Putting him down was not a choice. Although Sammy was still a young puppy, my daughter had grown attached to him, plus the surgery was low risk with little chance of negative side effects.
If this had been a case of him needing a procedure that was a high risk, had serious negative side effects or was unaffordable, I'm afraid he would be out of luck. Duane -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:10 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: new question about our puppy I cringe at those numbers, but I know i'd do the same thing. I'm such a sucker for the unconditional joy dogs bring...i'd bankrupt myself to keep em happy and healthy....wouldn't even be a question. On 10/12/06, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, we'll give that a try! We can't give him any of the usual things, > like greenies and dental treats because he is a gulper and swallow > everything without chewing properly. > > I should have mentioned that has all occurred in the 2.5 years we've had > Sammy. The broken knee at 6 months was the worst. A friend of our > daughter's > was holding him and dropped him. > > -----Original Message----- > From: DRE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: new question about our puppy > > Duane, > Thats some cash! > > Give your dog soup bones(cow leg bones chopped up with a bandsaw) 3x a > week > and you can kiss the dental cleaning fee goodbye. > > For my dogs, its worked much better than anything else including > toothbrushing and greenies to keep that tartar away. They are 2.5$ for 6 > or > so at my local supermarket- pretty cheap. > > DRE > > On 10/10/06, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I wish I had done that with our terrier, Samson. Sammy is now officially > > known as Sammy Money Pit. To date: > > > > $600 for breeder > > $150 for obedience lessons > > $1500 for veterinary orthopedic surgeon to repair broken knee > > $250 to find out we needed a veterinary orthopedic surgeon > > $325 for dental cleaning > > $225 for skin infection on his belly and antibiotics > > $205 for eye infection and antibiotics (today) > > > > This doesn't include is regular prescriptions for heart worm and fleas. > > > > Today's appointment incidentally revealed that Sammy has a minor heart > > murmur. Yay, more money for meds and vet bills, if it gets any worse. > Any > > one interested in a slightly used, almost good as new cairn terrier? > > > > Duane > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:07 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: new question about our puppy > > > > So I was looking at a few books and reading online about the various > > shots and vet visits, etc.. > > I saw a link to a pet insurance website, www.petinsurance.com. Do you > > pet owners think this is a good idea? Getting insurance for your pet > > and can you recommend an insurance company/website if you have or had > > their service? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217417 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
