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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A cat who is 10 or 11 and not in any pain. No.   Not unless I’d exhausted all options to rehome my pet (with someone trusted or through a rescue). At the same time, I have a cat who had a chronic health issue around that age that could only be cured through surgery. At the time of diagnosis we could not afford it. The surgery estimate was close to 7k. So I get that sometimes it is just not possible to do more. The vet assured us it would be ok to euthanize when his quality of life became severely impacted. I spent a lot of time researching more affordable care and even contemplated traveling out of state to a vet school. I dreaded reaching the point in time when we’d have to make a final decision.  Fortunately, his condition was able to be controlled for a while through meds and he deteriorated very slowly. 2 years later when surgery was unavoidable, a caring vet helped us to identify a surgeon who could do the surgery for far less - 4k. By then we had a little extra money set aside and were relieved to be able to do it. If it wasn’t curative, I would not have.

We have an elderly dog -13 - and I question his quality of life. He doesn’t have cancer and can move about without pain. But he has slowed down a lot and seems confused and anxious. We will not be treating any more medical conditions beyond antibiotics. [/quote]

Hi PP. Regarding your dog - doggy dementia is real, and is a QOL issue. It can also be pain-related - it's not always easy to tell if dogs have pain. We had an elderly dog who could move around okay but tended to pace, lick joints, and generally be distressed. The vet suggested it could be joint pain, and pain med rx helped (for a while). [/quote]

Thank you for this feedback. Our old vet insisted he was not in pain but I know animals can hide pain. I’m also thinking dementia is an issue. I’m going to seek another opinion.  [/quote]

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