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- yurimon0
^ that is why I love what I call functional dogs... small cute dogs are ok but in the end they lack the utility of more trained dogs. such as hunting, etc. Dogs that help in survival situations can feed there own way. Doesnt work in the city however unless your dog can catch squirrels and you are ok eating city squirrels. working dogs is where it is in country survival.
- elahon0
We dropped about a grand into our 15 year old cat Simba about 6 months ago in hopes that we'd get another 2 years or so with him. He had an enlarged thyroid and had dropped a considerable amount of weight, was racing around the house at night, yowling, etc. The doc said that for a cat his age, that wasn't quite normal. So we went ahead and he removed one of his thyroid glands, and was well. Now Simba is back at it, he's lost some more weight, racing, yowling, etc.
Right now, though, we don't have the money on hand to have another huge vet bill, so I'm putting off taking him in. Sucks so bad. My 5 year old son LOVES this cat. =(
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- cruddlebub0
we bought this guy home 4 weeks ago! hes a beaut!
- Just got a little black and white Frenchie too. Fun dog!aslip
- yeah, he's a great laugh, just had his second injections and has been chipped today! 1 week till walkies!cruddlebub
- newuser0
Why don't they live longer?
- Weak creatures. Evolution didnt treat them too well.CygnusZero4
- 7 though? They're so big.newuser
- << not evolution... human breeding.sine
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- ohhhhhsnap0
not a dog owner but mantrakid your story kinda made my day..\
one thing that a friend of mine and his wifey did was use a gofundme for their pup. you'd be surprised who'd give $$$ for a dog they've met or just folks who want to see YOU happy will give. of course it's another thing to ask friends for money but...
glad it's doing well!
bravo!
- jtb260
I spent 3k on my cat. Though he was two and it essentially guaranteed a full life span.
Quality of life post surgery would be my biggest concern. I wouldn't want them to live in any kind of pain.
- monkeyshine0
best news all day! Congrats and good for you not giving up on her.
- sarahfailin0
They wanted to hospitalize my cat with a catheter for a bladder blockage for 3 days and said it would cost $1500. I asked if they could remove the blockage without the hospitalization and they said sure but it was more 'risky.'
They did it. It cost $300, and my cat was fine.
- sarahfailin0
Personally I wouldn't spend more than $1000 tops for any pet. Pets are just animals. You will love almost any pet as much as any other because that's the nature of human/pet relationships.
Of course there are some really exceptional pets. But is yours really one of them? Think: Maru, Grumpycat, Shadow from Homeward Bound.
- do you own a pet? one that you love like a child?cruddlebub
- i own a pet, but i love it like a pet, not like a childsarahfailin
- mantrakid0
I meant to write 'pet owners only', my bad. Wasnt thinking straight. ;)
- utopian0
120k w/benefits
- JG_LB0
- don't mean to be insensitive but reminded me of this: http://blogs.telegra…JG_LB
- btw i've had two of my dogs die in front of me as a kidJG_LB
- evil10
I met by best friend when I bought a 5 year old Chow Chow from an ad in the paper. The reason the owners were selling was because he hated cats (so they said). One week later I found out he had a rare disease. I spent $1500 I didn't have at the time to keep him alive. He ended up living to to be 18. Best money I ever spent.
- melq0
It would seem that when the costs become extremely high, that's due to the treatment being something pretty intense. The question then becomes, "Do I want to put my dog through that," instead of, "How much am I willing to spend?"
- monkeyshine0
Depends on quality of life for my dog. What type of surgery? Will it make a difference and how long is healing time? Personally, my decision would revolve around that, not money.
- CygnusZero40
7 years old isnt that old. If you have the money its probably worth it. Once animals get up in that 10-15 range, I couldnt see spending thousands on them.
- hereswhatidid0
get a second opinion as well. Vets, specifically cat and dog only vets vary widely in their pricing. Also, most of the time you can negotiate the price down as they will typically include a lot of procedures that aren't truly necessary.
I have a boston terrior that split a femur jumping off the deck. The first place I went to said the only option was a $2,000-$3,000 surgery. Told him no way would I pay that for an 8 year old, he immediately countered with, "Well, we could try a splint. That's around $400." So we did the splint and he's just fine now and we've changed to a more reasonably priced vet clinic.
- Yeah we're coming out of a small town, so options are limited.. gotta take a ferry & 6 hour drive just to get to surgerymantrakid
- Ouch!hereswhatidid