They can’t tell if it’s in his gut or small intestine, have to open him up and look. It all started out with what we thought was a bad batch of food, and trying to get his digestive system restarted. Since then, about 9 days ago, he’s not ate or drank a lot, which complicates interpreting what they’re seeing.
Putting my $2k (+everything else I’ve spent since getting him) dog down because of a >$100 bill doesn’t exactly add up for me though.
Yeah, I talk a big game and we stuck to it for our working dogs growing up, but those dogs lived to work more than they lived to be our companion.
Yeah, Doc made it sound like its another day. She's pretty damn good, so hopefully he gets fixed up right and heals quick. I was really hoping to get him out once or twice more this season. He is supposed to be getting tested this spring as well, and now I don't know if that's gonna be a possibility, which really sucks.
I understand. Lots of folks are like that. For us, it's always been a hard limit. We always talk it over with the kids, give the old fella a great day of whatever they can handle, then a quiet .22. Then we go puppy shopping for a new one. We've only had to put a few down, but it's never been a question if we were going to spend thousands of dollars on a dog. As they used to say, 'it's just a dog'. That dough might have to go to fight cancer for one of us some day.
