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[–] erin@lemmy.sidh.bzh 48 points 11 months ago

I've done the same for the last 2 weeks for the same reason. Arthrosis will not isolate the dog who is part of my family for 12 years.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 27 points 11 months ago

Because that's what heroes do.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

I'm glad most of my dogs have been small enough to carry when they get old. I guess if they hadn't been, I'd just have to be a lot stronger so I could lift them. I mean, I'd obviously never leave them to sleep on their own after years of sleeping in my bed.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

I slept in the floor with my girl the last few weeks. Couldn't do it all the time, and she didn't always want to cuddle as she got closer to the end, but sometimes she would get scared and need company to sleep well. But she wouldn't stay in the bed, so floor it is.

[–] peetabix@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The dogs eyes are open. I see this as like the 'I bet he's thinking of other women' meme.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I bet he's thinking of other removed

[–] garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

When my cat got old, she couldn't jump up onto beds and chairs anymore. So I would try to lift her up onto places she used to like.

Cat said no. If she couldn't get up there by herself, she just didn't want to go there anymore. Fierce independence.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My cat isn't old or even lazy, but he's not a jumper (he prefers to hook his claws in something and drag himself up. I was told it was a quirk his dad had.)

So I built him ramps! He has ramps to the tops of things!

...and as soon as I installed ramps he began jumping to the tops of things that had ramps.

I love him so much. Lmao

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I believe the C in CAT stands for "contrarianism"

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Cats are like our lovely nemesis I swear

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If she can't get up there by herself, it also means she can't get comfortably down by herself and she can't count on you being present when she decides she needs to, so I do understand her thinking.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm going to ask the obvious question: Why not carry the dog upstairs?

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Also, looking at the picture, he sleeps in the day or with the lights on.

This could be any old photo of someone sleeping on a sofa bed with a dog and then someone came up with a sob story for karma.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Dad's getting older too.

[–] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I'm old and carry my old dogs up the stairs as needed.

[–] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

Dogs deserve this. Doesnt make this post less awesome

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

My son slept on a recliner sofa at the bottom of my bed for the last year our 17 year old boy was with us.

[–] ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

That is what families do, they stick together. I have a 12 year old boxer/staffie cross and sometimes i have to help him up and down from beds, stairs and such...he weighs 45 kg so he is not a small dog either.

[–] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

Thank you for that story. I genuinely had tears of joy in my eyes

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

But why not just carry the dog up the stairs

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My dog hates being carried and fights it. She's only 50 lbs, but I would not want to try to carry her up a flight of stairs.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

And carrying her down is way harder.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then you might need to carry them down in a hurry when an elderly dog needs out at 3am

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

We carry our 10-pound elderly boy up and down the stairs. He hates being picked up but is ok being carried in his soft-sided crate. He has upstairs and downstairs pee pads, which is great because it removes me from the 3am pee break equation entirely. He still gets real walks, of course.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

It can be uncomfortable or downright painful for the dog.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I carry my 45 line dog up and down often - she's 11 and only has three legs.

Unless it's a great Dane, or something huge, I don't get it...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

"Finally, an excuse to get away from her snoring!"

(But seriously, a very nice thing to do for the doggie.)

[–] winkly@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And mom gets the whole bed all to herself upstairs 😄