My poor Disney. For those of you who don't know she has Canine Cognative Dysfunction which is very similar to Alzheimer's. She has been going down hill very fast this past month.

She's starting to have potty accidents, so far just in the bathroom but it is a daily thing. She gets frightened easily, runs into things, will get excited when she comes in from outside and runs really hard and usually hurts herself. She's starting to lose her equilibrium - she will just be standing there and start to fall over. Most the time she catches herself but sometimes not.

She's so skinny but is eating as long as I remind her to by constantly showing her the food. She forgets to drink which makes her constipated. She's very hard of hearing, losing her vision. On top of it all she's always had skin problems but it's getting so much worse. Plus her arthritis is getting worse and she can no longer make jumps onto furniture but she tries and hurts herself.

Today has been the hardest. I gave her bath with has been becoming increasingly difficult and today was no exception. I haven't bathed her in about three weeks because of that. Anyway, when I got all her fur wet I discovered that she has broken the tip of her tail. It doesn't seem to hurt her so I guess it's a few weeks old and already set. I felt so bad, I started crying. Who knows, it could hurt her because she seems to be losing her sense of pain like that. She is so out of it sometimes.

She doesn't have much of a life and I feel so bad for her. She's either sleeping or pacing back and forth, a mindless pacing and stare. My husband has been trying to make sure I am prepared for putting her down soon. He said last month that the warmer weather may help her improve but now he doesn't think she will make it till then.

How do I know what to do? Her quality of life is going down hill quickly and it seems like we spend so much time just trying to keep her safe and cleaning up after her. My vet told me that when a dog has this disease that the owners have to decided when it's time.

I need a shoulder to cry on!