Finlay

Finlay went to the vet today to see if they could find what is causing his problems with walking. We thought it was his back that has been causing problems, but as none of the pain medications seemed to have any effect they wanted to check his spine with X-rays. There appears to be no major skeletal problems - however the awful news from the vet was that his heart and lungs are in a bad way.

I have been discussing it with our daughter (who is also a vet) and the general consensus seems to be that euthanasia is the best thing. He is not happy being housebound - he loves to walk and he has no real quality of life at the moment (apart from barking at the postman and chasing pigeons in the garden). He is home again tonight - and we will take a couple of days to spoil him and steel ourselves for the inevitable.