Question by Sia_27: I had to put my grandpas dog to sleep and I don’t know if it was the right thing.?
My grandma passed away about 2 and a half years ago. My grandpa then moved in with me and my mom. They each had a weiner dog. They were brothers, Oscar an Felix. About 2 months after my grandma died, her dog Felix passed away. Everything has been fine with my grandpas dog Oscar, until about 3 month ago. Sometimes when my grandpa, mom, or I woul go to pet, move or pick him up, he would growl and try to bite us. It was like he was in pain. So we took him to the vet thinking maybe his back was going out, but the vet said nothing was wrong with his back. then about a month ago, Oscar wanted up onthe couch but he was crying as if he couldn’t get up. So my grandpa went to pick him up to help him on to the couch. He cried out and then he just started attackng my grandpa. My granpa had to get a bunch of stitches and Oscar tore off 2 of his finger nails. We took him to the vet again and the vet said it could be arthritis and the pain makes him lash out. So we bought some really expensive arthritis medicine and it seemed like he was happier and movig around better. Then 2 days ago, he rolled onto his back to have my grandpa rub his belly (which he ALWAYS does) an he started attacking my grandpa again! It was like he just flipped out an was a completely different dog. My grandpa was bit pretty bad again, but we could tell he didn’t need stitches. My grandpa was afraid of Oscar biting me or my mom. We also have little kids coming over all the time and couldn’t bare to think of Oscar hurting anyone the way Oscar hurt him. Our vet said the best thing to do was to put him down. That he was obviously in pain. So yesturday, I took him to the vet to be put to sleep. My grandpa couldn’t bare to do it. I stayed with Oscar the whole time. But I feel horrible and I can’t stop crying! What if it was the wrong choice?! I loved that dog so much! And he was a lgIht for my grandpa after losing my grandma. I feel so sick to my stomach, and so empty inside.. :’( did we make the right decision?

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Answer by Kyle B
From what you described it sounds to me like you definitely made the right choice. When a dog is at that stage in its life its better for the dog and the owner for it to be put out of its misery.

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Question by breanna l: am I doing the right thing?
so my mom decided in the beginning of my senior year to move the family to Virginia. Luckily I convinced her to wait till after I graduated. My mom planned to go down, and start a self serve dog wash and combine hers and my uncles dog breeding business. My mom was a door to door dog groomer and carried 60Ibs of equipment into peoples houses 5 days a week, for 30 years, and has left her with arthritis in her hands n arms and stressed to the point where she has gained back a lot of weight and is on medication.

So I completely understand the move, I would have done the same thing in her position. I just didn’t want to leave, Id lived in the same house my whole life, (I’m 18) I have 2 best friends, we’ve been together for 11 years, my bf, and tons of my other friends, whom I’m still pretty attached to. I understand why we moved, and I understand I’m at the point in my life where I need to move on, but even besides the fact of leaving my life behind, where I am now, I have to hold off college, if I did manege to get a job, most of what I made would go toward the trailer and my family, which I don’t mind helping out, especially since I’m living there as well, but I’m having to put off moving my life forward, being in a town I don’t like, and in a cramped trailer being stuffed in with my family and having no way to get away from them, even for a little while, there’s constant yelling and complaining, and my older sisters 1yr with us as well, that just makes things harder.

So Ive decided to apply to a college across the street from the apartment complex where my bf lives, Ive made good friends with his roommates who are getting married in October, me and my brother visited them for a week, we just got back a few days ago, and I went and applied, my bf is helping me a lot, and so are his roommates, they agreed I could stay there till I went to college and moved into a dorm, I wouldn’t start till January I believe, and until then try to get a job, and help around the place, I finally told my mom of this a few days ago, and she flipped, so after a screaming match and finally getting her to sit down and listen to me, she agreed to give her moral support as long as I proved to her I could get myself out of bed in the morning haha.. (im not a morning person lol) So the past few days ive been getting up fine, whatever, just moving kinda slow cause I got a bad period -_- anyway, im all applied im just waiting for my transcripts to get sent over then my application to get looked at. But my mom doesnt want me to leave till I have everything in order, obviously, and until after Christmas.. I don’t know if I have the patience to wait that long honestly…. but she wants to make sure I can get medicaid and make sure I have my financial aid taken care of, stuff like that. I really am scarred shitless to move out by myself, but I know myself enough to know I need to learn to get up and going the hard way, and to not depend on my parents so much……..but it irritates me how when my mom has gotten mad at me, and just says stupid crap, about me leaving, like today, when she was yelling at me about giving my nephew a bath, ( which I was in the middle of grabbing him to go do) she told me that maybe its a good thing im going back because I apparently dont know how to help, then acts all fine and dandy later, really pisses me off….

