My German Shepard-Rottweiler mix Frodo has an infection he sustained when he was attacked earlier this year by another dog.
Frodo is a rescue dog who came from a home in which he was beat up and attacked constantly by smaller dogs, like chihuahuas. He didn't stand up for himself, instead allowing himself to be attacked. He has scars all on his face and shoulders from this.
He came to us... God it must have been about seven years ago now. That was just before both my stepfather and my father passed away.
For years he has protected our family and our chickens from the local wildlife. He has done nothing but be an obedient and loyal companion to both myself and my mother.
Earlier this year, a neighbor was walking her dog down the road I live on. Her dog was not on a leash. We live in a very very rural area, so our house is a considerable distance from the road. Frodo always will bark at passing people, but stays on our property. We have stonewalls dividing our property from our neighbors and the road. Anyway, this time, the neighbors dog didn't take too kindly to Frodo guarding his home, and jumped the fence onto our property and came at Frodo. Frodo fought back, and I had to sprint and tackle the dogs apart. Her dogs face was bleeding, and Frodos shoulder was also. We sort of just went our separate ways.

My mom and I didn't think much of the incident until a few weeks ago Frodo stopped eating. We couldn't figure out why until we noticed that his shoulder was swollen. He was limping as well. We took him to the vets and they told us that it had become infected and full of puss.

I'll spare you the details of the operation, but suffice it to say that the fluid was drained. We thought it was over, but in a few days it had swollen back up. We had it drained again, and again today it was swollen, only this time by a dramatic amount. Frodo now does not walk on that leg because of the pain. We took him to the vets to have it be drained again, but the veterinarians that were there today were unfamiliar with the situation, and diagnosed it as a pulled muscle, which is is clearly not. Despite my and my mothers desperate attempts to tell them that we know what the problem is, we just need them to drain it again, they insisted we were mistaken, and sent him home with a prescription for pills that reduce inflammation. He unfortunately, is too smart and will not take pills. No matter what. We've tried everything to get him to take his antibiotics but he just won't. And now he's hardly eating anymore. My mom had to hand feed him fried eggs tonight because he wouldn't eat anything else. I don't mean hand feed with like, a fork or anything. She cut the eggs into tiny pieces and held them out in her hand one by one until he ate all of them.

We don't know how much longer he has. We don't know if he'll just pass in the night or if we'll have to put him down soon. We can't keep paying the vets to drain him, because we don't have that kind of money. He's an old dog. 12 years old. Maybe it's just getting to be time.

Tl;dr: My old dog is dying because of an infection from a wound sustained by a neighbors dog attacking him.

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pls, i dont want feels

Terribly sorry to hear that. At least you had seven good years with him, no? My dog is getting old too.

Remember all the good times. I'm sure the years you've had him the best of his life.

:c

Feels

Eat him before the Chinese do it.

In all honesty I feel bad for you. Losing a friend is never easy.