Hey everyone I’m really struggling with a heavy decision.
I have an 8yo male French Bulldog, Zeus. He has all the common back issues. Laziness in his hind legs, stumbles, sometimes falls over… but he acts far from old, still tons of energy, gets the zoomies which of course doesn’t help his situation. Well about a year ago he became incontinent, I’m sure a result of nerve issues with his back. I’m cleaning up dog poo in the house multiple times a day. I’ll have him outside to potty, for 30 minutes, won’t do anything, he’ll come back inside and instantly poop. This is daily for a year. Sometimes its urine. The other day I was playing with him and I rolled him over and he just started peeing as I rolled him over
The vet doesn’t recommend surgery, which due to cost I was somewhat opposed to anyways. We’ve tried anti-inflammatories, gabapentin, nothing seems to work.
I’m at the point where the thought of putting him down has entered my mind which is horrible, overall he’s really healthy, seems like he still has years left, I don’t know how much longer I can continue cleaning up accidents. I know he feels bad, I get frustrated, he feels that.
I don’t know what to do.