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I said nothing about you not 'qualifying'. If your fence is not approved by a rescue, there must be some way the fence violates their rules. You can try another rescue and see what their rules are. If you're having trouble with EVERY SINGLE RESCUE THERE IS, then you have to change something.
But what happened to you, that sort of horrible tragedy, this is why books and articles often say to already have an emergency vet lined up if you have a dog breed that tends to bloat, and to always have cash on hand with the surgery amount, as an emergency fund ready, and if you can't keep that aside, to be prepared to have the animal euthenized to save it from suffering.
The clinc you went to, wasn't prepared to do the surgery, and the only option they had was to call in someone from somewhere else, and that person charged 2-3X the usual rate (unless your dog's surgery was not the usual surgery).
When we had our breed that tended to bloat, I had a surgeon's number posted, at an emergency clinic that was 15 min away, and that had 24 hour service. I kept simethicone and 600 dollars in cash in a drawer, that was our 'bloat kit'. That's what the surgeon told me it would cost back then, and he told me to always have simethicone within reach whenever the dog started to show symptoms.
We have to get all this worked out ahead of time - what it would cost, and who can do it who is near enough to where we are, and when they are available, and what to give the dog while rushing him to the hospital.
My one friend located a bloat surgeon where she was going, every time she traveled anywhere with the dogs. She didn't really get a sitter very often. She didn't trust a sitter to recognize the symptoms of bloat and respond quickly enough.
When we had two of the breed, I kept 1200 dollars in cash, in the drawer. It was awful to not use that money for things I really needed, but that is what I did. Before I got the dog, I just put part of my paycheck in the drawer every week for a while.
A veterinary practice is a business and can't be expected to provide free care for our dogs, not even for payment promised in a few hours. We have to be prepared, super prepared, super OVER prepared, or we might be put in a horrible, horrible situation. Like you found yourself.
What happened to you was horrible. Hopefully others can avoid such a tragedy from listening to your story.
But what happened to you, that sort of horrible tragedy, this is why books and articles often say to already have an emergency vet lined up if you have a dog breed that tends to bloat, and to always have cash on hand with the surgery amount, as an emergency fund ready, and if you can't keep that aside, to be prepared to have the animal euthenized to save it from suffering.
The clinc you went to, wasn't prepared to do the surgery, and the only option they had was to call in someone from somewhere else, and that person charged 2-3X the usual rate (unless your dog's surgery was not the usual surgery).
When we had our breed that tended to bloat, I had a surgeon's number posted, at an emergency clinic that was 15 min away, and that had 24 hour service. I kept simethicone and 600 dollars in cash in a drawer, that was our 'bloat kit'. That's what the surgeon told me it would cost back then, and he told me to always have simethicone within reach whenever the dog started to show symptoms.
We have to get all this worked out ahead of time - what it would cost, and who can do it who is near enough to where we are, and when they are available, and what to give the dog while rushing him to the hospital.
My one friend located a bloat surgeon where she was going, every time she traveled anywhere with the dogs. She didn't really get a sitter very often. She didn't trust a sitter to recognize the symptoms of bloat and respond quickly enough.
When we had two of the breed, I kept 1200 dollars in cash, in the drawer. It was awful to not use that money for things I really needed, but that is what I did. Before I got the dog, I just put part of my paycheck in the drawer every week for a while.
A veterinary practice is a business and can't be expected to provide free care for our dogs, not even for payment promised in a few hours. We have to be prepared, super prepared, super OVER prepared, or we might be put in a horrible, horrible situation. Like you found yourself.
What happened to you was horrible. Hopefully others can avoid such a tragedy from listening to your story.