RE: Decision on 13 year old
Hi,
I also have a 13 year old spaniel. Like yours age has caught up with her. Her last real hunting was a three seasons ago. Right now she is a few feet away from me. Her successor is on my right and a couple of pups are currently kissing her.
Like us when we get old, she has a number of problems. Fortunately, she is not in pain so we have been spared the decision so far. It is easy to say just put them down when they can no longer hunt. But she is my friend and I can not bring myself to dispose of her for the sake of convenience.
Her time will come soon. The dog who could run all day can now barely walk a couple of hundred feet. Like her predecessor, I have promised her that I will be with her when the time comes. She will not be alone and afraid. She will take her last breath in my arms.
And then when I join her, her ashes will rest with mine.