Just watched a movie yesterday, "5 Flight's Up" starring Morgan Freeman.
So so of a a movie, and too PC for my taste.
But, in the movie, for this NYC couple, there much older 12 year old dog ruptures a disk. $1000 to do a CAT Scan, then when they get the diagnosis it is $10,000 for the surgery! $11,000 total.
Now, I am sorry to say this, but unless you are extremely rich, I cannot see paying $10,000. No freaking way would pay that much. Now, if it was my parents, well of course that is different, they are humans, I would pay no matter what the cost to prolong their life. But a dog is a dog -even though they are a great companion, friend, worker, protector - we still sometimes have to sit back and put things in perspective and say it is a "dog".
I am sorry to say, that if that came down for Mr. Hank, as much as I like him, he is going to have to be put down. Not spending $10,000 on Hank. Dogs live in the here and now.
It gets to a point I think where one has to weight the financial and be realistic. I know for example a friends of mine's Mother, had an older dog (a beagle) that was blind, deaf, could hardly move- yet she was prolonging it's life and spending several thousand a year (which she did not really have). I wonder too, how many times some Vets are leading others to prolong this, for their financial advantage. When the responsible thing, for both the dog and the owner, would be to put the dog to it's final sleep. And then look at getting a replacement puppy or younger rescue dog.
I now people and families become very attached, but there is a line. I know my brother has basically said with his dog (Short haired pointer), if it cost more than $2,000 - then that is the end.
So so of a a movie, and too PC for my taste.
But, in the movie, for this NYC couple, there much older 12 year old dog ruptures a disk. $1000 to do a CAT Scan, then when they get the diagnosis it is $10,000 for the surgery! $11,000 total.
Now, I am sorry to say this, but unless you are extremely rich, I cannot see paying $10,000. No freaking way would pay that much. Now, if it was my parents, well of course that is different, they are humans, I would pay no matter what the cost to prolong their life. But a dog is a dog -even though they are a great companion, friend, worker, protector - we still sometimes have to sit back and put things in perspective and say it is a "dog".
I am sorry to say, that if that came down for Mr. Hank, as much as I like him, he is going to have to be put down. Not spending $10,000 on Hank. Dogs live in the here and now.
It gets to a point I think where one has to weight the financial and be realistic. I know for example a friends of mine's Mother, had an older dog (a beagle) that was blind, deaf, could hardly move- yet she was prolonging it's life and spending several thousand a year (which she did not really have). I wonder too, how many times some Vets are leading others to prolong this, for their financial advantage. When the responsible thing, for both the dog and the owner, would be to put the dog to it's final sleep. And then look at getting a replacement puppy or younger rescue dog.
I now people and families become very attached, but there is a line. I know my brother has basically said with his dog (Short haired pointer), if it cost more than $2,000 - then that is the end.