We have an ancient labrador/cross aged about 16 years, we got him 6 years ago when his owners could no longer manage to look after him. He is a lovely old doggie but has lots of health problems including loss of sight, deafness, arthritis and nerve degeneration in his spine. For the past 9 months he has been incontinent of faeces at least once a day and also overnight. The constant cleaning up of his accidents is wearing me down, not to mention the wear and tear of the carpets and furnishings. 2 weeks ago he fell downstairs and injured his ear, it is swollen up and looks like an egg. I took him to the vet who said continue on his steroid tablets and bring him back in 2 weeks, if no improvement he will need an operation to remove the heamatoma in his ear. Since then, he has had another fall and his ear is worse. I want the dog to be 'put to sleep' husband is dead against it and says dog should be able to live his life out in comfort. He does not find the fouling in the house to be a problem, he's out at work 12 hours a day. We are at loggerheads, advice please
