I had a Greyhound that had bone cancer. He had just turned 11 at the time of his diagnosis. When the vet came into the room to show us the X-ray, he was in tears. He put the X-ray on the the reader, and my jaw dropped. I could see the honeycombing in the bone, and I have no education in radiology.

Because of his age, we opted to medicate for the pain, and not amputate. We did not even do a biopsy, because that would not have changed our course of treatment. We believe it was osteosarcoma, though, because of his breed and the aggressiveness of the tumor.

He lived another four months. Thanks to the meds, he was relatively pain-free for most of that time. We knew it was time when we found tumors on his gums. He had a very restless night that night, and could not lie down comfortably. The next day, a vet-friend came to our home and helped him pass, while he was lying in our arms.

I miss him every day, and would love to have him back. But I do not regret a thing we did. I would not do it differently now...