I think my budget would only allow me to spend up to $1000 for medical attention for my dog. I would hate to have to let money dictate a decision over her life or death, however. If I had the money, I would certainly spend whatever was necessary to keep her alive. However, the wording “keeping her alive” would almost indicate to me that she would be too sick to live on her own. Should we really put forth that much medical effort to try and bring her back, even though she may never be the same again? Unless, my pup were injured and needed expensive medical attention to save her life or make her better, I’m not sure how much I would fork out to keep her alive if she were to suffer ill effects due to old age or another illness that she would have a decreased chance of surviving.

Well being that I spent over $700 yesterday for two of my pups, I guess I would probably go up to whatever I had in my savings account for them. Yesterday it was just shots for two dogs, flea treatment for 5 dogs for 3 months, heart worm treatment for 5 dogs for 3 months and medication for one dog. That was more than I expected to pay but at least I've got them covered for awhile. Oh and that's right, lab work for one of my dogs because he has been losing a lot of weight and we want to make sure there is nothing wrong with him. I'm hoping my husband will pay me back some of it because that was some of the money I got from my tax refund and I had other plans for it. Oh well, my babies always come first and that's just the way it is. :-)

A couple or few thousand depending on the problem. I wouldn't spend money on cancer surgery or something like that but would for a broken leg or bone surgery.

As one who has recently spent thousands of dollars on our dogs, I would say that money would not be a consideration if the dogs life were at stake. I'm not saying that we have tons of money to spend like that, but our dogs are a part of our family - that is the commitment that we made when we adopted them - and they deserve to be cared for as we did our children.

Yes, the money was a drain on our resources that we are still trying to recover from and neither situation was expected (or welcomed), but things happen no matter how careful you are.

When we had our most recent 'issue', there was a dog at our veterinarians office who had been surrendered because the owners did not want to pay for hip surgery that the dog required. Once again, that goes back to the research one should do prior to adopting a dog - is the breed prone to medical issues and should the pet develop any of the medical issues, can you afford to care for the pet properly?

I am of the mind that if you adopt an animal, they become part of your family and are your responsibility to care for, no matter what. They should not be considered disposable. If you cannot afford to care for the animal properly, then you should not consider having a pet until you can.

As one who has recently spent thousands of dollars on our dogs, I would say that money would not be a consideration if the dogs life were at stake. I'm not saying that we have tons of money to spend like that, but our dogs are a part of our family - that is the commitment that we made when we adopted them - and they deserve to be cared for as we did our children.

Yes, the money was a drain on our resources that we are still trying to recover from and neither situation was expected (or welcomed), but things happen no matter how careful you are.

When we had our most recent 'issue', there was a dog at our veterinarians office who had been surrendered because the owners did not want to pay for hip surgery that the dog required. Once again, that goes back to the research one should do prior to adopting a dog - is the breed prone to medical issues and should the pet develop any of the medical issues, can you afford to care for the pet properly?

I am of the mind that if you adopt an animal, they become part of your family and are your responsibility to care for, no matter what. They should not be considered disposable. If you cannot afford to care for the animal properly, then you should not consider having a pet until you can.

I realize that this can sound harsh, but there are too many animals that have been put down or surrendered because the owners couldn't afford to properly care for them once they developed a medical issue.