she is getting some relief and is able to sleep, meaning you can too, then that’s good. A little longer with her and being able to let her go when you are not feeling tired and snappish will be a better way to remember her when the time comes.
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And she seems much happier. Cannabis flavored with duck.
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I’m glad you’re doing it that way as Bonnie deserves as much of a good time as she can get. WOW! wouldn’t it be weird if our children were burdened with the decision of whether to put us down after we got sick or too old to think straight.., or if we were barking all night long?
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Lots of edibles. Many, MANY edibles. No addiction issues, no poisonous chemicals. She was even playful today. Duke on the other hand, wants to sleep. Just sleep. Only wakes up if there is food involved. It sounds like the 1960s and ’70s to me.
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Does Duke smoke weed?
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We are working on it! Meanwhile, we got O’s computer up to High Sierra and now he can update to Catalina. AND he got all his music back. Who said old people can’t use computers?
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