When is it time?

[Queen of Poop]

Sasha and I just had a nice walk around our acreage. Busy morning and she kept asking for a walkie. Now she's on her pillow, smiling away. She's not ready yet. She may be high maintenance at her advanced age and I don't mind the time she needs. So to the thoughtful person who suggested she is suffering, she is not and she's not ready yet. I will be ready when she is. Thanks everyone for your comments.

[Alysser]

Glad you decided against this. I have to say absolutely NOT, her time is not now IMO. If she doesn't potty all over the house and has control over her bladder, can walk well, and is not in terrible pain then I would say she is fine. I put my dog to sleep over six months ago, almost 7 now. She wasn't blind or deaf, but she couldn't get up to pee any longer. She peed in her crate all the time, we didn't lock her in her crate all day but she never came out. On the final day it took her 10 minutes to get up from arthritis. We tried meds and even acupuncture, it didn't work after awhile so I knew nothing else can be done. If you have tried everything and nothing is working, then maybe it will be time to consider it.

You will know, you surely will.

[Taz_Zoee]

My mom went through this last year with her Min Pin. He was 17 years old, blind and deaf. My mom didn't feel it was time to let him go yet because he was still eating and pottying regularly. He stayed in the bathroom while my parents worked and each night my mom had to wash the rug because he had urinated on it. That was the way it was for probably close to a year. But my mom didn't mind. She had a few sets of rugs, so while one was washing a clean one was down.
In the summer of 07 my dad asked me to take Kodi to the vet to be PTS and to not tell mom. I flat out refused. I would take him to the vet to be PTS but not without telling mom. I went to mom and told her what dad had said. She began to cry and said she didn't think it was time yet. No problem.
In September of 07 she finally made the decision to let him go. He had become confused and could hardly walk anymore. She had told me she wouldn't be able to be with him while they did it. My niece took her and Kodi to the vet and had the excuse to take the other dog out of the room while they let Kodi go. So my mom went through it all by herself, but she was there for Kodi. He was 17 1/2 years old.

I guess what I'm trying to say in my long babbling post here is that YOU (and only you) will know when it is time. Please do not let anyone tell you to make that decision before you want to. I didn't let my dad take that away from my mom and nobody should do that to you. It sounds like it is not Sasha's time yet. So just enjoy the time you have.

[Cataholic]

Whether it is today, tomorrow or next year, I am sorry you are faced with this thought. I am sure you will be guided by your heart and your mind. Enjoy whatever time you have left with her.