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Originally Posted by Superhatch
My wife and I had a ACD that broke it's leg and we decided to spend 6K on his surgery (broken in 7 places, pins, plate etc) and he was worth every penny. I've had both knees done on my MinPin due to injuries.
For me, unless it's a decision on a complicated surgery near end of life it's part of what you signed on for when you decided to care for the life of this other animal.
The best advice I have is that if any surgery is needed there are loan services for the procedure with 0% interest for the first year, and very low interest afterwards. These are available through your vet, but not many people know about them as an option. Something to consider.
Lastly, there are people who will foster, and adopt animals that are in need of surgery. Putting down a young dog should be a last, last, last, last, last, last resort.
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It's great that you are willing and able to make that choice, but everyone has a limit. That is a life impacting amount of money for some, for others its not. Everyone has a different limit, your threshold is just higher than mine. For example, your threshold is 7x mine. Would you have done it if it had been $49,000 (7x what you spent)? Some might. A man's got to know his limitations!
Also, I would definitely never borrow money for a pet regardless of the situation, but again personal choice.
As far as the foster/adopt, I absolutely agree that is a great option if available, and as mentioned above have actually used that, as well as been on the other side of it (adopted "needy" pets and contributed to their care).