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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Bad advice above. Yes, cost is, and should be a very valid consideration. These are pets....food in other parts of the world. These are not your spouse or children. Common sense and the comfort of your pet must come before unbridled emotion.
Never easy.
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No, never easy.
In my case, I didn't see it as a money deal; whether or not I was faced with putting down a pet or putting money into a pet to keep it around. It was a
relationship that was at stake. In fact, what my Tibetan Terrier (my first dog) brought to me was an opening of my heart to the extent that I altered how I treated my employees and how I related to my g/f. My friends and g/f noticed it and stated it to me. I spoke to him with words that I had never said to any Human Being prior to that time. He was the entry into the core of who I eventually matured. To me, he was the harbinger of The Good.
I had just purchased a Ducati 996S for $21k and I was prepared to sell it for the chemo cost, if it came to that.
I remember thinking that if he was my flesh and blood I would do anything to have him survive. Well, he meant as much to me as I would imagine a child would - I've never had a child, BTW. I was surprised, myself, by the extent and depth of my love for him and the bond that I felt.
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I have never thought of that $5k chemo cost as a loss, but I have for the $3k I spent on a road bike.
His oncologist said his chance of living another 2 years was good...that prompted me to do the treatment.
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At difficult times such as this, we are presented with the opportunity to look into the meaning of the phenomenon we call
relationship.
YMMV - We're all different.