I would pay any amount needed.

or we'd be dipping into his trust fund, which is supposed to be for his disability. . . but id say being dogless is a disability:aimeeyork :) :aimeeyork

Evil question! It makes us confront our fears! LOL.

I checked $2,000 to $5,000 because I don't think I'd blink spending that if either one of mine had a need for essential surgery. Spending more than that on 10-year-old Jack would depend on the prognosis for recovery and his current health. With 2-year-old Eddie, I'm afraid, I'd take out a second mortgage if I had confidence the surgery would make a profound difference in his life.

I will say this: Before I got Yorkies, I would probably have left it in fate's hands after about $1,000.

It all depends on the situation. We love our kids dearly, but it boils down to: Is it a good long term prognosis? Or will the the quality of their life be affected greatly?

I went through this with my female Rottie a few years ago. She was 11 and had started regurgitating anything that she tried to get down. So my Father decided to spend over $5000 to keep her at OSU-VET Tech. Over the course of a month, we would make special trips to see her and it was just heart breaking. She was emaciated, from 140lbs to under 100lbs, depressed, she couldn't eat other than through a tube in her neck, and then couldn't keep anything in, and her only fluids were from an i.v. He finally relented and took her home, she lived for 2 weeks and passed. My point is, her last few months on earth were hell. I don't want to see something I love miserable. He just didn't get it, he wanted her fixed. If it came down to it and they could live a normal, painfree life, yes I would save them. But if I'm just prolonging the pain, no, I will make the descision to put them down.

Ok now I'm going to hold my breath as the rock throwing comences.

I know this question is evil. I was just wondering though and it kind of gives you a perspective of what might happen and talking about it first gives you some kind of "readiness". I personally would give anything for my dogs but not my hubby so when IF (I am crossing my fingers it won't happen) it happens, there would be a major clash in between us. Of course I agree with LauraMichelle that it also depends if my baby would be totally fine again after whatever is done. I am the kind of person that cannot see my baby suffer. Sometimes, putting an end to a suffering is better than prolonging it and sometimes it takes a lot of love to do that.

My answer is based on an emergency that they would recover from and live a normal life. My answer would be different if they would live in pain or only a little longer. As hard as it can be, I believe if you love something you let them go to end their suffering.

I was just teasing about the "evil" part. But you're right, we tend to push that question to the back of our mind and it's good to confront it.

Couldnt even vote...........cant put a price on Ty's life.....we have only had him 3 weeks and I cant even think about the WHAT IF, but I am sure it would be a lot................we would have to pay for whatever he needed and some more for me for the meds I would be perscribed from a DR when I would have to go and tell him why I have turned into a mental case......Like I always say, I am so glad these boards are here because I am afarid that if anyone else knows how much I love this little dog they would think I was nuts and lock me up...........THANKS AGAIN all,,,,,,,,,,HAPPY FRIDAY

CHRISTINE:D

I said $2000-$5000, but really if it were more than that I would still pay it. I could never make a bad situation worse for my little guy because of money. So my real answer would be "whatever it takes."

:) i know you were teasing ;) i am up to it. cheers!

It would depend on the prognosis. If it was good, I would spend what it takes. If not good then I would put them down.

One has to be realistic.

I Do Whatever It Takes To. They Are My Life No Amount Of Money Would Stop Me Either.

We have already spent 5,000+ on our little Lola. We call her the dog with the bionic leg.:D

I agree with you. I went through this twice before. My shepherd, Jerry Lee his kidneys failed, he had kidney disease, he was 6 years old. Jerry Lee was sick his whole life with kidney disease. The emergency vet said we can start treatment on him and keep him for several days on IV's and meds and it may reverse some. I did it, spent thousands of dollars just to have to put him to sleep a few days later, he spent his last few days of life in a strange hospital hooked up to IV's and was miserable. Last Oct 1st I was faced with the same thing with my 16 year old yorkie, Sunshine at my vets office, he gave me the same options to transfer her to the university of Penn and start treatment. She will be there for several days and again it might not work. I knew she was an old girl and thought how much she would hate to be in a strange place, I remembered how my Jerry Lee looked and it wasnt good. I had given my Sunshine a wonderful long life. You just cant cure old age. I had to decide that it was her time, I had to take away her pain, you could see that morning she was sufferring and that sick little girl wasnt my Sunshine. I am so thankful it happened quickly and she didnt suffer long. 2 days before this happened she was running around my yard chasing the neighbors dog up and down the fence. She never looked or acted like a senior dog and Im so thankful for that.
Like you said it all depends on their quaility of life and the prognosis. As much as we hate to have to let them go, its not fair to keep them alive for us when they are in so much pain.
Other then knowing my dog is going to suffer and their quaility of life is gone, then money is no object when it comes to my babies.
When my Cash got sick I almost drove 3 states away for an emergency ultrasound. He got sick on Presidents day weekend and there was NO ONE around anywhere to do an ultrasound. After speaking with several vets, we decided to hold off until Monday unless he got worse. He had pancreatits and when an Xray was done there was a suspicious spot on him that they couldnt identify and they didnt know if this was what was causing him to vomit so much. It turned out to be a gas bubble from his sore distended belly.
So for my 29th birthday we spent it driving all over gods creation trying to find someone to do an emergency ultrasound that night. I was at the University of Penn and even there no one could do the ultrasound, that weekend

whatever it takes. i'm responsible for him and it's only money.