There’s more to the situation, but I don’t feel like getting into details, but I guess my question is, am I doing the right thing? despite not wanting to leave, I came because my family needed me to watch the baby while they went to get all our stuff from our old home, and while my sister was at work, and the fact I didn’t have anywhere to stay at the time. I don’t want my family to think I’m abandoning them, my older siblings are fine with it, and my dad doesn’t seem to care, my mom is skeptical, but….I kinda feel I’m being selfish
plz no one be mean or anything, Im really in a rut right now :/ any real advice will be greatly appreciated

sorry its long ^-^*

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Answer by John
I’ll start out by saying, Yes, Yes it is long.

With that said, I have read it 3 times over and and I see no problem with your plans
or with your reaction to your mother’s outburst.

What I do see a problem with is your mother’s passive-aggressive way of telling you
that she doesn’t want you to leave. Insulting you and then acting like she did nothing wrong
is no way for an adult to behave.

Unfortunately, We can’t change your mother’s opinion and she will just have to accept it
eventually.

~Best of Wishes moving out!
And May your mother finally accept your decision!

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Question by Sarah A: Is there something going on behind my back? Is there a such thing as friends now days?
I have a friend, who I consider very close to me, I’ll call her Niki. I’ve been there for her through many things, such as her husband beating her in the head with a pot, but this is not the point. I was friends with a guy I went to school with (college), but that ended when he attempted to steal from me, and pretty much used, and dogged me out. I really liked him, so when those events took place it broke my heart, and I am still trying to get over it bc it hurt. Niki met my male friend through me. At first, all was good. My dude and I were always joined at the hip bc we were friends b4 things took a diff turn. After he dogged me out in the most ugly way, it was still hard for me to stay away from him bc I had fell for him. I started wondering y every time Niki and I hung out she wanted me to call him, she’s says it’s bc she wanted pain meds, and this was even after him and I fell out. She kept telling me to stop calling him, ignore his calls, and text mess. but every time
her and I were together, she wanted me to call him for something. This bothered me bc he would treat her all nice, and treat me like crap, and I felt something wasn’t right. Keep in mind, this is a guy who would f u c k anything, and he once wanted to do her until he found out she was married, this was when him and I were still friends. She would flirt with him knowing how I felt, and even when we were on good terms. I told her how I felt today, and she jumped on the defense saying “i just wanted pills” and “if I wanted to f him i could have” and I approached her in the most respectful way possible, but she got defensive and basically started saying nonsense. My question is, was I wrong for feeling like she shouldn’t even be talking to him, or wanting to bc her and I are friends and he dogged the hell out of me. Why would she want to be around him, friends with him, or get anything from him?
This is someone who wasn’t even her friend, and someone who broke my heart, and it happened recently. I’ve changed my number bc it was so hard for me to deal with how he treated me, yet she sees nothing wrong with her wanting to hang around him to get what she wants. I wouldn’t want nothing to do with someone that broke my friends heart, I mean if he were her friend, that would be different but they’re not and weren’t to my knowledge, I feel betrayed, and after all the comments she made to me, it really made me feel like I was accurate in thinking there was something going on between them.
THE POINT IS HE WAS MY FRIEND, NOT HERS AND SHE ONLY KNEW HIM BC OF ME. THEY NEVER HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AND SHE NEVER WANTED TO CALL HIM WHEN HIM AND I WERE ON GOOD TERMS. SHE IS MY FRIEND AND WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE WANTS TO HANG OUT WITH MY EX ESPECIALLY AFTER THE THINGS HE DID TO ME

