u/idlewishing

We recently bought a 2007 VW T5 and we pretty quickly have buyers regret on the particular van we bought. We spent £8000, 150k miles, a few quirks (it was previously a mobility van so the ignition has been modified, etc). The AC has a leak, my husband is worried it will be very costly to repair. There is a coolant leak that will also probably cost quite a bit to repair. We knew it needed some cosmetic work but I’m starting to worry. At the same time we’ve gone on a couple of camping trips already and I’m so happy to have a lil van as a mobile homebase. Any tips for dealing with buyers remorse? At what point do we cut ties and try to sell/buy a different one?

I have a 14 year old Siberian Husky. I keep telling myself she's in relatively good health, but I'm suddenly worried that I am telling myself what I want to hear. She doesn't have any major health issues, but the last couple years have shown a slow decline.

She has arthritis, which seemed like very early stages – but lately she's been very stiff when she first gets up after laying down, and she'll limp for several steps. She'll happily go on a walk around our park and will sometimes even do a small zoomies! But her hind legs will often shake as she walks. I found her stuck at the top of the stairs a couple times, it seemed like she was scared to go down (maybe from pain?) – but now she doesn't really choose to come upstairs, and only stays downstairs.

She's had issues with urinary incontinence, so she's been on Propalin for a while. That helped. She was getting anxious when we left on trips (we always had a friend come stay with her) and her poos would turn runny and she'd have accidents in the house – we got her anxiety medicine and that helped with the separation anxiety. She takes glucosamine for her joints.

She mostly just sleeps all day long - like 90% of the day. We suspect her hearing is going, as she doesn't respond to our voice very often and needs visual cues. She's always happy to go for a walk, though she often leads us back home as well. She still wants to eat her treats.

Lately she's been having double incontinence issues. She's pooed in the house several times over the last few days. She's had runny poos, which often coincides with accidents in the house, but the last few days her poos have been normal. She's pooed in the house at different times of day (once when I was home in the early afternoon, twice at night). She's pooed even just an hour after she went on a walk. She clearly knows she's done something wrong, because she'll hide after it happens, but she also doesn't come get us like she used to.

Every time she has a slight health hiccup, I'm worried that we've reached the point. I always feel guilty for considering it, but I never want her to suffer. She's clearly not in a horrible way with some obvious cancer or injury, but am I seeing her good moments and ignoring the bad? I've always told myself that I'd rather put her down a week too early rather than a day too late. But the reality of judging that is so difficult.