I had to have my dog put down 1 month ago...

[shirlene29]

If she had given you the bill at the time you had your dog put down you probably wouldn't be so upset. What's going on is receiving the bill one month later is sort of opening up the scab on an emotional wound for you.

But you should remember, it's probably nothing personal. Many businesses bill on a monthly basis.

Just like all other fields, there are good vets and bad vets. Some of the best end up washing out of the field because the pet owners are miserable to deal with. It's easier to be a human doctor, honestly. Your patient's tell you what's wrong and, interestingly enough, people rarely squawk about paying an exorbitant doctor's bill, even if the result is a dead patient.

this...

I had my shepherd put down a cpl months ago and I paid up front...it made it so I had no reason to go back there ever again and could just walk out and not look back

vet was really compassionate about it tho....put him down under a beautiful old maple tree outside so he (dasty) didn't have to go inside the clinic. Then covered him up kind of ceremoniously when it was done with a blanket from the clothes line near by.

my husband and ex husband were there..it was kind of surreal


anyway, what was said...people have to make money....and thats just a small part of their business but it still costs them money to do and do correctly and humanely.
if you car blows up and you have to have it towed...you generally still have to pay the tow ya know?

 

[redshirt27se]

if he found a dying wireless LAN controller in the street and called you, would you fix it for free?

lol

 

[nimbus]

I never expect people to do things for free, but I frown upon those that ass rape to take advantage of the circumstances when all people are trying to do is be good people, kinda takes away the desire to help out...

how much should he have charged? 130 doesnt seem like all that much for a euthanization, but maybe cr is different

 

[shirlene29]

it doesn't sound like a ton...but I do know of a vet that will take care of strays for free

for price comparison...to have Dast euthed and the body cremated it was 280 bucks
if i wanted the ashes back it was like another 200 bucks plus the urn

 

[nangiggles]

it doesn't sound like a ton...but I do know of a vet that will take care of strays for free

for price comparison...to have Dast euthed and the body cremated it was 280 bucks
if i wanted the ashes back it was like another 200 bucks plus the urn

he gave me back the poor dead stray dog in a black trash bag....
To eauthanize a dog in CR is usually around $20... and he charged $130

 

[shirlene29]

yeah, thats obviously highway robbery then

back in a trash bag is really shitty too

 

[jnevin]

I'm really sorry about your loss man, but the vet did the work and she should be paid for it. The Humane Society has you pay them too, so it's not like she dinged you for something unusual. MM nailed it when she said it tore of an emotional scab. When I had to take my boy in and have him put down it crushed me. He couldn't walk, I had to carry him in. He was bleeding out of the hole he had chewed in his leg and was just shaking. That huge needle full of blue shit being pushed in and he just nodded off with that one last gasp of breath just made me cry like a baby. If I would have got a bill for that a few weeks later I would have felt fucked with, but they were doing their job and they work to make a living, not to fuck with you.