Have to Put Our Shepherd Down Soon ..

She's having a very hard time lately... she went from being playful and acting like a much younger dog to having difficulty even getting up in a matter of weeks.. She's in pain.. Her back end doesn't seem to be working right and she fell down a few times already.. She attacked out pit yesterday with no provocation.. Tink just walked by her, I guess while Dutch was hurting she just lashed out at whatever was nearest. I was right there, thankfully, or they may have gotten into it. But what if it had been my niece there, petting Dutch when she lunged? It would have been at Tia's face most likely, her eyesight isn't that good.

It's harder with Dutch than it was with our other shepherd, he didn't have a zest for life in his last few months, he was almost 16 and looked like a skeleton when we helped him across the Rainbow Bridge.
Dutch eats, she tries to get up and go play, she wants to keep going, we're all torn about her..

Dutch is 14 right now, we think she has pancreatitis again.. she had it a couple of years ago, and we treated her for it, but it's the same symptoms.. We're going to talk about our best options with the vet.. She's an old lady.. Everthing I have read says the general age for shepherd is 10-12.

We have her on pain meds, which seem to help her be a bit more comfortable.. which is really what matters now, we will not be taking her to the vet to be put down. they last thing we want is for her to be scared in her last moments because she's at the vet.. We'll have him come here, we did that with out black shepherd.