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My mother's dog is an older fellow who has now skipped three meals. He's an old man-dog (16+) and I suspect she needs to be preparing herself to say goodbye to him. I've brought him chicken, hot dogs, cheerios softened with beef broth in attempts to encourage him to eat but on the chicken was tempting enough for a single nibble. He laid down this morning and just doesn't seem to have it in him to get up again. When I saw him earlier, I helped her slide a sheet under him so we could stretcher carry him over to his bed instead of the floor so he would be more comfortable, and he didn't even flail at that the way I would have expected him to. I don't assume anything I can get in him is going to be a long term situation, but I was hoping y'all might have a suggestion or three on something for me to try and feed him to help keep him comfortable and nourished until he gets to the vet. He is technically a long-term foster dog, so my mother is forced to rely on the woman she's fostering for for the vet appointments, but I'll be calling the woman from the rescue group in the morning, hoping to convince her to let me take him into a vet tomorrow instead of making him wait several days. She had thought/hoped it was arthritis that had him down, but after seeing him today I am going to do my best to talk her into getting him looked at as soon as she'll let him. A photo of a comfortable snooze from last year as thanks. 
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