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

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Pet insurance is expensive and doesn’t cover everything.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Not everyone knows what to do. The vet probably told her that’s where you go.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Not everyone knows what to do. The vet probably told her that’s where you go.

Vet’s provide it as a service. It costs more than $15 tho. We did it at home and it was $120 by the Vet. Worth every penny to know my dog wasn’t stressed

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Not everyone knows what to do. The vet probably told her that’s where you go.

Vet’s provide it as a service. It costs more than $15 tho. We did it at home and it was $120 by the Vet. Worth every penny to know my dog wasn’t stressed

Clearly there is more to the story. Not all vets do it. Ours just does routine care. We have a different vet for emergency care.

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Imagine this whole thread but for humans instead of dogs. It's a debate about universal healthcare.

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Anyone know who the vets were in Silver Spring and Columbia? She apparently had an email from one of them indicating euthanasia. I personally would like to know why these vets couldn't dx this dog.

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Some of y’all can’t read. The shelter is a totally different thing than the rescue where she got the dog. Anyways, she sucks and hope she doesn’t get the dog back.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Pet insurance is expensive and doesn’t cover everything.

If you can’t afford insurance, you can’t afford a pet.

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Anonymous wrote:That woman should not be allowed to adopt any dog again, especially not this dog. I hope he finds a loving home.

I hope your lack of compassion finds its way back to you tenfold.

Right? Not everyone has thousands of dollars or can take care of a sick pet. Maybe you se up a GoFundME

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I recently took my ancient dog to Friendship because he suddenly took a very bad turn in the night. We did some very light diagnostics and agreed to euthanize (this was not a hard call and he was suffering). I forget the exact bill but it was $6-800. I don’t mind and I’m grateful they were there at 4am. But the cost of vet care is really high and I don’t totally get how a rescue that makes adoption fees lower with grants and donations can turn around suddenly and be surprised that people aren’t using the most expensive form of vet care.

Basically I just don’t get the “rescue” model at all I guess. And I’ve had several, all great dogs. It’s not the dogs I don’t get, it’s the policies.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Not everyone knows what to do. The vet probably told her that’s where you go.

Vet’s provide it as a service. It costs more than $15 tho. We did it at home and it was $120 by the Vet. Worth every penny to know my dog wasn’t stressed

That's cheap. Mine was over $600 or so. Either you live in dc or it was dine a long tine ago

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Pet insurance is expensive and doesn’t cover everything.

If you can’t afford insurance, you can’t afford a pet.

You are very judgy. So only the uber rich should have a pet? Or children?

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This story is sad (but hopefully will have a happy ending for the dog!). I don’t think anyone did anything wrong here - the owner’s prior actions are understandable, as are the actions and policies of the rescue org. It’s an unfortunate alignment of circumstances but even so I don’t think the rescue org should bend its policy because a lot of negative consequences could flow from that - two easy ones are that people could relinquish their pet back to the org simply to get out of paying for a pup’s medical care, and then readopt after the rescue org funds the care; and, the rescue org would be put in a position of assessing whether any owner who requests to readopt has good intentions, would take pet ownership more seriously second time around, etc. (imagine the headlines if the org did allow a prior owner to readopt and then said owner relinquished the pup a second time).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Pet insurance is expensive and doesn’t cover everything.

If you can’t afford insurance, you can’t afford a pet.

You are very judgy. So only the uber rich should have a pet? Or children?

Yeah, I am judgy because I work in animal rescue and see the absolute idiocy of some people. I am not Uber rich by any means but have pet insurance. When I first got my dog, it was under $30 a month.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the lady's vet misdiagnosed? Maybe a second opinion would have turned up something different. But I agree that it's odd she didn't choose a euthanasia provider where she could stay with the dog (at home or at the vet) instea of surrendering it to the shelter.

If it was an honest mistake I'm sorry for her, but LDCRF's policy is a good one and they shouldn't adopt to her again.

She should get the dog back. She went to two vets and they recommended euthanasia. She took it to the county facility and paid the fee to do it but since owners are not allowed with the dogs, they never euthanized the dog, called the rescue who did a go fund me, and their vet did surgery to fix the dog. The woman got bad advice and was lied to at the shelter. Now they have the dog in a shelter instead of back with the owner.

https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/ap-a-woman-took-her-dog-to-a-shelter-to-be-euthanized-a-year-later-the-dog-is-up-for-adoption-again/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3hLQ-BTYJOCsi9byStavtl4boLxENGoi5349RB_9S00cN0V20J0U9ut_U_aem_ARd_MO2u6dhOWhgGivVjfk76OJH-Qr45lpHk1UGEAvwpnewSZlNd6aW8QB4-QK7t2JEuhXS3M3qqQd7vkFfItLax

This is why many rescues and shelters are bad.

The shelter and rescue did nothing wrong. I am agnostic on whether the dog should go back to his original owner - but if a pet comes in and they are signed over for euthanasia, the shelter is under no obligation to kill the pet if they think the pet can live a good life. In fact, I'm firmly opposed to shelters killing pets just because an owner tells them to. The standard should be what is in the pet's best interest - and what can be done, given available resources.

When you sign your pet over for euthanasia, you aren't signing a contract saying the shelter must euthanize. You sign over for surrender - the shelter may euthanize, but they may also put the pet up for adoption.

At bottom, we need vastly more resources available for people who can't afford care for the pets they love. $7k is no joke, and I don't think many people are able to pay that - which is devastating, and does lead to pets being killed, going without care, and even being signed over to a shelter. Some organizations will now help people raise money for their pets' care - and I've contributed to some fundraisers on Nextdoor and elsewhere. But it's not widespread enough yet. If the rescue can raise $7k for the dog's surgery after the dog no longer has an owner, I'd hope they can also do it for a pet who doesn't need to go to a different home.

But, yeah, it does seem like some details are missing here. And I know the orgs involved - I trust the orgs involved.