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[quote=Anonymous]Looking for advice/sympathy/words from anyone who has been here. Our dog is 9yo with a breed life expectancy of ~13yo. In the last year she has developed a host of chronic issues requiring very expensive food spread out over many small meals a day, constant access to the outdoors (even with going &gt;10x a day, we are still having multiple accidents a week - previously house trained), sleep disruptions, and lots of medications. I work from home (spouse works in office), and this is taking a toll on me as I am having to take constant breaks from my work to attend to her.

If we continue to spend a ton (hundreds a month in food and meds, let alone vet visits every couple months) and keep up this level of care, she could easily live 3+ more years. Her quality of life is not good, but spouse is too attached to consider rehoming or putting her down, and makes me feel like a monster for considering these things. What say DCUM? When we got a dog I of course knew she would grow old, but I didn't WFH at the time and also did not anticipate years upon years of very high-level and costly care.[/quote]

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