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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone I know (educated, wealthy, etc) treats their pets like non-humans. Ie, they are not child proxies. After a certain age, they do not get expensive cancer treatments that might or might not work, or invasive, unpleasant things done to them. They get palliative care and if need be, euthanasia. I have yet to meet a pet owner who treats their pet like a human, frankly.[/quote] +1 That said, the cost of care if your pet gets seriously ill can be astronomical, and it is good to have a discussion about how much you're willing to spend on its care before you're in an urgent situation (sort of a pet living will). We did an expensive surgery to save a pet that we shouldn't have (the health outcomes were not good), because one spouse was travelling and out of reach when a pet got suddenly deathly ill and the other spouse didn't want to make the decision to euthanize without consulting with the other.[/quote]
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