K9soul-Had to reply to this. I don't know anything about the old dog you speak of and fortunately all my old dogs went somewhat quickly and we didn't have months of agony with them. I guess we're paying for it now with Mandy. I just gave her a bath (both dogs) and it took me till noon to muster up the courage and I've been up since six! She has a bad heart and one time after her bath she had a spell so now I'm terrified each time she gets a bath. But we made it! We're having an early birthday party for her today, she's 2 yrs 11 mo. She may not be here till three, who know's, her life expectancy is 2 to 3 yrs. Her care can be very draining what with keeping her somewhat restricted (like the bath I had to keep her guiet after instead of letting her go wild like dogs do after a bath) and we do have the other dog , well sometimes it can be a living h*ll! But no one could give me a million dollars for her! My husband said once we'll be rewarded for this someday and I said we already are with her and he said you're right.
I also don't want to be judgemental of this girl but I(and my husband) have given up many things and spent much money on Mandy and don't regret it one bit!
I pray she makes she makes the right decision for both of them,I'm just saying you have to make choices sometimes and mine is my babies.