10-01-2008, 02:08 AM
i have a few other dogs but this one stands out among them and always will. i tell people even in the condition she's in she's still more dog than most healthy ones you'll find lol
This is a situation i think about every day since the night it happened, whats the best thing to do?
but every time i decide to let her go i see some small improvement like tucking her legs up under like a normal dog does while sitting, or even wagging her tail voluntarily, not just when you rub her back.
I'll say one thing about her still being here. She's taught me a lot.
As for keeping her out of selfishness.. thats probably more truth than i would like to admit. The week before she got hurt we'd had our cat put to sleep because he'd escaped outside and was attacked by someone/thing. there was no saving him. so when a week later i saw my dog with a broken back I kinda refused to give up on her so quickly.. not when the vet kept saying "well maybe she will, maybe she wont"
......of course at the time i was 8 months pregnant and waaaaaay too emotional when it came to things like this.......
This is a situation i think about every day since the night it happened, whats the best thing to do?
but every time i decide to let her go i see some small improvement like tucking her legs up under like a normal dog does while sitting, or even wagging her tail voluntarily, not just when you rub her back.
I'll say one thing about her still being here. She's taught me a lot.
As for keeping her out of selfishness.. thats probably more truth than i would like to admit. The week before she got hurt we'd had our cat put to sleep because he'd escaped outside and was attacked by someone/thing. there was no saving him. so when a week later i saw my dog with a broken back I kinda refused to give up on her so quickly.. not when the vet kept saying "well maybe she will, maybe she wont"
......of course at the time i was 8 months pregnant and waaaaaay too emotional when it came to things like this.......
