As long as the Dog is still happy. My Springer died on his 10th year due to Renal Failure. 5 Hours before he died, he was running along w/ my other dog in a preserve area board-walk and also went for a swim chasing THE Ball and jumping off some docks into the H2O. He ran to me in the house wanting to go outside and then was hiding in the bushes. He started ( appear to ) want to vomit. He ate ( I spoon fed him ) 3 hours earlier. I knew when I saw him, he was dying and called my wife to let her know that I was making arrangements to end his life humanely. He died when I was consoling him in his favourite spot on the sloppy-hill in our side yard. my tears speak of all my emotions that volumes of written & spoken words CANNOT DESCRIBE my passion for Re'Tale. He was a Therapy Dog that gave back to the community and loved life. He drove me .... and that is another story. Re'Tale was appropriately named. He has a story that will always be told and re-told. I will miss him and always love him. My wife & I would only eat-out @ dog friendly places so we could take our 2 dogs ( Charm- American PitBull / Australian Cattle Dog - Rescue from age 5 ). Ace & Home Depot's were familiar territory to them as well as customers & employees. The magnitude of all this, is, not many heart felt emotions come around in life, the kind that love brings and when no longer w/ us hurts. Memories & knowing he was happy to the end, makes it all worth while. I want to feel this again, not too soon, but again, It is what makes us human.
Hi. I am very disappointed your vet did not prescribe to you how much SubQ fluids to give. The blood numbers are very high, suggesting quite late stage kidney failure. Did the vet undertake a blood pressure test? If not, that needs to be done. Did the vet ask for a urine sample so specific gravity could be checked? If not, that also needs to be done.
I would suggest 20ml fluid for every kilogram of body weight in one spot - so you could inject 200ml in one go in a 10 kilogram dog. The vet needs to prescribe the amount of fluid. If it is more than the calculation for one spot, you should move to another spot to insert the remaining amount of sub q fluid up to the actual dosage amount.
The other question I have is what type of fluid has been given? The best for kd dogs is usually Lactated Ringers, unless there is a low sodium count in the blood results, in which case saline is preferred.
Tony
Hi Tony,
I finally have numbers for you. We took Bailey to her doctor on 1/8/16 and they were as follows:
100 BUN
5.7 CREA
18 BUN/CREA
The doctor said that she was dehydrated and we decided to give her the SubQ fluids. We haven't given her any sense because we were trying to see if it made a huge difference. She seems to be acting the same as usual. She is still eating and always waiting for food. She tries to drink water and she still loves to eat ice but I know it isn't enough to flush out the toxins in her body. I'm new to all of this so I have no idea how often we're supposed to give her the SubQ fluids. She is starting to heave like she is trying to throw up but nothing comes out (it is so loud when she does it). She sometimes stumbles when she's walking.
Any advice is appreciated. I know she is not well. I just want her to be comfortable and happy to be with her family while she's still with us.
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Ghilly
Not sure if you still monitor this thread, but if you do, would you mind telling me how long Vinny lived after this and if you chose to assist in his death or let him go naturally. I got my dogs bloodwork back today and it is quite similar to Vinny's levels. My Vet told me he doesn't have long (7-10 days) and I'm wondering what to do and what he will go through in the next week. Any insight?
Sue
You are very welcome. I'll wait to hear from you.
Tony