is your wife trying to convince you to put down the dog? or are you thinking of putting down the dog for your wife's sake? sounds like an insane compromise to me
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is your wife trying to convince you to put down the dog? or are you thinking of putting down the dog for your wife's sake? sounds like an insane compromise to me
We are facing cataract surgery for both eyes for our 12 year old Labradoodle who also has another eye issue which makes him partially blind. We have spent thousands on other pets and he cost $3,000 when we purchased him from an Australian kennel. I'm thinking we should not spend $5,000 which is the going rate in IL for both eyes
We are making a big assumption here. Are we sure that the OP is a male and the wife is a female?
can we get our pronouns in order here, before we go and offer advice?
Ass of you and me wrote:
We are making a big assumption here. Are we sure that the OP is a male and the wife is a female?
can we get our pronouns in order here, before we go and offer advice?
Guy says he is a married man. We can safely assume that his wife is a woman, right?
You're overthinking this.
ados wrote:
is your wife trying to convince you to put down the dog? or are you thinking of putting down the dog for your wife's sake? sounds like an insane compromise to me
This thread is 10 years old, the dog is already dead.
florida wrote:
Ok, so I am a married man. I brought in to the marriage a dog and have had this dog for almost 9 years now. She has always been pretty healthy and I have not had to spend much money on her over the past 9 years. My wife of 8 months is def not an animal lover like I am. My dog has had some sickness and just recently developed cataracts. We spent about 1,000 getting tests done on her to try and eliminate some things she might have. Cataracts will cost me about 1,500 to get fixed via a vet friends discount. My dog is just under 9 years old and still acts like a puppy since she is only 4 pounds. My questions is, who would spend money on their dog and how much to keep them healthy? I think she still has 5-7 years of life left if not more?
I did and don't regret it.
They say that dogs are not phased by blindness. I found out otherwise.
My dog was miserable. I paid for cataract removal as I had the money. I'd do it again.
If you want to see how happy a blind dog can be when he can see his owner again, look at this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og1nMDl1K7gYou dog owners are complete psychos.
“Unconditional love”?
They only act that way because you losers feed them. Stop feeding them and see how unconditional that love is.
Dogs are not family. They are ugly mutant rodents and you losers spend thousands of $$$ for some useless monster’ s medical bills?
Dear Lord. Get a life. You only get dogs because you have boring lives. Go travel or volunteer your time if life is so mundane that you need to go buy some smelly needy beast.????
Just a reminder to people that you should spend the 30-50 dollars a month on pet insurance so you don't have decide between spending 8 grand on a surgery or putting your dog down.
Wtf? I would absolutely spend thousands on my dogs. $2500 no probs. 9 is not very old for a small dog.
Maybe get rid of the wife?
I spend a lot on my pets, I love them so much! I use only the best stores with food and supplies like Pet Express from https://www.worldpetexpress.net/ for example. You should not save money on your pets, they deserve all the best!
We've spent thousands on our old cat (male) that i;m not even that fond of. For my sweet little dog, i wouldn't hesitate to spend a fortune. She is such a trusting, dear little soul, i couldn't imagine an amount i wouldn't gladly spend to keep her healthy and happy.
When I met him, my husband had 2 Golden Doodles. One of them needed her MCL repaired and he paid $7000 for that surgery!
One of my cats got a gall stone about 3 years ago. I spent what to some would be a ridiculous amount of money (the surgery was $4000, and the associated costs of ICU care, repeated ultrasounds, and bloodwork bumped the costs up even more. No regrets - it was worth it.
[I also skipped my goal marathon since her surgery was the Friday before the race - to some of you that might be even more shocking.]
I think spending this type of money on a surgery with a good prognosis is the right choice - it's the choice I would make, personally. With my own beasties, I always start with the question: "what is in the best interest of the animal" and then evaluate the finances AFTER I've answered that first question.