Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog View Post
I also agree with Caseysmom ... how many healthy dogs would $25,000 save? One has to think of that as well, if one truly loves animals.
Healthy dogs wouldn't need to be saved. I agree w/you, though, that if a person can afford it, $25,000 may seem like small change to them. However, I'd have to seriously consider whether or not the dog would be able to stand the treatment to stay alive for me. When my cat Yoda had an ear polyp, my vet covered all the options w/me, one of which might have been a bulaosteotomy which is essentially opening up the jaw if the polyp had grown down into that area, scraping it out and closing her back up. Risky surgery and the post op is worse than the surgery and very painful. I told him if it came to that, I wouldn't put her through it. It's possible that the polyp could grow back and she'd have to go through all that again. Plus the surgery is very expensive, at that time at least $5000 which I did not have, so that was a factor to consider as well. Do I go into more debt to finance this surgery and perhaps need to do it again later? I can assure you that I wasn't thinking that $5000 could be better spent on my healthy cats. It isn't all about money and we do need to consider whether or not the pet's quality of life will be improved markedly and permanently or if we'd be choosing the option that's easier on us.