For those of you who have been following along with Gary's story, you know that from the time I have pretty much had him he has shown all the signs of HD and that he became painful at 6 months, and was officially diagnosed with HD at 8 month. Because of my boyfriend's and my financial situation (in the middle of buying a condo, yay!) we were not able to deal with a dog who was going to end up needing surgery in order to stay comfortable. We were prepared to let him live out a life on supplements and pain control, but realized that it is not a cure for his situation. His hips are pretty bad and will require surgery if he is to have a quality of life.
My boyfriend's parents who love Gary have decided to adopt him from us. They are in a better financial situation and have already schedule Gary an appointment with an orthopedic specialist for him on the 19th! They want Gary to get the surgery that he needs
! This weekend they borrowed him to help get him used to living with them (they have a cabin up in the mountains that they have converted into their house which they are going to retire at) since they have goats, chickens, guinea hens, much larger yard, etc... So my dog is going off to live at a farm pretty much and is destined to get a new hip, or something to relieve his pain.
It has been quiet here, and I find that I often turn my head to try to see what he is doing. I am so used to having to keep an eye on him all the time that it's weird not having anything to take care of now...but I know that what we are doing is probably for the best. Otherwise it would be to keep him on pain meds, give him to an adoption agency who will fund raise for his surgery, or to put him to sleep.
I will update when we hear how his specialist appointment goes.