Is this thread intended to be a dog love-in? We are on our last dog. We didn't think she would live through 2016 and here we are in 2017. She has gotten weaker and weaker, has many enlarged organs and lumps, has to have her paw treated with Voltarin, her eye drops and her ear drops. But she eats as good as any dog and her digestive tract is in good working order.
But her muscles are so weak she eats laying down flat on the floor and can't get up stairs etc. We love Tina to death, and this lengthy time of deterioration I think is giving us time to get ready for when she leaves us. We have refused to fly anywhere because she couldn't go with us, we won't leave her with a kennel or sitter because we want to be with her at "the end".
She has run our lives for over 2 years but we wouldn't have it any other way.