How did you know it was time for your dog?
I want to start by saying i have no idea as to whether my dog is near the end of her life or not. she’s a 9 year old labrador but her behaviour has changed alot recently. She used to not like cuddling and was so energetic now she’s the opposite. she spends all her time laying on my bed and when im on the bed she likes to cuddle in now. she still gets energetic at exciting times such as walks. i took her on a walk today with her ball and i’ve not seen her this happy in years so we played fetch for a good 40 mintues. she was fine walking home but now we’re back and it’s been about 5 hours she can barely walk. she’s had stiff joints before but when she tried to walk to my bedroom up the stairs she could barely make it. i tried to get her to stay downstairs but she insisted on going up. she’s really struggling to walk or standup and i feel so guilty as we played for too long on the walk. i’m very scared that her time is nearly up. how did other people know?