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Hang the cost.
My descision to have a pet includes all the responsibilites that go with that descision.
A loving home - a well planned diet (with some naughty treats) - walks - play.
Regular visits for worm treatments - keeping on top of the flea & tick problems.
To say nothing of - bathing & grooming.
None of this is cheap - but she is totally worth it.
She is an investment - great company & good fun - as is any pet.
And she enjoys gardening.
She was a one in a million amazing girl. Right up until the week before she passed,she was bringing me her squeaky bone for a game and barking at butterflies in the backyard
@davidc4430wrote:so if you cant pay a vet bill thats say, in the thousands you shouldnt own a pet?
just where is the point where you would say, i just cant pay?
in my time ive had a dog who had 2 knee reconstructions and yes, a cat who was bitten by a brown snake and spent a week in a vets getting over it. so i'm not one who shirks my responsiblities re my mates.
id just like the reporter to tell us the price for this 'miracle'
According to the heading I thought this thread was about the miracle of saving a dog at the point of death yet you put miracle in quotes as though deriding it then keep going on about cost..
I think it was a wonderful feat of medicine performed and it was wonderful to read about.
.
Anyway i have decided to start another thread abt costs as
that interests me.too. 
@bright.ton42wrote:
@davidc4430wrote:so if you cant pay a vet bill thats say, in the thousands you shouldnt own a pet?
just where is the point where you would say, i just cant pay?
in my time ive had a dog who had 2 knee reconstructions and yes, a cat who was bitten by a brown snake and spent a week in a vets getting over it. so i'm not one who shirks my responsiblities re my mates.
id just like the reporter to tell us the price for this 'miracle'
According to the heading I thought this thread was about the miracle of saving a dog at the point of death yet you put miracle in quotes as though deriding it then keep going on about cost..I think it was a wonderful feat of medicine performed and it was wonderful to read about.
.
Anyway i have decided to start another thread abt costs as
that interests me.too.
and your first reply to this thread was:
What's the cost got to do with it for heaven's sake.
If that happened to my dogs I'd pay anything to bring it back as most dog lovers would.
nothing about it being a 'miracle' so cost has nothing to do with it.
as i wasnt there i dont know if it truly was a 'miracle' or just very good veternary work (and sheer luck)
i believe a story like this and ive seen quite a few is incomplete without the writer informing the reader what the bill was in order to perform the 'miracle'
who knows how many 'miracles' dont happen because when the vet says 'well we can try to do A, B or C, it might work but its going to cost you your house, and the owner says that too much 'i cant pay'
then the only option left is 'putting fluffy to sleep'
for me, cost is allways part of the cure with pets.
we also know there was a time when your money said how good your medical cover was in human life here in australia, still is if you live in many parts of the world.
hands up those who wish we had the system they have in the USA?
i am very glad the dog in this story had everything in his favour, an owner with money and was willing to 'pay what it cost', a vet who knew his stuff
