My condolences...awful to hear this.

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Thank you.

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Sorry Badrogue, hate to hear that.


I come at this from the opposite angle. When my Lionel died last December, I didn't take him to urgent care. My guy was having seizures and I waited through the night so I could bring him to our vet instead. Years earlier my brother's dog died on the operating table at urgent care and I didn't want my dog to go through that, wanted to get him somewhere I trusted. My dog ended up dying in the parking lot at the vet's and to this day I am still consumed with guilt over if I could've done something differently that would've saved him. My vet said it wouldn't have made a difference and in the end I probably did save him a lot of needless suffering and anxiety, but here I am 9 months later and not a day goes by that I don't think about it several times and feel awful about that night.

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Sorry Spaulding. It’s always tough.

That's tough shakes. The end result would have been the end result eventually. Maybe Lionel got another couple of weeks, or couple of days, but he was going down regardless. Maybe one of those seizure's caused brain damage and even if you "saved" him, he wouldn't have been the same. All you can do is handle the situation as best you can in the moment. It sucks, but I wouldn't blame yourself for what happened. You gave the guy the best life you could for MANY years. That's all any of us pet owners can do.

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the wife and I agreed to hard 800 dollar limit for our golden. We've seen other people's experiences...

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Sorry to hear, Spaulding.

Doesn't feel like dog ownership was really a fit for the COF family budget.

Absolutely. Spoiler alert: if your pet is old to begin with, whatever you spend probably isn’t going to extend their life in any significant way. It sucks, but we’ve all seen it multiple times.

It's easy to say $800 is the limit until your living a situation that may require more. If your wife changes her mind or there are kids involved you'll spend a lot more than that.



It's for you or your wife and kids. You know that it may not make them live years or months but you're willing to pay to try to keep them around a little bit longer. Same reason why we pay ridiculous amounts to extend the lives of our human family.

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An $800 limit on vet expenses?

You shouldn’t own a pet.

Ever.

Maybe a goldfish.

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Yeah, let them die in a shelter instead!

Spending $1000 on a 12 year old dog is different than spending $800 on a puppy with health issues. I would hope there is some common sense being used, and not just adding up receipts to see what the running total is.

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MANY other options available.

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pets die it is what it is

Poor people shouldn’t own pets then?

Poor of character or poor of $$$?

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Just like with people, there's a limit to what can be done and how much is too much.

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What if the dog is a racist?

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Whatever money you're willing to spend on an animal, there's going to be someone with more money than you have that thinks you're poor of character for not spending more.

we spent over $800 the first 4 months of having Lily and that is with insurance.

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Dogs aren’t born racist.

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While this is true, $800 gives you basically no breathing room for anything remotely significant to go wrong.

Medicaid For All Pets. #FeelTheBern

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

If you live in IL, I can see how you have to decide between pet health and property tax payments.

I sympathize.

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Hahaha just caught this. Yes 12 year old girls are known for their stoicism when faced with adversity.

The insurance is crap. Is my dog's future mate having health issues?

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That sucks

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