Would you spend $2500 on your dog? (Good Update Pg. 3)

[skuttle]

That's great news!

 

[Tuffcookie]

MosMom, I will say puppy prayers that things will work out in the end. (Pun intended! )

TC

 

[IMISSDISNEY]

I have spent several hundred dollars on each of my dogs at times for vet bills and never thought twice. My mom and dad had a white german shepherd named Lottie and at 1 1/2 years old they had her hips replaced at a cost of over 6500.00 . Then about a year ago Lottie got sick and the vet could not figure out what was wrong with her. My mom and dad paid over 3000.00 for tests, medicine, and boarding . Lottie got so weak she could not hold herself up and the doctors said the tests results looked like bone cancer and at approx. 4 years old Lottie was put to sleep. My mom and dad were heart broken and still cry about it today. Looking back they would not change a thing. They know spending all that money was worth it , for the few years they had her Lottie was a good freind.

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

I would and have spent in excess of over $ 3,000 dollars on my dog, when she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I guess some people can, but I could never sleep at night knowing I didn't do all I could for my dog, if it was sick. I put the bill on a low interest credit card and made payments, because we also don't have an extra few grand lying around. Good Luck with your dog and I hope all works out for you and her.

 

[alliecats]

I always say I'd get a second job if I had to for my fur-bearing girls. One kitty has inflammatory bowel disease and has to eat prescription food and take prednisone. I have been giving her a pill every night for about 7 years. She is my child and I would do whatever she needed. That is why God made credit cards! Good luck with your baby whatever you decide you can do. Sounds like you might not have to make the decision at all!

Slo, your story was so sad You have a big heart and Sampson was so lucky to have you!!

 

[catsrule]

Thanks for the update, I was wondering how he was doing.

 

[elgerber]

I am wondering if there has been an update on the puppy???? I was hoping it resolved itself and he's ok??


I had posted earlier in this thread that I would spend it, and as it happens, I may find myself in this situation now. The differenc is, is that my dog is 11 years old, so it's also a tough call. We'll have to see what they say when we pick him up this afternoon.

Erika

 

[Aimeedyan]

I would also like to see an update!

I read this thread before I adopted Harley, and Harley wasn't with us long before he was rushed to the animal hospital and put into intensive care for 2 days. i had only had that puppy for 2 days before he got ill, but through my tears at that hospital, I told them to do whatever they had to do and handed them my credit card.

Maybe its poor money management, but I didn't care at the time... he is a life, and he deserved the care that I knew I could get him. Ended up he really didn't have too big of a problem, but it was still pricey for us (starving students). There was no way I could say no to care over a few hundred dollars.

So yeah, if I spend $500 easy on a puppy I had for 2 days, then I would def fork out $2500 for a dog that had been with us for years... they are apart of our families, and desire what we can get them.

Hope your doggie is doing better =)

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Would I? Yes. I'd empty out my savings, take out a loan, max out a credit card if I had to and if there was a good chance that by doing so Monty Dog would live to see another day.

Hopefully it will never come to that. We have an emergency fund for just in case that we don't touch and it's there for emergencies. I'd consider Monty needing medical attention an emergency worth using it for.

 

[goin2disneyagain]

Oh I would spend whatever it costs to help my dog in a heartbeat. His life is precious too.

 

[arminnie]

I just spent $965 to have my 12 year old dog's infected ear operated on and we still have to do the other one. He's been on antibiotics - external and internal- for almost a year and it finally required surgery.

Cody is the sweetest dog in the world. I did not want him to spend his last years in pain.

 

[elgerber]

I don't want to hijack the OPs thread here (too late I guess since I'm the one who brought it back to life), but in our case, the dog is 11 and most likely spending all that amount of money may not do any good. It appears he either has epilepsy or a brain tumor, causing nasty seizures. The only way to find out if it's the latter is a cat scan or MRI and the university, and if it is, treatment may or may not work, especially at his age. He is a 3rd child to us (the other two are human LOL) and it's been a very long day. We will pick him up in an hour and see what the vet says. I don't want to sound cold, as we have spent a ton of money on other pets in the past, although they were younger and had a better chance. This is very very hard.

To keep it on the OP's topic, if he were a puppy or really young dog I would do it in a heartbeat, especially since I believe her situation was fairly easy to correct (although pricey).

Erika

 

[Galahad]

A lot of folks would think nothing of spending that kind of money on a trip to Disney. So deciding to spend it on your companion, whether a dog or a cat or what have you, doesn't seem too outlandish to me.

 

[MosMom]

I had posted an update but I realize that it never really did finish the story. She ended up being fine and it passed. It still cost us around $900 in the end even without surgery.

I'm sorry your pup is ill now Erika. I hope the vet has good news for you and it is something that can be somewhat easily fixed.

 

[elgerber]

Originally posted by MosMom
I had posted an update but I realize that it never really did finish the story. She ended up being fine and it passed. It still cost us around $900 in the end even without surgery.

I'm sorry your pup is ill now Erika. I hope the vet has good news for you and it is something that can be somewhat easily fixed.

Thank you. I'm so glad she didn't need surgery!!!!

Erika

 

[Catzeyes]

We spent that exact amount once on one of our cats. She got some kind of liver problem and was at the vets for close to a month. I would do it all over again if I had too. I am glad your pup is doing better.

 

[Cindy B]

Originally posted by arminnie
I just spent $965 to have my 12 year old dog's infected ear operated on and we still have to do the other one. He's been on antibiotics - external and internal- for almost a year and it finally required surgery.

Cody is the sweetest dog in the world. I did not want him to spend his last years in pain.

Small world, I have a dog named Cody too. And she just turned 13!

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Originally posted by elgerber
I don't want to hijack the OPs thread here (too late I guess since I'm the one who brought it back to life), but in our case, the dog is 11 and most likely spending all that amount of money may not do any good. It appears he either has epilepsy or a brain tumor, causing nasty seizures. The only way to find out if it's the latter is a cat scan or MRI and the university, and if it is, treatment may or may not work, especially at his age. He is a 3rd child to us (the other two are human LOL) and it's been a very long day. We will pick him up in an hour and see what the vet says. I don't want to sound cold, as we have spent a ton of money on other pets in the past, although they were younger and had a better chance. This is very very hard.

To keep it on the OP's topic, if he were a puppy or really young dog I would do it in a heartbeat, especially since I believe her situation was fairly easy to correct (although pricey).

Erika

I had a ferret once who had already been through a lot of horrible stuff (abuse, neglect and medical procedures) and when in his old age I realized he was not going to make it, I opted not to have surgery because the odds he'd survive the surgery were not good. I don't think when a pet is ill it is about the money. Moreso about what their chances are for survival and if it is really worth it just to have them prolong their suffering.

Apollo Mac (the ferret) died peacefully in his sleep on Dec 7th 2002. He was 9.5 years old.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Good news, Bridget!!!!

 

[marymrg]

I'm glad your doggie is doing better!

Several years ago, I had to make a similar decision when our dog had a twisted stomach. By the time I got him to the emergency vet, he was slipping in and out of consciousness. I think he had even stopped breathing a few times on the ride there. The vet said that it might already be too late but they would need to do the surgery to determine it. They said it would be a minimum of $2500. When the dog started having a seizure, I said no...........let him go. It was the hardest decision to make but at the time and circumstance, I believe it was the best one. It was made worse by the fact that we just had our cat put down the day before due to complications of kidney disease after trying for several months to nurse him back to health. (and around $700 of vet bills)

The bottom line is, we all try to make the best decisions possible at the time based on all of the medical, emotional and financial considerations.