At what price point is it worth putting your pet down?

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the vet just gave us a quote for about $800 worth of servies that he needed.

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u can get a new one for less.

Just put the dog down.

Buy a new puppy and get health insurance for it.

this is definitely a situation i dread. In my opinion if it puts a crimp in your monthly or yearly income where bigger priorities must be shifted, then its not worth it. But if care is repetitive and keeps compounding as the pet ages, its time to put it down.

Personally, I would be willing to pay whatever the cost is along as it won't pit me in a serious financial bind. It doent come to a point where you have to consider the quality of life for the dog. Is it fair to out the older. dog through a procedure that may only extend it's life a couple month? That's the kind of questions I would have to ask myself

$2000 is my one time cut off payment.

I've paid $1200 for reconstruction surgery for a dog's leg after he got ran over.

Paid $1500 for a dog with HGE to die. It sucked having to pay that bill and pick up a heavy cold garbage bag.

Cost me about $5000 on a cat that died anyway because of the wife. Had it been me it would've been the cost of ammo plus gas driving out to the camp.

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So, for you what is the max amount you would spend to keep your pet healthy?

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Can't say I have ever considered that.

Here's some advice for you though: When you get to the point where you feel it isn't WORTH it and you decide to put him down, do it, and then you should never get another pet.

Tell your wife I don't blame her for hanging up on your arse either!

I love my dog. She's been thru a shite storm with me during a rough point in my life so I dread this situation

That being said you have to evaluate at what point your dog is no longer capable of having a good quality of life. I'd rather put my pup down than see her suffer every day

Made a financial decision like this over a ferret years ago. Had him euthanized. Regretted that decision ever since.

It would take a very large number before I would blink over my dogs. I'd say thousands.

We just put ours down a few months ago... we had already spent about $4500 on tests and procedures and she was still hurting. The next step would have been starting over but at Miss St or Auburn.

For me, it wasn't about the money. I just couldn't stand to see her suffer for the extra several months it would have taken.

The bottom line for me is that you go as long as you can and still provide a reasonable quality of life for the animal. When you are no longer able to financially do so and still take care of your main family, then the time has some. Similarly, if money is not a problem, the same thing applies but based on the pet. When they no longer want to get up and move around, or eat, then it is time.

It's gonna hurt no matter when the decision is made. Good luck.