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Do you keep track?
Nah Df, they're Family you do what you gotta do. We are unfortunately down to 5 Wonderful fur kids all Yorkies (from 6, our Beautiful Gizmo passed in January he just turned 10 in December, miss him terribly). They're our kids. Do you keep track of what you spend on your kids?
I don't have dogs or cats.This is DF you are talking to. Of course he does!
LOL @mellowyellowgirl that "sad" face has been perfected in order to extract as many treats and lovies possible from her humans, and I'll bet it works like a charm!! She's just beautiful!!
Yea, No...I dont keep track. Why do UTIs and other illnesses always seem to start on a Friday after hours so that you have to take them to the
emergency vet? Its a horrible feeling when your pet is sick but if they're going to be sick I wish they could schedule it Mon-Fri during business hours!
My emergency vet costs less than my regular vet. The regular always wants to do blood work since we are "almost" one year after the last blood work was done. That adds $200-300 per go...
Cheap compared to dogs and cats. Probably cost me like $70 for electricity per month and $70 in food per yr b/c I only have 5 koi in my pond now. No vet bills for koi.HI:
DF are your Koi expensive to keep/maintain?
cheers--Sharon
Please adopt me. I'm less expensive than your pets.
LOL @mellowyellowgirl that "sad" face has been perfected in order to extract as many treats and lovies possible from her humans, and I'll bet it works like a charm!! She's just beautiful!!
I don't spend much on vet bills because my dogs eat home-cooked which keeps them very healthy and their blood work proves it. Not to mention, homemade costs a LOT less than high end kibble crap. My Coco lived to be 22 and I probably spent about $3,000 on him the last 12 years of his life.
However, my Lola has a luxated patella and is hobbling around on 3 legs. She is scheduled for surgery at the end of the month to the tune of about $2,700. Other than that, the only money spent on her so far, other than food, are her vaccinations and license fee.
Please adopt me. I'm less expensive than your pets.
Well, I might be worried that your baby's quality of life would be diminished by her injury. Would you consider a second opinion from an orthopedic vet? I saw 3 vets, 2 of which are board certified orthopedists, all of which recommend surgery (she's overweight at 15 lbs), and the two orthopedists had the same diagnosis. They also told me if I wanted to bypass surgery, I could crate her for 90 days for scar tissue to build up and that would give me a 35% chance of healing properly. But if it doesn't work, she'd be crated for 90 days, and then crated again for another 60-90 days after the surgery anyways. Her patellar groove is very shallow and that patella will ALWAYS slip out if not repaired.... And she is a total terror. If she sees a lizard, bird or kitty on top of the fence, she tears out of the house at 4 million miles an hour like her hair is on fire. She also jumps and digs and causes all kinds of other mayhem, so I know she injured herself in one of those Guard of The Yard episodes on top of already having a congenital deficiency in her hind legs. None of this is helped by the fact that she is 25% overweight...but she has perfected that same face @mellowyellowgirl's baby gives her, and I give her a treat..... :rollDo you go by a recipe for the home cooked food? I used to have a recipe that I used for my last Yorkie but haven't tried it for my current one. She has a torn CCL but the vet said they wouldn't advise surgery because she is under 10 pounds and they don't find it seems to make much difference in a little dog. She is on an anti inflammatory, pain (NSAID for dogs basically) and it does seem to be helping some. He said it will take three months at least to tighten back up. She is now walking on four legs most of the time but she can't jump on furniture or anything anymore.