Comments on: How Much is too Much to Pay for your Pet’s Medical Expenses? http://20somethingfinance.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-your-pets-medical-expenses/ Building Towards Personal Finance Success! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:04:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dawg http://20somethingfinance.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-your-pets-medical-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-4269 dawg Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:01:11 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=515#comment-4269 My parents are normally very financially conservative people. This holds true with one exception; they have paid for 2 very expensive (thousands of dollars) surgeries for the ailing knees of the family dog. It causes family frustration for a variety of reasons including the size of the expense and the fact that it is now impossible to play with the dog as we used to outside (fetch and the like) and whenever the dog starts limping, it's blamed on the last person to take him out. I'd miss him terribly, and he's a rather young dog, but it's so frustrating to try and deal with these kinds of issues not the least of which is the significant financial impact. My parents are normally very financially conservative people. This holds true with one exception; they have paid for 2 very expensive (thousands of dollars) surgeries for the ailing knees of the family dog. It causes family frustration for a variety of reasons including the size of the expense and the fact that it is now impossible to play with the dog as we used to outside (fetch and the like) and whenever the dog starts limping, it’s blamed on the last person to take him out. I’d miss him terribly, and he’s a rather young dog, but it’s so frustrating to try and deal with these kinds of issues not the least of which is the significant financial impact.

]]> By: Natural Pet Care http://20somethingfinance.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-your-pets-medical-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 Natural Pet Care Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:37:43 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=515#comment-4024 Great post! I love that you are taking the time to write about pet care. This is something near and dear to my heart. Take care. Great post! I love that you are taking the time to write about pet care. This is something near and dear to my heart. Take care.

]]> By: G.E. Miller http://20somethingfinance.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-your-pets-medical-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 G.E. Miller Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:30:04 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=515#comment-1348 @Corky - Agreed. Their 'cuteness' does suck you in. It's not too dissimilar from impulse buying, perhaps even tougher to turn away from. @Patty - What kind of Iam's? I should give it a shot. @Corky – Agreed. Their ‘cuteness’ does suck you in. It’s not too dissimilar from impulse buying, perhaps even tougher to turn away from.

@Patty – What kind of Iam’s? I should give it a shot.

]]> By: Patty http://20somethingfinance.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-your-pets-medical-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Patty Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:32:17 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=515#comment-1341 I had a similiar problem with both of my cats. I took one of them to the vet, asked for advise etc., etc., etc.,. Long story short, my vet didn't have any answers for me so I just dealt with it. Then one day I decided to change their food-they were on prescription food,(Waltham's Renal Formula,)and I put them back on Iam's. The diahrrea stopped immediately. It was their food causing this problem all along. (Think the vet could have suggested that???????!!!!) I had a similiar problem with both of my cats. I took one of them to the vet, asked for advise etc., etc., etc.,. Long story short, my vet didn’t have any answers for me so I just dealt with it. Then one day I decided to change their food-they were on prescription food,(Waltham’s Renal Formula,)and I put them back on Iam’s. The diahrrea stopped immediately. It was their food causing this problem all along. (Think the vet could have suggested that???????!!!!)

]]> By: corky http://20somethingfinance.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-your-pets-medical-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 corky Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:16:19 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=515#comment-1244 This is something to stronly consider before you jump right in a purchase that animal that is just so darn cute! Can you aford to pay for a chronic condition and if not are you willing to hand your pet over to someone who can? Do your research before you buy certain breeds. I know there is a lot of info out there on dog breeds that are prone to certain health problems and breeds that are very healthy. This is something to stronly consider before you jump right in a purchase that animal that is just so darn cute! Can you aford to pay for a chronic condition and if not are you willing to hand your pet over to someone who can? Do your research before you buy certain breeds. I know there is a lot of info out there on dog breeds that are prone to certain health problems and breeds that are very healthy.

]]> By: McMc http://20somethingfinance.com/how-much-is-too-much-to-pay-for-your-pets-medical-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 McMc Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:48:56 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=515#comment-1242 Yeah, this is a tricky one. What makes it especially hard is knowing that there are a ton of cats and dogs at the local humane society who don't have a home, are healthy, and might lose their lives for no good reason. I don't envy your 'crappy' situation, but it sounds like you've made up your mind for the best. Good luck! Yeah, this is a tricky one. What makes it especially hard is knowing that there are a ton of cats and dogs at the local humane society who don’t have a home, are healthy, and might lose their lives for no good reason. I don’t envy your ‘crappy’ situation, but it sounds like you’ve made up your mind for the best. Good luck!

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