Hi everyone. I'm new here just looking for some advice/help. My sweet boy, Jack, was diagnosed with a large tumor inside his bladder pushing against his urethra.
I was wondering if anyone else who experienced this with their Sheltie could describe the progression of the illness. Other than all of the obvious symptoms, he doesn't look like he's struggling or in pain. He's a bit more lazy, just laying around all day, and if he jumps up to bark at something he quickly goes back to sit down.
Here's what has transpired so far- it started with him peeing on the floor right in front of my parents and a few other times, then we notice blood in his urine, he's become slightly listless, he doesn't want to eat anymore (except treats and people food) and throws up whatever he does eat, he'll only drink water if you spoon feed it to him, and now he's having bad days where he passes pretty large chunks of blood/tumor/?
Does anyone else have experience with this and know what might come next? I don't want my sweet boy to be suffering and us not know it. But we also don't want to make that horrible decision too soon. My parents, who are retired and spend all day with him helping him, are leaving town for three weeks and he'll have to spend a lot more time alone during the day which really worries me.
Any help or advice?
I was wondering if anyone else who experienced this with their Sheltie could describe the progression of the illness. Other than all of the obvious symptoms, he doesn't look like he's struggling or in pain. He's a bit more lazy, just laying around all day, and if he jumps up to bark at something he quickly goes back to sit down.
Here's what has transpired so far- it started with him peeing on the floor right in front of my parents and a few other times, then we notice blood in his urine, he's become slightly listless, he doesn't want to eat anymore (except treats and people food) and throws up whatever he does eat, he'll only drink water if you spoon feed it to him, and now he's having bad days where he passes pretty large chunks of blood/tumor/?
Does anyone else have experience with this and know what might come next? I don't want my sweet boy to be suffering and us not know it. But we also don't want to make that horrible decision too soon. My parents, who are retired and spend all day with him helping him, are leaving town for three weeks and he'll have to spend a lot more time alone during the day which really worries me.
Any help or advice?
The vet keeps telling us to take it one day at a time, so we'll just try to make the best of what little time we have left. Our last sheltie, Indy, went downhill in one night and it was so unexpected and heartbreaking. At least we have the blessing of knowing this time around.