r/Blacklabs

I thought she would grow out of it.

Our 12 YO rescue which we've had for 6 years is starting to show his age. Besides being completely deaf, he had a stroke 2 years ago and constantly drools from one side of his mouth and has not been able to control his bowel movements since. Lately he's started urinating on the way to the door which adds to the clean-ups we're already doing several times a day. He's lost most of the strength in his back legs and hesitates to lie down, which we think is because he's in pain (he's on 2X/day pain-killers). He's no longer playful and spends most of the day sleeping, but does know when it's time for our daily walks and is still very food motivated. It's obvious that he'll continue to deteriorate and we want to give him the best life during his remaining time, but we're wondering how will we know when it's time to let him go?