[danniko]

We will likely still go to the dog park when Sophie is ready to go - she didn't do that well in the store tonight with the other dog that was there but she was happier to see people than she was before - odd little dog.

If we avoided dog parks until we could afford emergency vet appointments, our dog would never go anywhere. We will likely never have a lot of spare money...we are trying to save money to buy a house soon so we no longer live between my parents' house and his parents' house and we are hoping to start a human family when we are able to move out.

Obviously, if it was an extreme emergency, we have the money to pay for whatever she needs...it would just use a fair chunk of our savings - which is hard to build back up because we live off of one income at the moment...but I would never let her suffer.

I am not trying to sound rude but I just don't like being made to feel like since I don't have thousands of extra dollars to spend in case of an emergency that I should make her spend the rest of her life alone and basically inside. I do the best I can for her and by saying that I should avoid dog parks until I can afford immediate vet care makes me feel like I have no business having her because if I can't afford it then I shouldn't have her because her quality of life will suffer if I try to avoid all situations that could end in disaster.

On that note, she is probably going back to the vet anyway in the morning.