Three weeks for DNA Test May Be Too Long a Wait.

Every day, there's a knot in my stomach. I watch how he walks. At first, it's hard, like an old man, but I know that feeling. After he gets his medicine, it gets better. The reason I want to know the breeds that are mixed in my Tommy is because is that it's only a matter of time before we have to put him to sleep.

Like most things in my life, I wait until the last minute. And now it may be too late to look at the answers, and then look at him to see if I see the breeds.

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It's the subtle changes that are bringing the decision closer.I'm scared to write much about it because it makes it real.

Right now, he still likes to play some in the afternoon, he steals my yarn and the remote control. There's life in him. But inevitably, his deterioration will lead to suffering, and that I can't abide. No miracles for a huge 13-year-old dog. Just need to make sure I'm not propping him up to ease my suffering. ​

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