My mad chocolate brown lab Cocoa is 12, so funny and we love her to bits

Unfortunately she has been battling with arthritis for some time, walks reduced to twice a day for 10-20 mins for only 300-500 meters. Last night she collapsed, unable to stand without my help and in lots of pain. We took her to the emergency vets and she is taking additional pain killers but she is still unable to stand unaided. She is also anaemic and has muscle wastage causing additional complications with healing. We are trying to decide if we should go through more treatment, physio etc but also whether it’s time to think about letting her go. Would be great to talk to others on the forum about their experiences. Thanks Mark and Cocoa

 

Many thanks all for your feedback.

Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to our gorgeous girl Cocoa after further complications were found by the vets overnight.

Who ever knew how much a furry four legged animal that uses Jedi knight mind tricks to get you to go walking in all weathers, chews through all your furniture, makes you pick up after them, rolls in fox poo and takes you flip flop skating in nettles could affect you this much - god we miss her - but so many happy memories.

Thanks again everyone

 

thanks for your kind words - Tinytom

 

Thanks again to everyone for your kind words. It's very comforting to hear your comments. Just today my daughter posted a video, a year ago from today, of her running like a crazy dog in the back garden when it was snowing - she loved the snow! We're all feeling a bit melancholic. It's difficult to concentrate, you have waves of immense sadness drift over you, we drop food on the floor and for a second imagine she is there begging for scraps, we are grieving I guess and I do not write this to be sad but to remind me how wonderful she was and how we should treasure every moment with our dogs no matter how challenging it can be sometimes. The house is so quiet and empty without her but I'm glad she is no longer suffering and hopefully, as time goes by, the pain for us losing her will fade a little. Have a great day everyone and although a little weird I have one request that you do something fun with your dog today - have a crazy "cocoa" moment!