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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 531867" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Seems I know less about dog pain than I thought. She pants a lot, not all day every day.......but quite often, even when it's not the least bit hot......like 50 degrees. She was doing it last night. She has just started licking/chewing her side in recent weeks, lots of whining going on the past two days.......she's doing it right now, low whine more like a whimper. But sometimes she'll do that when her glands are full which is why I wanted to get her bathed. (and now we're back to rainy weather so that will have to wait until it dries up again) But she's not doing her usual scoot around on the floor when her glands are full deal. </p><p></p><p>I switched her to can food, regardless of the really foul gas issue, because I noticed she's dropping weight. She was still eating all her kibble, it took her quite a while, but still loosing weight.</p><p></p><p>And she's hiding, or attempting to go off by herself, from Sadie. Not afraid of Sadie........just doesn't want to be bothered. Thankfully, Sadie checks her out.....like she's seeing if she's ok.......and pretty much backs off giving her her space.</p><p></p><p>Aw man this hoovers out the rear end. I don't want Molly in pain or suffering, but omg it's going to take me a bit to adjust to the fact it may be time to let her go. I thought, oh well, she's still playing with her herding ball............but when she plays with it, like she did with Sadie.......she comes in and pants for hours. If I take her ball away, she becomes severely depressed and stressed out worrying over where her ball is. (so much so that I gave it back)</p><p></p><p>Maybe I need to really think about getting Molly into the vet and see what she thinks. I hate to do that. Talk about stressing a dog out. One bad experience (at another vet) and every since, even though my vet now is the kindest soul on the planet.........Molly gets super stressed over the vet, so I avoid taking her unless I have no choice. Vet even tried having me stop by on Molly's walks so she could personally give Molly a treat everyday..........and yeah, that didn't work, just kept stressing her to the point where we gave up. Molly wouldn't take the treat offered, so there was no "good" experience. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/sigh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sigh:" title="sigh :sigh:" data-shortname=":sigh:" /></p><p></p><p>Maybe we can try some pain medications (if I can afford them) and see if that improves her days. But honestly, I've been preparing Nichole for some months now that Molly's time may be growing near. </p><p></p><p>This sort of sounds a little silly. But I was hoping when we got another hot day on one of my days off to let her go on one more adventure........put her into the car and take her out to the park and walk back to the creek where she can "fish" (yes, she does fish) and look for crawdads, chase the tadpoles.......and hunt for turtles while splashing around in the water and having a good time. I hope I get a chance to do that again.</p><p></p><p>This morning is a bad morning. Even Sadie seems to sense it. There is no over excited romping around trying to get Molly to play, even though it's too wet outside for playtime in the yard and I'm sure Sadie has more energy than she knows what to do with.</p><p></p><p>I'll give the vet a call and see if I can get them both in by the end of the week. Need to get Sadie's rabies anyway and set up an appointment for her spaying in the not so far future. In the meantime I'll keep a closer watch over Molly and see just how much she is panting ect. </p><p></p><p>Totally blows.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to be one to make her stay when she miserable. But the though of her leaving me........hurts so very much. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> So I'll pray the pain medications are affordable and that will give me a little longer with her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 531867, member: 84"] Seems I know less about dog pain than I thought. She pants a lot, not all day every day.......but quite often, even when it's not the least bit hot......like 50 degrees. She was doing it last night. She has just started licking/chewing her side in recent weeks, lots of whining going on the past two days.......she's doing it right now, low whine more like a whimper. But sometimes she'll do that when her glands are full which is why I wanted to get her bathed. (and now we're back to rainy weather so that will have to wait until it dries up again) But she's not doing her usual scoot around on the floor when her glands are full deal. I switched her to can food, regardless of the really foul gas issue, because I noticed she's dropping weight. She was still eating all her kibble, it took her quite a while, but still loosing weight. And she's hiding, or attempting to go off by herself, from Sadie. Not afraid of Sadie........just doesn't want to be bothered. Thankfully, Sadie checks her out.....like she's seeing if she's ok.......and pretty much backs off giving her her space. Aw man this hoovers out the rear end. I don't want Molly in pain or suffering, but omg it's going to take me a bit to adjust to the fact it may be time to let her go. I thought, oh well, she's still playing with her herding ball............but when she plays with it, like she did with Sadie.......she comes in and pants for hours. If I take her ball away, she becomes severely depressed and stressed out worrying over where her ball is. (so much so that I gave it back) Maybe I need to really think about getting Molly into the vet and see what she thinks. I hate to do that. Talk about stressing a dog out. One bad experience (at another vet) and every since, even though my vet now is the kindest soul on the planet.........Molly gets super stressed over the vet, so I avoid taking her unless I have no choice. Vet even tried having me stop by on Molly's walks so she could personally give Molly a treat everyday..........and yeah, that didn't work, just kept stressing her to the point where we gave up. Molly wouldn't take the treat offered, so there was no "good" experience. :sigh: Maybe we can try some pain medications (if I can afford them) and see if that improves her days. But honestly, I've been preparing Nichole for some months now that Molly's time may be growing near. This sort of sounds a little silly. But I was hoping when we got another hot day on one of my days off to let her go on one more adventure........put her into the car and take her out to the park and walk back to the creek where she can "fish" (yes, she does fish) and look for crawdads, chase the tadpoles.......and hunt for turtles while splashing around in the water and having a good time. I hope I get a chance to do that again. This morning is a bad morning. Even Sadie seems to sense it. There is no over excited romping around trying to get Molly to play, even though it's too wet outside for playtime in the yard and I'm sure Sadie has more energy than she knows what to do with. I'll give the vet a call and see if I can get them both in by the end of the week. Need to get Sadie's rabies anyway and set up an appointment for her spaying in the not so far future. In the meantime I'll keep a closer watch over Molly and see just how much she is panting ect. Totally blows. I don't want to be one to make her stay when she miserable. But the though of her leaving me........hurts so very much. :( So I'll pray the pain medications are affordable and that will give me a little longer with her. [/QUOTE]
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