What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

WeberWho

johnmitchell said:

Buying a beach house for my Veterinarian. I took our two little mutts in for teeth cleaning. I just got a call that the one needs 6 extractions 😳 All this gets done under anesthesia, so God alone knows what this Is going to cost 😂😂

Ouch. That's not a very fun Monday for you. Hopefully it gets a better as the day goes on. 

Canugghead

johnmitchell said:

Buying a beach house for my Veterinarian. I took our two little mutts in for teeth cleaning. I just got a call that the one needs 6 extractions 😳 All this gets done under anesthesia, so God alone knows what this Is going to cost 😂😂

Perhaps @DuckDogDr can give you an estimate of how much to take out from your 401k to pay the guy 🤑

johnmitchell

Canugghead said:

johnmitchell said:

Buying a beach house for my Veterinarian. I took our two little mutts in for teeth cleaning. I just got a call that the one needs 6 extractions 😳 All this gets done under anesthesia, so God alone knows what this Is going to cost 😂😂

Perhaps @DuckDogDr can give you an estimate of how much to take out from your 401k to pay the guy 🤑

😂😂👍

kl8ton

johnmitchell said:

Buying a beach house for my Veterinarian. I took our two little mutts in for teeth cleaning. I just got a call that the one needs 6 extractions 😳 All this gets done under anesthesia, so God alone knows what this Is going to cost 😂😂

In my recent experiences- car or animal- a thou....

TEXASBGE2018

johnmitchell said:

Buying a beach house for my Veterinarian. I took our two little mutts in for teeth cleaning. I just got a call that the one needs 6 extractions 😳 All this gets done under anesthesia, so God alone knows what this Is going to cost 😂😂

In the TEXAS house that's called say bye bye to the doggy kiddos. My threshold for animal medical bills is about $500. Any more and they get sent to the rainbow bridge.

TEXASBGE2018

Our two goofball dogs split a giant (about 6"x6") dark chocolate brownie the other day before I realized what happened. The big one grabbed it off a plate in the middle of the kitchen island.I gave my kids a warning that we would give it the night and see how they did, but if one or both started convulsing or (whatever happens when a dog eats chocolate) say your goodbyes cause I'm not saving them. Both of the weirdos are still alive with no I'll effects.

TechsasJim

lousubcap said:

I am not buying this but if you want incentive to sort out brisket cooks on your own check out what SRF just started offering:
"AMERICAN WAGYU BLACK GRADE

"SMOKED BRISKET

$299.00

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Description

Taste authentic Central Texas brisket without using a smoker or grill. We partnered with Southside Market & Barbeque, the oldest BBQ joint in Texas, to create a smoked, fully cooked American Wagyu brisket. This is a bona fide Texas brisket - seasoned with just salt and pepper, and smoked low and slow on a traditional offset smoker using only Texas post oak. Arrives frozen. Just thaw, heat and devour.

Average weight: 8 pounds"

Not a huge Southside Market fan to begin with so for $299 it will be a hard pass for me...but interesting

Ozzie_Isaac

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

fishlessman

TEXASBGE2018 said:

johnmitchell said:

Buying a beach house for my Veterinarian. I took our two little mutts in for teeth cleaning. I just got a call that the one needs 6 extractions 😳 All this gets done under anesthesia, so God alone knows what this Is going to cost 😂😂

In the TEXAS house that's called say bye bye to the doggy kiddos. My threshold for animal medical bills is about $500. Any more and they get sent to the rainbow bridge.

Up here two stitches went 900 this summer on my Britt......my regular vet doesn't charge me every visit though, we work it out  with a few small jobs here and there

HeavyG

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

Just curious, do have an upper dollar limit for vet care for a pet before you make the decision to put one down? Or do you just plop down the AMEX Black and say go for it?

johnmitchell

johnmitchell said:

Buying a beach house for my Veterinarian. I took our two little mutts in for teeth cleaning. I just got a call that the one needs 6 extractions 😳 All this gets done under anesthesia, so God alone knows what this Is going to cost 😂😂

Update: $1.400 Later. I must admit I was expecting more, but I guess she settled for a shack two rows back at Myrtle Beach😂😂

Ozzie_Isaac

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

Just curious, do have an upper dollar limit for vet care for a pet before you make the decision to put one down? Or do you just plop down the AMEX Black and say go for it?