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Answer by that judi
Why would you hang around with people like this? Grab a handful of self esteem and move on and find REAL people to spend time with as friends.
P.S. WRONG CATEGORY

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Question by superflysuperheroguy: my dog has arthritis plz. help us to find a good thing to give her?
weve already given her tylenol but it didnt help for long. shes fixin to die so were just tryin to help get her last couple of months the best we can she can still walk but she is always in pain. weve already taken her to the vets and all hes said is give her tylenol (which didnt work) plz help my dog. but it needs to be cheap plz.
we gave her childs tylenol
and she has cancer so we arent sure which is bothering her worse

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Answer by ♥Kansas♥ ♥Girl♥
A vet should have special medications that they can give.

Other than that, comfy dog beds, raised dishes, all ways to help minimize stress on her.

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Question by doubledreaming: Is there such a thing as dog massage? How is it done?
My 15+ year old dog has arthritis all in her legs and hips, and with her joints cracking and grinding, I expect she probably aches all over. Would massaging her joints help? How do you do it? I have no idea how to do it.

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Answer by angltouch
I bet shes hurting badly. Im a MT student and we are thought to massage animals the same way we do humans, they have joints and they ache at those joints. What we do is massage gently around the areas and she lets you with your 2 fingers or even your thumb friction those same joints gently, we dont know the degree of her pain if any. Make sure you get her calm by dong gently massage in her entire body, “Feather Touch” type of massge and then go for the joints, and of course “NO OILS” just your hands. If she lets you while you giving her a warm bath you can massage her there to.
Hope this works
Student of massage therapy
MT
Found this web site
http://www.dogmassage.com/massage.htm

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Question by skynfan: What’s the best thing to give an older dog for arthritis?
He is 8 years old and 115 pounds. We are looking for something over the counter to give him for his pain.

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Answer by vin d
a bullet to the head

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Question by tanner: is euthanizing the right thing to do for my dog?
i have a german shepherd who’s 9 years old. she has hip dysplasia and a benign tumor. everyday, walking is getting harder for her and recently, she slipped on our patio and couldn’t get up without my dad’s help.on friday, the same thing happened, and i had to help her up. she hasn’t been eating for a few days, and she doesn’t drink water unless i offer it to her. it just makes my heart break seeing her in this condition and i believe that she’s not eating or drinking anymore because she knows that it’s her time now. my dad’s on a business trip and i think he really wishes to see her before we euthanize her. the only thing is, is that my dad comes back on dec. 24, which is way too long for my dog to wait. i guess euthanasia is the only solution. what do you think?

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Answer by Qantao
If you think her days of pain outnumber her days of happiness, then I think it is time to say goodbye.

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Question by dogdude152: MY DOG FRIEND THING???????????????????
i need a dog me to lage but i want med more it doesnt matter buti dont want it to be hairy i like shortharied and dont want like a german shepher cause of high risk of hip dysplasia but i want it to be loyal and let it run in a dog park and is okay with dogs and people but also want it to protect our house and bark or somthing please wat dog should i get and dosent shed alot

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Answer by fastpony30
I would look into a Goldendoodle or a Labradoodle. Good luck!

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Question by bballchick915: I want a second dog!! read the whole thing please!!?
I already have one dog but she has hip dysplasia. I cant play rough with her or take her for walks. She is a golden retriever and gets along with all types of animals(ecsepically my hamster) I was to get a newfoundland because my dad likes to hike! I just read about Seaman (Lewis and Clark’s dog) in history class and i know that they are good dogs!

Can you help me find some ways to persuade my parents? i will also take suggestions on what kind of dog i should consider too.

My parents are against this in a way, but i bet if i have some good reasons then they will reconsider!!

PLEASE HELP!!!

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Answer by puppydawg93
get a shelter dog tell them about dogs that really need a home

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