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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love my dogs like family. They come on vacation with us, sleep on the bed etc. But I am not putting that kind of money into them. My max would prob be 2k. after that I would want them to not be in pain and would euthanize when they got to that point. [/quote]

You can't say that definitively. Many times the medical treatments are not $10K a pop. It's $500 here, $2K there, etc. over time. THis happened with my young cat recently. He was not in a fatal situation (as was determined by lots of tests), young, and otherwise healthy. Over many mos., we prob. spent $10K when we tallied it up. So far (Fingers crossed) he's fine now.

Other animals, like others have said, we maybe opted not to treat b/c they were at end of life, the treatment was either unlikely or unknown to work, and the treatment may have significantly affected their quality of life. It's a balancing act. But, in some situations, we opted for comfort for as long as we could before putting to sleep.

For those that want to spend the money, there is care credit. Many vets won't do payment plans b/c too many people have not fulfilled their payment obligations, thus ruining this option for other people. [/quote]

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