Hello again all. I had been posting here last year and since then have had few problems, (only one really), with our dog and have only looked at the forums and not posted for some time now. So I again return to ask you all for your help which had helped us so much in the past.
After a number of visits to the vets weeks and weeks of rest and anti inflamitory tablets the vet has discovered our 15 month old Staffordshire Terrier is not well. We had to push the vet to xray Hassels hind legs and it has shown that he has Hip Dysplasia , both his knee caps keep 'popping out' and he has problems with cruciate ligaments.
The up shot of this is that we have been advised to have him put down. As he is an adored family pet we want to put this off as long as possible, but at the same time we do not want him to suffer. To us (inexperienced owners) he does not appear in much pain. He does limp at times, and his hind looks out of joint at times, but when you take out his lead for a walk he gets really excited and when he gets off the lead he loves to run, does not spell pain to me!
Anyway what I am asking here is am I being cruel? I know thatg eventually this will have to happen, but at what stage do we do it? How can we tell if the pain is too much or should we not wait untill that time.
After a number of visits to the vets weeks and weeks of rest and anti inflamitory tablets the vet has discovered our 15 month old Staffordshire Terrier is not well. We had to push the vet to xray Hassels hind legs and it has shown that he has Hip Dysplasia , both his knee caps keep 'popping out' and he has problems with cruciate ligaments.
The up shot of this is that we have been advised to have him put down. As he is an adored family pet we want to put this off as long as possible, but at the same time we do not want him to suffer. To us (inexperienced owners) he does not appear in much pain. He does limp at times, and his hind looks out of joint at times, but when you take out his lead for a walk he gets really excited and when he gets off the lead he loves to run, does not spell pain to me!
Anyway what I am asking here is am I being cruel? I know thatg eventually this will have to happen, but at what stage do we do it? How can we tell if the pain is too much or should we not wait untill that time.