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I would say treat it as well as you possibly can, and only euthanize it when you feel that if you were in your pets shoes, you would like to die. Just because a pet is in pain, doesn't mean it is unhappy, or that it is done living.
We just recently had to put my dog to sleep after probalby 15 years of companionship. Over the last two years, he started on a series of ups and downs. This last year, he went blind, got all kinds of (cancer?) cysts, developed arthritis, and got food allergies. Several times, he looked so bad that my parents called to tell me that they were probably going to put him to sleep in the morning, but each time he pulled out of it, and was relatively happy and healthy for the next couple months. He even collapsed and couldn't walk or eat for a couple days before magically getting better right before he was put to sleep. SO don't think that just because your dog is sick you need to put it to sleep right away, sometimes they can get better, or at least, get some more time.
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