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[BullChick]

What vet do you use?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

What vet do you use?

That was Altoona Veterinary. It's on the way from Altoona, towards Greenwood

 

[Lelanae]

Sturgis just wet in the house.
The plan I had in place fell through, so I’ve called a few places. One said $56, but another said $200 just for the euthanasia. The $56 is too out of the way.
Whoever thought a small dog could break my heart and bank at the same time?

Doggie diapers or a belly band? How big is Sturgis?-I have an extra large belly band I used for Max during his final days. I spent 3 thousand dollars trying to save one of my kitties, but when it came time to euthanize, I took her to the Brandywine SPCA. They were kind and affordable.
I know this post sounds pragmatic, but I do know how gut wrenching saying goodbye is and my heart goes out to those facing or even remembering a loss.

 

[BullChick]

He’s eleven pounds. I actually do have diapers and rubber (Okay, plastic these days) pants he could wear.

 

[sharron]

I'm so sorry You're not terrible for complaining about the cost, it's a reasonable concern. I think that the vet we were going to go to for Rocky was around $200 but that included cremation and getting his ashes back. I'm so sorry that you're going through this. And you too @sharron , I'm sorry for your pain too

thank you

I called back the $56 one. This woman had no idea what I was talking about. She actually sounded mad that I thought it was that cheap. $69 just for an exam, $178 for euthanasia.
My sister got into the quest too. I might have a $75 option. Of course quotes/estimates keep changing when I call back to confirm. I’m going to figure out what I can do, then when I can supposedly afford it, I’ll call them myself to see if they change the cost too.

i don't understand why so much, dr markle gave sadie mae a sedative and then she went to sleep he gave her the other shot that stopped her heart, he promised me she didn't feel anything but the shot for the sedative, i felt it when she left and told husband and dr. markle, shes gone, we brought her home and husband picked out a nice place to bury her, under the trees overlooking the pasture

 

[sharron]

I called back the $56 one. This woman had no idea what I was talking about. She actually sounded mad that I thought it was that cheap. $69 just for an exam, $178 for euthanasia.
My sister got into the quest too. I might have a $75 option. Of course quotes/estimates keep changing when I call back to confirm. I’m going to figure out what I can do, then when I can supposedly afford it, I’ll call them myself to see if they change the cost too.

thats not right, i'm afraid i would have pitched a fit, you're already hurting and they pull this crap, sorry it just burns me, makes me want to read them their pedigree
we tried diapers, but sadie mae being a french bulldog had a big chest, tiny waist and flaired out hips, kinda like dolly pardon so the diaper would slide off as she tried to walk, we tried the pills too that dr.markle said might help. proin 50mg. of course it didn't work, it wasn't the bladder or intestines, it was the vertebrae

 

[BullChick]

We had a white German shepherd that had heart worms. She was about dead, and my father took her limp body to the vet to let her pass away. I was six. The next dog I didn’t think deserved it. There were things going on with my father, and I think it was just an excuse to get rid of a bill. I was 16.
A cat had cancer, and weeks to live.
Harley... oh, my poor Harley! $4,500 ( did I say this yesterday?), and even the morphine could not keep him comfortable. I was called at midnight, Thanksgiving morning by the vet. She told me to come at seven to let him go. The staff was so mad that they had to work! The first girl wouldn’t let me carry Harley to the exam room. She honestly threw him down (he was only six pounds!). His bowels released, and she sneared before storming out of the room. I was looking for paper towels so that I could at least wrap him up, and hold him one last time. The vet came in immediately though, said something rude about me making this choice, then just killed him. There was no kindness in that hospital that day. They did cremate him, and offered a video of proof it was him. I did not want to watch my baby burn, so I just said I trusted them. Because that woman had been so kind during the week that we had been trying to save Harley, I did ask her why he was treated so badly at the end. Of course she was horrified, and offered an apology.
All other pets passed on their own.
My point is that I’ve never had to struggle like this.
May I please continue a little further? Sturgis was my husband’s dog. He chose me, and never respected Dave. He does love Duckling, and misses her after a few days. He lets her walk him away from me.

So when my husband abandoned Sturgis too, I at least had an ally to lament to about the situation. I had a living thing (as opposed to a body pillow) to hang onto when I couldn’t sleep.
The emptiness is going to smother me. Maybe it’s time to get out a chicken diaper. Breakfast in bed!

 

[sharron]

We had a white German shepherd that had heart worms. She was about dead, and my father took her limp body to the vet to let her pass away. I was six. The next dog I didn’t think deserved it. There were things going on with my father, and I think it was just an excuse to get rid of a bill. I was 16.
A cat had cancer, and weeks to live.
Harley... oh, my poor Harley! $4,500 ( did I say this yesterday?), and even the morphine could not keep him comfortable. I was called at midnight, Thanksgiving morning by the vet. She told me to come at seven to let him go. The staff was so mad that they had to work! The first girl wouldn’t let me carry Harley to the exam room. She honestly threw him down (he was only six pounds!). His bowels released, and she sneared before storming out of the room. I was looking for paper towels so that I could at least wrap him up, and hold him one last time. The vet came in immediately though, said something rude about me making this choice, then just killed him. There was no kindness in that hospital that day. They did cremate him, and offered a video of proof it was him. I did not want to watch my baby burn, so I just said I trusted them. Because that woman had been so kind during the week that we had been trying to save Harley, I did ask her why he was treated so badly at the end. Of course she was horrified, and offered an apology.
All other pets passed on their own.
My point is that I’ve never had to struggle like this.
May I please continue a little further? Sturgis was my husband’s dog. He chose me, and never respected Dave. He does love Duckling, and misses her after a few days. He lets her walk him away from me.
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So when my husband abandoned Sturgis too, I at least had an ally to lament to about the situation. I had a living thing (as opposed to a body pillow) to hang onto when I couldn’t sleep.
The emptiness is going to smother me. Maybe it’s time to get out a chicken diaper. Breakfast in bed!

now i'm crying again for our babies, my mil could never understand why i called them my daughters, they were dogs not human babies, told her, i took them to raise so my daughter(always prefered females for some strange reason ). i understand about sturgis picking you as his person, our first boston was husbands but since i didn't work i was home all day with her and she bonded to me, where i was , she was, altho she loved bill i was her person and thats all there was to it.
i thank God for having dr.markle all these years, i sent him a card thanking him for taking good care of us all these years and then received a card from him saying how sorry he was and a small card to keep in my wallet about the rainbow bridge
good man

 

[sharron]

night

 

[fisherlady]

He’s eleven pounds. I actually do have diapers and rubber (Okay, plastic these days) pants he could wear.

Try local SPCAs and Ebensburg animal hospital. Punxsy animal hospital was $75-80... cant remember exactly without digging out the checkbook but we are established patients there.