Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was shocked at how much cost of pet hospitalization had gone up in the last decade here. In the end it was irrelavant as the gold in the world can't make a difference if you have a hopeless/terminal case. Between the horrific heartache and financial cost no more pets for me without pet health insurance coverage. Greg Lorenzo Calgary, Canada > > I only spent $2,000 before the 5 year old shih tzu died. That was for 1 > day of care. My vet (ex-vet) was not particularly interested in the cause > of death. She knows that the dogs are like our children and we are willing > to pay a great deal of money to save their life, but once the pooch has > died, the vet bills freeze as did her concern outside of the cost of > disposal. > > Jeffery > > On Apr 3, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > >> >> Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >>> >>> I think that these are still poorly understood diseases. I recall >>> reading that "dogs cannot get mad cow disease". As a result, cattle >>> dying from it are candidates for dog food. I gave one of my dogs some >>> dog treats imported from the country that uses tainted beef in its dog >>> food, and my dog died of some sort of encephalopathy within the year. >>> And that dog treat brand disappeared from the shelves of stores for >>> about 6 months. >>> >>> My father was a hospital administrator during the early 1980's. When >>> AIDS became an entity, early conventional wisdom was that it was caused >>> by an immune reaction to sperm entering the bloodstream via traumatic >>> intercourse. Then it was a virus that could not be transmitted by blood >>> transfusion. These diseases with slow incubation periods lead to some >>> pretty erroneous assumptions. And science has a tendency to call >>> something "right" when we are really saying "right, until proven wrong", >>> and that happens regularly. >> >> We lost our 9 YOA Bichon last May to acute renal failure. $10,000 in vet >> bills later we are still wondering what the H*ll caused this. >> >> His food, to my knowledge, was not made by Menu Foods of Toronto which >> was found to have used tainted wheat gluten from China in their dog food >> brands in 2007. That error cost several people theirs pets with all the >> heartbreak that goes along with the death of a family pet. >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> Calgary, Canada >> _________________________________________________________________ >> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with >> Hotmail. >> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2