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Losing pets is hard. "Restlessness and spinning in circles" sounds to me like possible symptoms of a stroke. Pets usually don't tell us what kind of discomfort they're feeling, so we have to make these kinds of decisions on their behalf. Our vet office has thanked me for not waiting on this kind of decision too long.
This is your call to make, and as long as you're making it with the best interest of your pet in mind, you will make the right decision.
He saw the vet last night and she didn't think it was. He's not spinning all the time, just sometimes, so she thinks it's just dementia behavior. Thank you for pointing this out though, I did indeed ask. We'll try some things that are more palliative treatment than big intervention and see what that does. It's just so hard to know what the right thing to do is.
Another thing I know to pay attention to is how their hind legs are doing. If I saw weakness and loss of coordination there on top of the other symptoms you're already seeing, I would make the hard choice.
The fact that you care enough to be concerned about the right thing means that you will do the right thing.
Thank you. I will watch everything. My poor baby. As my friend says, dogs have many good days and one really bad one.