My dog Koda is 10 years old and will be 11 on June 27th. She lost the use of her back legs rapidly from December of 2025 to February 2026. It was the fastest decline I ever saw. And as of now, I have a wheelchair that she uses on occasion.
The first few weeks around February to March where she could walk, She didn't move. She didn't want to get up and try. Her appetite in thirst was the same. But she just didn't move. She now does, and she has learned how to scoot across the floor to get places.
However, she has to wear diapers. Because she has incontinence, and she needs help to go to the bathroom and get into her night bed (a raised cot)
Now usually I don't have problems with any of this, but she has had blowouts and bloody diarrhea on occasion, and as I write this right now, it is 11:36 at night and she has had bloody diarrhea the whole day. I'm getting her to a vet tomorrow and will monitor through the night. Because the last time she had this, the vet said that it could just be strain.
Now, I am sure this is a topic that gets talked a lot in this community. But she still likes to eat and she still likes to move. But I'm worried that I'm hurting her by keeping her here. She doesn't yelp in pain, but she does get the look in her eyes. I have to give her baths a lot and she hates it.
She used to be such an active dog in running after bikes and chasing her ball, and she can't do any of that anymore. She sometimes looks happy, but right now, she just looks defeated.
How do I know when it's going to be time?Because everybody in my life says that I will know, but i'm not sure if I will get past the thought of letting my best friend go to see any of it.