When is the right time?    
    A huge boulder me on your mind, the 
 our dog Balu, who is almost 12 years old, and the 
 probably a lot of years going for a Berner, 
 it increasingly worse. Certainly we have 
 
 already noticed in the last 1 1 / 2 years, 
 is that he is no longer so young, agile, dynamic, fresh. 
 
 But he was fine, he ate was, like us, and love to 
 took part in our family life. 
 
 Even when he had to take heart from the spring then tablets, 
'm not really mind that he must go soon. 
 
 In autumn, our bear was still bearish, slow and sluggish. 
 But that takes to get there, even our bones will not do the moisture well. 
 
 His appetite was always looking for more, and our bear lost weight more and more, even though we set before him all sorts of goodies. 
 6 weeks ago it started that he was our stairs only very poorly run up and down, and one is also noted when going for a walk, it is difficult for him. 
 
 But he always wanted to. 
 Our vet gave him finally an anti-inflammatory and analgesic 
 powder. 
 
 felt a sudden, our big bear young again, alas, only for a few days. 
 
 went in the last 6 weeks, ever more rapidly abwärst with him. 
 Our vet told us, of course, that we 
 him the pain in the joints only a little more bearable Can not do but heal. 
 the meantime, our up big but not alone, which is also due to 
 that we mainly have in our home floor and tiles. 
 But also because, and we know of today, a rapidly growing 
 prostate tumor pressing on his nerves and his back legs no longer really in control. 
 
 Now we must decide when we can put an end to his life. 
 I could cry to me, no one can make the decision?