st week, I was faced with the prospect of a dying dog. My Aaron had been suffering from a brain tumor and was slowly declining.
I reluctantly attended a trade show for a week as Aaron was pretty stable and still enjoying his food. The morning of my return, he simply stopped eating. When I saw him, I could tell he was getting ready to transition. He began to decline and sought out solitude and was not really that aware of our presence. He didn’t appear to be in pain and my plan was to simply watch him and wait for him to tell me he wanted me to help him. I wasn’t fond of the idea of euthanizing him because that would mean a visit to the emergency vet and not our regular vet, but I would do whatever was necessary to help him.
Dana Scott is Editor In Chief for Dogs Naturally Magazine. She also breeds Labrador Retrievers under the Fallriver prefix. Her dogs are specialty winners, obedience and field competitors and are all naturally reared. She is an advocate for natural health care for dogs and people and is on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Consumer Centre for Homeopathy. Dana has a degree in behavior and has given classes and seminars throughout North America on clicker training.