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cinnamonmon · 09-10-2008, 07:02 PM

I have 3 dogs...as Ive posted before, not willingly...the third I inherited when my son and his fiance couldnt keep her (thats my Yorkie). She has been the most costly as she has bad allergies for one and a very sensitve digestive system for another. She has reverse sneezing and before I knew what that was it cost me two er visits. My other two dogs are older, 9 and 7 and have been always been pretty healthy but as they age, they are starting to have issues also. The Yorkie mix has a collapsed trachea which acts up every now and then and the Maltese is starting to have all kinds of age related issues. The last two weeks alone, I spend $90 for a routine visit for severe itching for the Yorkie, then $50 again for the Yorkie this week as she has started peeing in her sleep (on my bed), then $184 last night at the er vet. The Maltese woke up in the middle of the night, clearly distressed and having trouble breathing...once we got there she seemed better but the vet still xrayed her and gave her meds. She couldnt find anything wrong. I am just frustrated...I adore my dogs...I make a decent salary and treat my dogs well but I do have other things I need to spend my money on.

I am lucky enough that the er vet is only 7 minutes away so maybe I go there more quickly than I would if they were farther away. Almost everytime Ive gone, it was something they couldnt really diagnose and was gone by the time we got there, or was something minor that would have gone away on its own, or could have waited till the next day to see the regular vet. (vomiting or diarrhea, coughing, bloody stool, ) The thing is when my dogs are in pain or distress my tendency is to get them help
Even the regular vet visits half the time seem to be a waste. Sometimes I think I could have diagnosed them myself if I had access to the medications. I know there are no easy answers but how do other people manage this. I can afford normal care and the occasional emergency but lately they are bleeding me dry.

09-10-2008, 07:02 PM	#1
cinnamonmon Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: cincinnati Posts: 194	One of my dogs is always sick...I am going broke taking care of them I have 3 dogs...as Ive posted before, not willingly...the third I inherited when my son and his fiance couldnt keep her (thats my Yorkie). She has been the most costly as she has bad allergies for one and a very sensitve digestive system for another. She has reverse sneezing and before I knew what that was it cost me two er visits. My other two dogs are older, 9 and 7 and have been always been pretty healthy but as they age, they are starting to have issues also. The Yorkie mix has a collapsed trachea which acts up every now and then and the Maltese is starting to have all kinds of age related issues. The last two weeks alone, I spend $90 for a routine visit for severe itching for the Yorkie, then $50 again for the Yorkie this week as she has started peeing in her sleep (on my bed), then $184 last night at the er vet. The Maltese woke up in the middle of the night, clearly distressed and having trouble breathing...once we got there she seemed better but the vet still xrayed her and gave her meds. She couldnt find anything wrong. I am just frustrated...I adore my dogs...I make a decent salary and treat my dogs well but I do have other things I need to spend my money on. I am lucky enough that the er vet is only 7 minutes away so maybe I go there more quickly than I would if they were farther away. Almost everytime Ive gone, it was something they couldnt really diagnose and was gone by the time we got there, or was something minor that would have gone away on its own, or could have waited till the next day to see the regular vet. (vomiting or diarrhea, coughing, bloody stool, ) The thing is when my dogs are in pain or distress my tendency is to get them help Even the regular vet visits half the time seem to be a waste. Sometimes I think I could have diagnosed them myself if I had access to the medications. I know there are no easy answers but how do other people manage this. I can afford normal care and the occasional emergency but lately they are bleeding me dry.