She signed to euthanize her dog last year. Now he’s up for adoption.

[Anonymous]

You are stupid if you get a pet and do not get pet insurance (or be sufficiently prepared to handle these large expenses). Point blank period.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like everyone messed up here.

[Anonymous]

I've fostered with Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.

It sounds as if the vets the owner consulted failed to diagnose the liver shunt.

This is not the owner's fault, nor the County's fault, nor LDCRF's fault.

What everyone should focus on is that this dog is alive and well! Even the owner recognizes that, despite being a victim too - deprived of her pet because of a misdiagnosis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've fostered with Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.

It sounds as if the vets the owner consulted failed to diagnose the liver shunt.

This is not the owner's fault, nor the County's fault, nor LDCRF's fault.

What everyone should focus on is that this dog is alive and well! Even the owner recognizes that, despite being a victim too - deprived of her pet because of a misdiagnosis.

I don't think anyone is faulting anyone, but some are arguing that the policy was unfair or that she shouldn't have the animal because she couldn't afford it. I, personally think that if she can pay back all the fees that the dog incurred she should get a change to readopt. But I don't think it should be for free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've fostered with Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.

It sounds as if the vets the owner consulted failed to diagnose the liver shunt.

This is not the owner's fault, nor the County's fault, nor LDCRF's fault.

What everyone should focus on is that this dog is alive and well! Even the owner recognizes that, despite being a victim too - deprived of her pet because of a misdiagnosis.

I don't think anyone is faulting anyone, but some are arguing that the policy was unfair or that she shouldn't have the animal because she couldn't afford it. I, personally think that if she can pay back all the fees that the dog incurred she should get a change to readopt. But I don't think it should be for free.

Some people are. And adoption is never free, PP. There is always a fee - even though it's never the thousands of dollars that animals actually cost the organizations. Rescues and foundations like LDCRF operate with grants and donations, and they charge an adoption fee to reduce their costs.
Since these are large operations operating primarily with volunteers like me who donate their time and labor, it would not be cost-effective to bend the rules and make exceptions. That would take our time away from helping more animals. In this case, the dog has found a family anyway. The owner can adopt another pet.

[Anonymous]

I think it is entirely possible that the first vet was knowingly pushing an unnecessary surgery.

I lost a lot of faith in vets when my beloved 10 year old cat got cancer. I ended up paying almost 10k for treatment/surgery, which caused her more trauma and suffering, only for the cancer to continue unabated and for her to be euthanized a month later. It's hard to believe the vet really believed that surgery was a good idea, but it was also easy to get me to shell out the 10k as I sobbed, desperate save my beloved pet. I used to have faith that vets would do the right thing for the animal, but now I'm not so sure.

[Anonymous]

It’s really cruel she used the shelter the out this pup to sleep instead of a vet where she could be there and comfort the dog. That’s enough for me to believe she shouldn’t get them back.

[Anonymous]

She made the dog into someone else's problem. There is no excusing the fact that she took a sick dog to the shelter to be euthanized, instead of doing it at her vet where she could be present to comfort the dog. It turned out to be a good thing, but she can't turn around and claim the dog that she dropped off at the shelter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s really cruel she used the shelter the out this pup to sleep instead of a vet where she could be there and comfort the dog. That’s enough for me to believe she shouldn’t get them back.

Not everyone can emotionally handle watching a euthanasia. Maybe she was required to return the dog to the shelter per an adoption contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is entirely possible that the first vet was knowingly pushing an unnecessary surgery.

I lost a lot of faith in vets when my beloved 10 year old cat got cancer. I ended up paying almost 10k for treatment/surgery, which caused her more trauma and suffering, only for the cancer to continue unabated and for her to be euthanized a month later. It's hard to believe the vet really believed that surgery was a good idea, but it was also easy to get me to shell out the 10k as I sobbed, desperate save my beloved pet. I used to have faith that vets would do the right thing for the animal, but now I'm not so sure.

I almost had the same experience. I brought my dog in for breathing difficulties and they ran a battery of tests without asking me first or letting me know what their findings were as they got results. At the end of the appointment I was handed a bunch of antibiotics and heart medication and the vet nonchalantly told me my dog had a large mass on her spleen. She didn’t eat or improve the next day and we did a tap of her lungs? to clear fluid which was all blood. They were going to send us home but I pushed them to tell me why this was happening (they weren’t saying the cause)while I was also googling symptoms in their office and came to the conclusion she had hemangiosarcoma. Vet admitted she probably did and would keep refilling with blood and could live maybe a few more days to weeks. I spent a few thousand that day instead of them stopping testing and treatment once they found the mass on her spleen and asking me what I wanted to do.

[Anonymous]

Paying $15 to drop your dog off to get euthanized is really terrible. They deserve better. If she was going to do it she should have done it at home or at least at a vet where she could stay with him in his final moments.
She sucks as a dog owner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s really cruel she used the shelter the out this pup to sleep instead of a vet where she could be there and comfort the dog. That’s enough for me to believe she shouldn’t get them back.

Not everyone can emotionally handle watching a euthanasia. Maybe she was required to return the dog to the shelter per an adoption contract.

It was a rescue dog from a group. There is no contract that says to return to a county shelter. BS on not being able to handle it, it’s hard but we do it. I’ve done it twice. My dogs have loved me unconditionally I owe it to them.

[Anonymous]

I really can’t respect people who drop their pets for others to euthanize - and I can guarantee that veterinarians, vet techs and shelter workers don’t respect that either.

This lady only had the dog a few months - the shelter and vet staff had a longer bond with the dog. The dog is fine with a new family and not traumatized by not being with a person who didn’t want to stay and hold its paw while it was dying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s really cruel she used the shelter the out this pup to sleep instead of a vet where she could be there and comfort the dog. That’s enough for me to believe she shouldn’t get them back.

Not everyone can emotionally handle watching a euthanasia. Maybe she was required to return the dog to the shelter per an adoption contract.

This shelter deliberately does not let families watch. She had no choice. She paid for a service, told it happened and was lied to. Those at the shelter should be fired. Instead they sold or gave the dog away to the rescue. They should have called her with their vet report and worked with her. This is why so many of these groups and shelters are unethical and need more regulation and oversight.

[Anonymous]

What will she do the next time she's told her pet needs expensive treatment?