How much is too much? Vet recommendations.

Pintman Paddy Losty

I'm in a bit of a pickle here.

The family dog (lab golden retriever cross) has developed a tumour on its back hind leg. Pretty big thing and he's old. I reckon he's not long for this world.

The wife and kids are distraught. She's after looking up how much surgeries like this cost. Get this! In excess of €1000. Nuts!

Anyway, if it were up to me I'd leave him be. Every dog has his day and all that. However, the wife is insisting we do everything we can. She knows I've a couple of grand put aside for a golfing holiday in August. So I can't bluff her and tell her I don't have the cash.

Anyway, I'll get to the crux of it. Anyone recommend a vet in Dublin that would play along with "operation gone wrong" story and put the poor mutt down for me?

Bells21

No, I wouldn't imagine any vets would play along with your 'story'. They are professionals who are there to help animals. Did you find out what kind of tumour it was? I think that there are quite a few vets who, if in their opinion removing the mass would give the dog a better quality of life and not prolong it's suffering, would come to some arrangement in regards to payment for any treatment. Maybe then your dog won't be in pain/discomfort and you'd get to go golfing!

willmunny1990

1,000 seems excessive for a tumor removal, ive had dogs get tumors removed from various areas and it didn't cost anywhere near 1,000.

Maybe get a vets opinion and quote instead of googling it.

Bells21

willmunny1990 wrote:

Maybe get a vets opinion and quote instead of googling it.

I think that would be for the best. Depending on what the tumour is, where it is and what kind of after care the dog will require, you can't really estimate yourself.

Pintman Paddy Losty

Well to be honest I was gobsmacked at the thousand quid price tag myself. But that's what the missus said it would cost after her research. But I think that includes after care check ups and the like.

The thing is, I think it's all kind of pointless. Sammy is fairly advanced in years at this stage. She's nearly more grey hairs that me hahaha. So it'd be a waste throwing good money after bad at this stage.

I grew up on a farm so we were much more of the letting nature take its course. And of course if the poor animal was in "pain or discomfort" there was ways of dealing with that too. Let me tell you it didn't cost a a grand!

I think I'll phone up a few rural vets and see if they wouldn't mid reassuring the missus that Sammy was a fighter but just didn't wake up after the anaesthetic.

DBB

Would you expect a GP to lie on your behalf op? That's a pretty shocking thing to expect a professional dedicated to animal welfare to do
As others have said, call the vet and get a quote. €1000 sounds hugely excessive, but that's the sort of sh!te you're going to get when you look up Google for medical diagnoses and all related to it.

riemann

Yeah you should keep the money for your golfing holiday, no point in wasting it on a silly family pet.

Oh and best of luck with everything. Naturally I hope you have a good life and that your wife doesn't leave you and take the kids.

DBB

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Well to be honest I was gobsmacked at the thousand quid price tag myself. But that's what the missus said it would cost after her research. But I think that includes after care check ups and the like.

The thing is, I think it's all kind of pointless. Sammy is fairly advanced in years at this stage. She's nearly more grey hairs that me hahaha. So it'd be a waste throwing good money after bad at this stage.

I grew up on a farm so we were much more of the letting nature take its course. And of course if the poor animal was in "pain or discomfort" there was ways of dealing with that too. Let me tell you it didn't cost a a grand!

I think I'll phone up a few rural vets and see if they wouldn't mid reassuring the missus that Sammy was a fighter but just didn't wake up after the anaesthetic.

On that note op, I'm going to close this thread now.
It just seems that you're pulling the piss, or at best, not prepared to heed a shred of the advice you asked for.

ShaShaBear

Op, have you tried taking the dog to, you know, a vet, to get the price of the treatment by, you know, a vet?

A good friend of mine had a dog who had a tumor removed at 11 years of age (and it certainly didn't cost €1000) and they put him down last week, on his 20th birthday.

Honestly sounds like utter selfishness on your part, and what a horrid lie to tell your wife and kids "I got the dog put down on the sly so I could still go golfing".
:mad::mad::mad:

henryporter

Might be best to google a few you tube videos on how to remove the tumour yourself - that way the golf holiday is still on and if it goes wrong you could shoot the poor animal or better still bury it alive so that any joy that it brought to your family can be quickly forgotten about and you can move on to thinking about yourself again.