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Originally Posted by vwnate1
Many years ago I had a small terrier run into the street and had it's hips run over by an Oldsmobile, shattering his hip and both rear legs like dry chicken bones ~ the Vet said it'd co$t in excess of $4,000.00 to begin, I asked isn't it possible to tape / cast him up and let him heal slowly ? .
I didn't much care if he couldn't run anymore, the $4K meant death to my little dog .
The Vet shook his head but did it and that little smelly noisy yapper lived another 15 years.....
You learn a lot about things like this when on a rural farm where there's no $ for the veterinarian .
Glad you pooch made it through O.K. .
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I love my pets, have cats now, but I agree - no way I would spend that sort of money on them. There are too many perfectly good animals being euthanized every day to go all heroic teary eyed over the fate of one of them.
Your story is a good account of just what the mammalian body can do. Hell, reptilian might even be more resiliant, who knows.