Maybe tell him now?
Just say, "There's more you can do for her."
That's would be selfish if he wants to put her down just because she's in need of more attention and he doesn't have the time or want: to take care of her.
I know you've been giving her rehab, and if this is okay for you, maybe offer to keep helping?

I just might take her with me..

I don't know

that is a  hard one.. cause with animals  how much does he care for her. as in does he have money to keep rehab on her or maybe he feels she suffering too much.

 communication is a must  he may feel resentful of your  help or maybe he doesnt know the options  for animals. if she does get put down  then tell him how much your still hurting from your baby girl and maybe not the time for you to get close to another one...

 

its hard  :/ 

hugs to you!!!

He totally has the money

"he may feel resentful of your  help or maybe he doesnt know the options  "

and yes..there's that

He knows how much this is breakin' me up..

 

..but this is an amazing dog..

I think that even if we amputate and give a shot at 3 legs is still better than dropping her

I'm not the person to give advice on this one.

allready know you..

but thanks

What would Thia have you do? Ask her. She's not so far away.

brilliant..and I will do just that as soon as I'm done crying

We both know there's no such thing as coincidence. You're not in this picture by accident. You helped Thia live a good, long life. Sometimes we just have to do what we can for who we can while there's time.

 

I'm just sayin'.

yeah, I know..

trying to get the dog to swim today..

gotta keep trying

dogs do remarkable things when they're shown the tiniest bit of love. it may amount to nothing but its better to try it and know rather than spend forever wondering...

yup

My vet always tells me that she does not like to advise people what to do when that time comes because we all have our different experiences and perceptions that shape our lives. That makes sense to me. I have a dear friend who LOVES her dogs, but she was raised on a farm and putting animals down before it might be necessary ( for the dog) was done for a variety of reasons that I found hard to deal with... but I can't judge her based upon her experiences and what she was taught or the values she lives by. She recently asked me if I would take one of her dogs and her cat because she is elderly and felt she could not physically handle them anymore. I could not take them on either but urged her to wait and not do anything rash. The next day she called back to say she had been feeling sick that day she asked and that this day she felt better and could not part with them.
I guess that my advice would be to remember that we all have different values. Maybe there is more to this situation than you know about, like past experiences of his. Maybe he just can't cope with what he thinks will be the dog's suffering. I'd urge him to become more educated about the quality of life his dog can expect as well as how much work on his part taking care of his dog will be. If he can deal with what he hears, he should try and save his dog. If not, maybe you can take the dog.
But it is a very hard decision to make. The day it is NOT a hard decision for a person is the day they should not have animals.

and that was EXACTLY what I was waiting to hear..I knew you would have a piece of the puzzle that I needed..

 

today I'm gonna try some hydro-therapy with her--getting her into the (not hot)hot tub and see if I canget her paws to function

 

I'll be on later with the results..

 

thank you Resa

You're welcome. Hydro therapy is a great idea! Maybe some massage as well to further increase blood flow?
I hope it works, but I have seen lots of terrific and happy three legged dogs. I guess it is all about quality of life.

they won't do an amputastion, she's 12

and they don't think her other leg is strong enough..we'll see if I can change that