My decisions are based on the quality and length of life post procedure. If they will have a good quality of life after the surgery with a reasonably high success rate, then I would have the procedure.

When I aquire an animal that is my responsibility.

Ozzie_Isaac

I also have a good relationship with vets whom I trust.  They will give me the varuous options and outcomes and then let me make the decision.  Large animal vets tend to be more pragmatic than your city vet who upsells like a used car dealer.

Legume

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

I was going to ask if there is a threshold for the kids medical expenses, but thought better of posting that.

or if it’s too late to return the pets to Costco, also not suitable to post.

we paid a fair bit to keep a lab with lymphoma alive because we were moving from San Diego to Texas, the kids were young and it was the most consistency we could provide them. I won’t break the bank on a pet if it’s hopeless and keeping them alive doesn’t benefit the pet, but they’re part of the family, like it or not.  Kids learn by example.

TEXASBGE2018

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

My pets are part of my family too, but it's a pet, not my kid. I'm not going to deplete an emergency fund or put $5k on a credit card for a dog that I paid $100 for at the animal shelter. Especially if that dog may at best live a few more years. Everything has a cost benefit analysis for me and my kids will learn that too. I have compassion for animals but I'm not going to go broke for it. Feel free to spend your money how you want. 

HeavyG

Ozzie_Isaac said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

Just curious, do have an upper dollar limit for vet care for a pet before you make the decision to put one down? Or do you just plop down the AMEX Black and say go for it?

My decisions are based on the quality and length of life post procedure. If they will have a good quality of life after the surgery with a reasonably high success rate, then I would have the procedure.

When I aquire an animal that is my responsibility.

I understand, and agree, but that doesn't tell what your upper limit might be. I"ll assume that you have the resources that the sky is the limit. Cool.

JohnInCarolina

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

Just curious, do have an upper dollar limit for vet care for a pet before you make the decision to put one down? Or do you just plop down the AMEX Black and say go for it?

My decisions are based on the quality and length of life post procedure. If they will have a good quality of life after the surgery with a reasonably high success rate, then I would have the procedure.

When I aquire an animal that is my responsibility.

I understand, and agree, but that doesn't tell what your upper limit might be. I"ll assume that you have the resources that the sky is the limit. Cool.

That is a bit of a jackass response to what I thought was a thoughtful response from Ozzie.  I don’t know, maybe I’m reading too much into it.

TEXASBGE2018

Since I apparently smacked a hornets nest with a couple of you. Let me clarify, my literal limit is not $500 but I'm not going to go broke for a dog, sorry not sorry.

HeavyG

JohnInCarolina said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

Just curious, do have an upper dollar limit for vet care for a pet before you make the decision to put one down? Or do you just plop down the AMEX Black and say go for it?

My decisions are based on the quality and length of life post procedure. If they will have a good quality of life after the surgery with a reasonably high success rate, then I would have the procedure.

When I aquire an animal that is my responsibility.

I understand, and agree, but that doesn't tell what your upper limit might be. I"ll assume that you have the resources that the sky is the limit. Cool.

That is a bit of a jackass response to what I thought was a thoughtful response from Ozzie.  I don’t know, maybe I’m reading too much into it.

Well, it really wasn't meant to be a jackass response. He slams someone for sharing what their limit might be (which he apparently thought was way too low) and I was curious where his limit might stop 5K, 10K 100K? Genuinely curious. His response was quite the politician non-answer. Of course, he is under no obligation to give me an answer and is quite free to tell me it's NOMFB.

Langner91

I believe everyone has a pet-vet limit, most people just don't divulge it.  It probably varies based upon a number of factors during the pet's life and the owner's life.

I also believe it is important to know the current limit before taking Rascal to the Vet.  Because, it sucks to set the limit when that decision needs to be made and the kiddo's are sobbing over Rascal.

  

ColbyLang

Pre kids…..$21,000 over a 3 year span on a Weimaraner…….and that’s without the monthly pharmacy run for his congestive heart failure meds. Do I win?( Except maybe for Ozzie with horses)

JohnInCarolina

My personal pet-vet limit is closely held, but it can be written in terms of a certain number of SRF-briskets.  

