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Originally Posted by beecee  |
Actually, that story is different. This person asks for the dog to be euthanized, because he didn't want to pay for treatment. The vet turned the dog over to a rescue, which paid for treatment and the rescue found the dog a new home. When the new owner contacted the microchip company to switch the microchip into her name, they contacted the old owner. At least, the old owner allowed the new owner to keep the dog.
This is actually a huge problem; people don’t want to pay for treatment and if the bill is more than what a new puppy would cost, they just say, put it to sleep, but many vets have a heart and know the dog would live. Can’t blame the vet, they have to run a business and pay their rent and staff, they can’t work for free; people would take advantage of them. I member here told a story about visiting her vet and overhearing a couple tell the vet to put to sleep a healthy lab, who had been hit by a car and only suffered a broken leg, they would pay to have it set, so they said put it to sleep. Many people think they “own” the pet so they should have a right to kill it, but I’m glad there are vets out there who know that this isn’t right.