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    Our Lab tore her ACL in March.

    She had never asked me for anything before. No car, no cell phone, no nothing.

    A new ACL was the least we could do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoser View Post
    Our Lab tore her ACL in March.

    She had never asked me for anything before. No car, no cell phone, no nothing.

    A new ACL was the least we could do.
    Yep. They give way more than they ask in return. My dogs are family. I'll do whatever my means will allow to make sure they live a happy life. We've done the ACL thing (or some tendon...forget which) on one of our JRTs. Wasn't quite $2400 but it was close. That one cost me a nice M1A about 4 years ago. But, I recently replaced it (for a lot cheaper than I sold the other one!) Karma, maybe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monky View Post
    Honestly if you're not going to het the surgery put him down. At his age if he damages it more the pain will be worse. He's already going to have lost mobility and his other body parts... Hips, other appendages will compensate to make it bearable.

    He will start to hurt in more places. You can give him doggie pain meds and they'll take their toll on him as well.

    If you're worried about the money just put him down.


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    this get her rimidle untill she is in too much pain then put her down.....she will end up tearing up her other acl soon because its having to do all the work for too limbs now
    Quote Originally Posted by Hoser View Post
    Our Lab tore her ACL in March.

    She had never asked me for anything before. No car, no cell phone, no nothing.

    A new ACL was the least we could do.
    diffrent view of dog ownership none of our 4 would get 2500$ in surgery i damn sure wouldnt put that into a 10 year old rescue i just got

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    I wouldn't bat an eye at paying $2400 for a fix like that. I spent over $7K at the vet last year alone on far less significant issues for two dogs that are over ten years old. Dogs can get costly as they age. If a person can't afford to take care of children, they shouldn't have them....and that should apply to pets as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hatidua View Post
    I wouldn't bat an eye at paying $2400 for a fix like that. I spent over $7K at the vet last year alone on far less significant issues for two dogs that are over ten years old. Dogs can get costly as they age. If a person can't afford to take care of children, they shouldn't have them....and that should apply to pets as well.
    +2

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    Quote Originally Posted by hatidua View Post
    I wouldn't bat an eye at paying $2400 for a fix like that. I spent over $7K at the vet last year alone on far less significant issues for two dogs that are over ten years old. Dogs can get costly as they age. If a person can't afford to take care of children, they shouldn't have them....and that should apply to pets as well.
    Absolutely agree!!!

    ps, ask a vet not a bunch of gun enthusiasts on the fucking internet
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