I think Glacier summed it up pretty well. I paid $900 when Mercedes ate mushrooms growing in the yard and got deathly ill..the vet didnt know what was wrong with her and treated her for several different things until we finally found out what the problem was. She stayed several nights at the vet with an IV, antibiotics, special food, etc. We had no idea at the time how high the bill would go but I was going to do whatever it took to save her..but had it been something like cancer that we knew she would not recover from...then I think I would have made the decision to help her to RB..and ultimately she has gone on now...one year this month, but from age and dementia, and a multitude of other problems that came up all of a sudden and the vet felt like she was in agony both in body and mind. Wow, what a tough decision...

People who are not "true pet parents" just don't get it and never will..They just think differently than we do