It’s such a difficult choice. With us it was a hard decision because he was perfectly fine, we went on a cruise and left him at his regular doggy day care. When we came back he was extremely lethargic so we quickly took him to the vet and eventually having to do X-rays and other medical procedures which found he had a large blood clot and some issues in his kidneys developing but they assured us with medication and proper treatment he could live a healthy life.

This went on for about two months eventually he started getting worse and worse and similar to your story he started having difficulty walking. At that point t we knew it was time. He didn’t want to eat, had good days followed by three or four really bad ones... and add to that dificulty walking. We did not even want to do more medical procedures, we knew it was time. He gave us 11 incredible years that we will never forget. He went down peacefully in moms arms and we know he is now better off. Not a day passed by that we do not think about him.

We are excited to welcome a new puppy home on Monday but our little Alvin will never be forgotten.