Gulfcoastguy

I recently paid a bit more than $800 to have a lump removed from the Boxer’s leg. But if it had been cancer positive I wouldn’t have had chemo or ongoing treatment. Been there with the last one. She had phenobarbital to control seizures and a special low fat low taste dog food for thyroid issues. She just knew that she was drunk, expected to eat crap, and still had massive seizures. The poor vet looked like she was 16 and likely it was her first euthanasia. I was there the whole time with my dog’s head in my lap. 

Time to take fat boy for a walk while he is w
earing his blue neck bagel.

Ozzie_Isaac

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Since I apparently smacked a hornets nest with a couple of you. Let me clarify, my literal limit is not $500 but I'm not going to go broke for a dog, sorry not sorry.

I was not referring to the dollar amount, more so the flippant response about the chocolate bar situation.  Basically, I am gonna teach my kids a lesson by letting my dog die from a preventable and treatable situation.  Same with teeth removal.  It is treatable and will save the dog immense pain.

HeavyG said:

JohnInCarolina said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@TEXASBGE2018 I feel bad for your animals and your children.  I recommend not replacing your pets if something should happen to them.

Just curious, do have an upper dollar limit for vet care for a pet before you make the decision to put one down? Or do you just plop down the AMEX Black and say go for it?

My decisions are based on the quality and length of life post procedure. If they will have a good quality of life after the surgery with a reasonably high success rate, then I would have the procedure.

When I aquire an animal that is my responsibility.

I understand, and agree, but that doesn't tell what your upper limit might be. I"ll assume that you have the resources that the sky is the limit. Cool.

That is a bit of a jackass response to what I thought was a thoughtful response from Ozzie.  I don’t know, maybe I’m reading too much into it.

Well, it really wasn't meant to be a jackass response. He slams someone for sharing what their limit might be (which he apparently thought was way too low) and I was curious where his limit might stop 5K, 10K 100K? Genuinely curious. His response was quite the politician non-answer. Of course, he is under no obligation to give me an answer and is quite free to tell me it's NOMFB.

My initial statement could have been more clear. 
I do not begrudge anyone who would spend $500 on an animal, that is not a trivial sum, and probably better than a significant portion of animal owners could afford to drop.  It was the "tough ****, hope they don't die, but kids gunna learn a lesson attitude."

I have been fortunate enough to be able to provide my animals the care I felt they warranted.  I have six figures tied up in animals so my situation is definitely not the norm on this forum.  I have insurance on my performance horses.  Just my insurance premium on my horses is about $1200/horse a year.  That is only for mortality and colic surgery.  It varies based on horse value and competition event. I have to provide heath histories and vet reports.  My animals are my single largest expense.  I often wonder why I do it.

Edit: my personal limit for cats is about tree fiddy.

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Pre kids…..$21,000 over a 3 year span on a Weimaraner…….and that’s without the monthly pharmacy run for his congestive heart failure meds. Do I win?( Except maybe for Ozzie with horses)

You win for dogs by a country mile.

Just this discussion makes me superstitious and I have been knocking a wood all afternoon.

ColtsFan

Ozzie_Isaac

One last comment, when my wife and I could barely rub two nickels together I had become friends with Barry, a homeless guy.

He had a dog that I know he loved, but couldn't afford vet visits.  We talked to the vet and worked out a deal where we covered Barry's dogs vet visits for him.

It was something little that had an immensely positive impact on both Barry and his dog.

TechsasJim

Do you (any of you) have an insurance plan for dogs?    We always had one for ours and the financial pain was minimal—albeit there were never any substantial issues with our hounds.   

Ozzie_Isaac

TechsasJim said:

Do you (any of you) have an insurance plan for dogs?    We always had one for ours and the financial pain was minimal—albeit there were never any substantial issues with our hounds.   

We had a plan probably about 15 years ago.  At the time it was relatively new and was very confusing to use.  We did it for a year, but had such a negative experience, we never did it again.

TechsasJim

We have insurance for this handsome boy—not mine but my daughter’s (but I paid for him, so maybe I can call him mine?   Ha)