On one hand, we have and would again sell things to make money for a vet bill. I couldn't even begin to tell you how much money my vet has made off of our cats over the years. Urgh.
On the other hand, posting her to stupidpetowners when she's clearly in distress is pretty dumb (and low, to boot). It's not like the girl is asking for handouts... she knows what the inevitable might be and is just asking for positive thinking... what harm could that possibly cause?
I have sold things to pay vet bills too - we have pet insurance now, so I hope not to have to do it again - but by christ, I couldn't come up with $7000 by next week if you held a gun to my head, and she's a STUDENT.
I've had to come up $2000 for a surgery on one of my cats before, but that drained us dry for a while. I can't imagine $7000, but I'd imagine that if that were to happen, we'd figure it out (not to mention that our vet allows us to finance with him and lets us make payments to him based off what we can afford for the month, etc.)... but this hoity-toity "this is what you absolutely HAVE to do" bullshit that whatsherface is spewing isn't gonna help the matters any either. If she wants to help the damn chihuahua, she should be putting forward some money for his care, not posting the poor girl to stupidpetowners.
Maybe putting the dog to sleep is the only option, but some people don't seem to understand how incredibly hard it is to do it... I can't blame the girl for postponing it. :/
Oh I agree, I know what you mean... the dog should not suffer just so the owner won't have to deal with it. It's just that I put myself in her shoes, and I know I would have to be bitchslapped into making the right decision... I would be in all possible levels of denial. It's an awful situation. I would need someone supportive to help me do the right thing. Being attacked by random internet bullies wouldn't help at all.
You're completely missing the point of both my comments and the post. I never said to sell everything she owns (but did suggest selling some things) and I gave her more than one suggestion on how to help her dog.
If you want to take things out of perspective then fine, I just wanted to clear that up.
Seriously. I love my dog lots, but if it comes down to having a place for my child to sleep/ food to eat, and paying thousands for surgery that may or may not save/heal my dog (if surgery for humans is risky, I can only imagine what it is for animals), I'm gonna go with keeping the family comfortable rather than the dog (and send her comfortably on her way to doggie heaven).
It wasn't these people, but I was featured in SPO community when my mouse had a cold I noticed at 10:30pm one night, and I couldn't afford to take her to the emergency vet that costs $100 to walk in the door! You would not BELIEVE the thrashing I got!
Holy fuck, I almost had to get my cat put down weeks ago because he almost needed $3000 of care. Thankfully, it didn't come to that, but if it had, I realistically simply could not have done it. It was such a horrid situation to be in. I can't believe how cruel some people are. I'm sure what she *really* needs now is lectured form teh LJ Pet Police, who obviously know better than her vet. If they're really that bothered by it, why not do something to help, like loan her some of the millions of dollars they have stashed away for vets bills, like they claim any good pet owner would have done. Urgh.
There are people out there that were born to be nasty and make it a point to become famous on LJ. Those are well known names in the wank communities lol.
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On the other hand, posting her to stupidpetowners when she's clearly in distress is pretty dumb (and low, to boot). It's not like the girl is asking for handouts... she knows what the inevitable might be and is just asking for positive thinking... what harm could that possibly cause?
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*boggles*
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Maybe putting the dog to sleep is the only option, but some people don't seem to understand how incredibly hard it is to do it... I can't blame the girl for postponing it. :/
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If you want to take things out of perspective then fine, I just wanted to clear that up.
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WAY TO GO.
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Wow those girls are bitches.
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It was such a horrid situation to be in.
I can't believe how cruel some people are. I'm sure what she *really* needs now is lectured form teh LJ Pet Police, who obviously know better than her vet.
If they're really that bothered by it, why not do something to help, like loan her some of the millions of dollars they have stashed away for vets bills, like they claim any good pet owner would have done.
Urgh.
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