re: When is it time to put down your pet?

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Issues: She will be 13 this year, she has incontinence problems (she will go to sleep and just pee where she lies) and she is about to have surgery to remove 4 benign masses. She keeps chewing at these masses and they open and bleed everywhere! It will look like a crime scene in the morning.

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This happened to my boxer and I had her put down that day

She had a seizure about 3 weeks prior to that (parlayed that in to NY strip for dinner for a couple days lol)
The day I put her down I have video of her chasing me and playing around. She still ate fine and was mentally fine and still a happy dog, but she had massed everywhere and her hips were giving out more by the day. She could barely stand on our floor without carpet and was in clear pain at times.
One mass had ruptured already but not too bad. Another constantly bled. I woke up one morning and there was blood everywhere. I knew it was time. Keeping her around would’ve been selfish. I didn’t want to wait until she couldn’t move on her own anymore. One of if not the hardest thing I’ve had to do but it was an easy decision. I’ve never questioned it.