I'm struggling with a similar scenario myself. My lab is 10 years old. We have spent many a morning in the marsh and rice fields water fowling. He's failing and his quality of life is deteriorating rapidly.
I have a friend that has spent $10's of thousands on a yellow lab with diabetes, then cancer, then multiple operations to remove tumors, then chemotherapy. Dog is still alive but absolutely miserable and not even the same. The dog has no quality of life at all and it's pitiful and cruel to keep her alive this long. He's got lots of money so that's not even an issue. They have truly transferred all the human emotions to this animal.
This will be my second go around with a long time hunting buddy. I grew up on the farm and it wasn't fun but I have put down multiple animals when it didn't make sense to prolong the suffering. It was done as a last resort and with great respect for the animal.
My wife had a Scottish terrier that developed tumors. The vet recommended putting her down as there was no cure. Wife refused and wouldn't let anybody do it. The dog died on the way to the vet screaming in pain. Very traumatic for the wife and kids. I should have handled that one better.
I couldn't bare to put "Chip", my 1st lab, down myself so took him to the vet and stayed till the end. It was absolutely miserable for both of us. He knew something was up. I'm still a little ashamed for not doing it myself in a more calm and familiar setting.
If and when it comes time for "Blue" to be put down it'll just be him and me down and the duck lease. He deserves that.
Good luck and do the right thing when the time comes.
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