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[quote=Anonymous]There's two issues, really.  One is the REALLY big ticket items (cancer) -- sometimes there is a way to provide some level of care more cheaply (we did this -- removed the tumor but no follow up radiation, and the dog lived another 5 years).  It's also okay to say "no, we aren't going to pay $10K for this" and let the dog go in a peaceful way.

The second is the dumb stuff that can be surprisingly expensive.  Our dog got a cut that got infected with scratching and by the time I saw it under his fur, it was a massive bump.  So it had to be surgically removed, biopsied, and cultured. Turned out to be staph and he's totally fine, but it was super expensive for all that (I think about $1K, all in) -- and that's the sort of thing that oculd recur multiple times in a dog's life (infections, pulled muscles, teeth issues, etc.).

I've often seen dogs given up to rescue because the families couldn't afford the medical care -- that seems to me so dumb -- I'd rather the rescue groups just give the families the $$ to pay for the medical treatment, rather than let them give up the dog and the rescue group then fosters and pays for the medical treatment and the poor dog has to be bounced around when it's already sick.[/quote]

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