The vet and I are having a long term relationship!
No, not like that, ............ but I am making the payments on his BMW!
Other than the normal vaccinations etc, the boys (Paddy and Mick) have been quite healthy, until, that is, they both turned 7 this year.
Paddy began having fits ($200 plus for the diagnostic bloods etc). Both have had lipomas removed this year ($700 each) and the "ball fiend" now needs both cruciate ligaments repaired ($1400 each).
Thank God they at least have good teeth!
We know what you mean as we had Cody into the vets at the beginning of June with a stomach ache.
Xrays showed that he had swallowed a nice sized round fishing sinker (about 50 grams in weight).
Nearly $4,000 later he's back to his usual self.
Then there's the end of last year when he had cut his back paws quite badly and that was a $3,000 repair but that's another story.
Thank goodness for Pet Insurance!
-- Edited by Delta18 on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 11:46:59 AM
The vet and I are having a long term relationship!
No, not like that, ............ but I am making the payments on his BMW!
Other than the normal vaccinations etc, the boys (Paddy and Mick) have been quite healthy, until, that is, they both turned 7 this year.
Paddy began having fits ($200 plus for the diagnostic bloods etc). Both have had lipomas removed this year ($700 each) and the "ball fiend" now needs both cruciate ligaments repaired ($1400 each).
Too bad he couldn't just pass that sinker out the other end! They cost us even if they don't get sick or do anything silly though, just spent $300 on the annual immunisations for my two. Don't have vet insurance, but have a credit card. One of mine also has seizures occasionally which the vet diagnosed some years ago as epilepsy, though not severe or frequent enough to require treatment. Now I can't help wondering whether that was a mis-diagnosis anyway. Since I retired he doesn't have them any more, except for at Christmas when I left him home for 4 days running. Seems more like separation anxiety induced to me. Still, they are cheaper than kids, and as I always tell people, they will never want to divorce me and take half the house
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Cheers, Marianna.
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dogs (Mark Twain)
But we'll always say " They're worth it."
Vet treatment aside it pays to shop around.
A flee treatment at the vet was $95 for 6 doses.
Found the same brand on EvilBay for $43 in my hands.
Talk about mark up !
. One of mine also has seizures occasionally which the vet diagnosed some years ago as epilepsy, though not severe or frequent enough to require treatment. Now I can't help wondering whether that was a mis-diagnosis anyway. Since I retired he doesn't have them any more, except for at Christmas when I left him home for 4 days running. Seems more like separation anxiety induced to me. Still, they are cheaper than kids, and as I always tell people, they will never want to divorce me and take half the house
