re: How much would you pay to save/extend your dog's life?

I paid 1300 to give my pup 1 extra comfortable year.

I may be an a-hole, but I'm not spending a lot of money to save my pets. If the cost doesn't affect my family to much then I would consider it. But when we get to significant amount of money no way.

If they are in pain I will end it for them right then, if not I will comfort them till time comes but I'm not blowing resources to extend life a little.

We got our Schnorkie from the St. Tammany Humane Society. We would take her there to the low cost clinic. We brought her in for a a teeth cleaning that they had to put her under for. They kept her there all day and hurried through the procedure right before we were due to pick her up. Got there and she was still all wet. Paid them, brought her home and she started wheezing badly. She had aspirated during the procedure or recovery. They told us to bring her to Med Vet. She almost didn't make it with a hole in her lung. $4500 and 7 days later she made it through. She was only 7 and we were willing to go pretty far to save her. There were a few touch and go days and the money didn't really bother me too much but it would have sucked to spend that and bring home a dead dog. I don't know how I would handle terminal illness though.

Don't be selfish and put the dog through that shite.

Several thousand at least.

Our dog was 5 when he had a slipped disk which paralyzed his back 2 legs. Our choices were to put him down, or spend $5k for surgery, which would probably work, but no guarantees.

We went through with the surgery, spent a few months rehabbing him, mostly getting him in the pool. He was able to walk again within 6 months, and lived til he was 17.

Best $5000 ever spent.