Just kidding,...... she is my "love" I have had her since she was 7 weeks and it breaks my heart to see her limping with a very sad look on her face. Poor Katie tore her ACL last week while we were running in the woods near my place. I let her run free as I make my way on the single track..... she is an English Setter and runs and jumps like a deer.... she will be six..... she gets minor scrapes from time to time and even a copperhead bite twice ($900 ea.) but this time it's her ACL..... the whole thing is going to cost me around $3000..... and we are on a waiting list to get it done befor the 24th of Jan. She is in the animal hospital waiting for a possible cancellation......I hope that it happens before the 24th as I miss her and want my "training partner" back.

 

You almost made me sick.

 

Peace,
Maybe you should look into some natural/alternative/complementary medicine. I'm sure there's some ancient chinese acl tear formula. $3000 is a lot. We can try some hands on healing or something. Try some Reiki... healing touch... something. Bring it to the pet psychiatrist and teach it coping skills. But... it's understood...do the right thing. Do good before pleasure. Who made up those rules anyway?

 

fix the dog

 

the way i see it is, the wife i would put it off, but the dog, fix the acl. i think 3000 is cheap to fix a mans best friend. just kidding, i to resort to sick humor when bad things happen to loved ones, it helps keep the sanity. i too had a expensive mishap to my dog, ate some gorrilla glue that would not pass her system, stomach had to be opened and a 13 oz chunk had to be removed. this was very expensive, but well worth it for a good buddy. if you are still torn i will fix the dog and will take low monthly payments till it is payed for. again just kidding. good luck and i hope your dog recovers good. my son's acl was over 15,000 to fix, and he talks back once and a while. my dog is always polite and never talks back. go figure.

 

You're doing the right thing, Spidey. Your dog depends on you for love and protection. I've spent probably double that (or more) taking care of my dog's medical needs. Best money I've ever spent. Good job!

 

Just a headline to "grab" you........ it was the farthest thing from a serious contemplation....... but I agree had it been "real" it would be disgusting...... I assume people know that it is absurd but maybe I should change the headline?

 

Maybe you should post in the proper forum.:impatient

 

An ACL eh? What's the odds of recovery? I'd imagine an ACL your chances are good. I just had to put our Newfoundland down last year because of Wabblers Disease last year. We spent over $6,000, plus all other vet bills, to try to save his life. We started when he hit his third birthday and two months later we had to put him down because all the surgury we tried had failed and actually made the problem worse. We now have a English Mastiff who just turned a year old and we just found out that he has both Elbow AND hip displasia (mind you, we bought him from a guaranteed breeder). With all of his problems, we are looking at $10,000 in surgury with a small chance of lengthing his life much longer than a couple of months. I've opted not to do the surgury and make his life the best possible while we have him. It will be very painful for him and the odds are not good. My main point is, look at all the options and see what is best for the dog, sometimes it's the one that you don't want to take.

 

I say to get you dog a high teck CF leg with hiem joints!

My lab had both done. My Jack Russel now has a bad one, but he is doing OK with it. He also has a floating knee cap on the other rear. I'll problably just cut off his legs and stick an axel in there with one of those new Web sway bars. He won't care I think ...

 

Spidey,
What an ethical dilemma. Maybe if OBX made a knock off LSD you could afford both. Wait, thats a ethical dilemma too!

Get well wishes for your pooch.

--
Cheese

 

Just my way to get sympathy for me and my dog.....thanks for the support

as far as posting in the wrong forum......oops...... but really, get a life.