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Originally Posted by Galaxy
And they may suffer more with all the medical treatments and surgeries than they would without it...for what? To extend their life for a little more time?
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Depends on what the ailment is. A broken leg can be fixed up, but it's cheaper to put the dog down. There's conditions that medications can manage. Not every vet treatment involves end-of-life care. In fact, the great majority of it doesn't. Not a lot of people are putting their animals through years of painful cancer treatment, or spending thousands of dollars on 15-year old dogs. I'd imagine most big vet bills are going to be based on accidents and ailments involving otherwise healthy, younger dogs that can be treated.
With the amount of adoptable dogs out there, I can't really have negative feelings about people who would put down their dogs rather than treat them for something fixable, because they at least had a shot at a life that so many other never will. But it does make me realize how lucky my dog is.