My dog Eddie's EXPENSIVE operation.

That is a lot of money - around £975 here! I dread to think what it would have cost you without staff discount coffeeshot but it is great that you care enough about Eddie to pay for this operation and make sure he has as good a life as possible! How soon will he be getting his operation? xxx

Wow this makes mw want to run out and buy pet insurance,its cheap,and if this happened to my "Tiny" i would not be able to afford this at all...I have no idea what i would do...I understand how you feel about Eddie,i love my dog and he is like our child now that the kids are gone..Poor Eddie,i do hope and pray he will be alright...

I'm sorry it is becoming so expensive. I'm glad you are able to allow Eddie to have the surgery. I'm really going to pray that something happens to make it easier for you to afford it.

Oh my. I am so sorry to hear that. I was hoping that he would heal right away. I have a Pomeranian and his legs get dislocated all of the time because of his legs are not like other dogs. He is bowlegged like most Pomeranians are. They are known to dislocate because of it. We have had to have him in a sling twice now because of it but it resets. Our dog is a member of our family also and he gets treated very well. That is expensive but worth it for the little ones. We are so lucky to have our dog for ten years now also. I hope Eddie gets better. You must love him alot. Poor thing.

That is too bad, and yes, that is one of the many reasons we do not have 2-legged or 4-legged pets. Just edible green babies in the aeroponic planters. Thosr are our pets...until they become our food.

Hmmm Really expensive and nice to know u r going for it, well done and i am sure next time u r going to have Pet Insurance too Wish Eddie best of luck after operation

i'm so sorry to hear what happens to your dog eddie... yes i agree with you that the price of medical expenses here in australia is very dear as i am living in australia as well... but again, life is much more precious and important and it can't be replaced with money... we can earn the money again by working but not life once it is lost... good luck for your dog's operation and i wish him a speedy recovery... please give him a big hug from me... take care and have a nice day...

Hi coffeeshot, what a pity to Eddie. Thanks God he's alive and safe from his suffer. Yes, we can't ignore to them. They are our family members. Actually, I did face the same situation. It's about 2 years ago. I just came back from college for some 1 day break. I just rest on the couch and Danish ran into the house and hiding under the couch. I was so surprised why he did like that. I tried to take him out under the couch but he ran away to the kitchen. After that I could catch him and saw what happened. His hands were full with blood and his up and down jaw was broken. I had no word on that, my tears couldn't stop raining on my cheek. He got a very bad fever. He's always be that sensitive for his health. Even if he ate something that came outside of the house he will get cold and we had to massage his body to ease him. His voice is so slow as a cat but in that condition he had no voice no more. I did bring him to the hospital immediately. He had the surgery and the doctor said the temperature of him was more than 100 C. I thought he will get disable after that but I leaved everything to God. He was in hospital for 12 days and almost everyday I went to see him. The costing of his expenses in hospital was $1200. It's made my pocket so hard cuz in that time I was a student but as you said no choice. he's my family members and I took care of him ever since he was very tiny baby. But, don't worry on money we could get it but it's very important on the persons or anything that we really love most. Give my big hug to dear Eddie

Hi coffeeshot! Oh poor Eddie! The surgery is really expensive and if this happens to one of my dogs, I don't know how I can afford it but I know that we will do everything we can to to go through with it also. Unfortunately for us, we don't have any pet insurance here in our country. I am so happy to know that Eddie has such a loving and supportive family around him. I know that he will be alright. And I am glad that little Alfred is doing well. Take care and God bless!

Well that's a rough situation. I do hope Eddie can get the help he needs. More importantly I hope you are able to make due Coffee with the setbacks. Eddie's health and wellbeing are important but so are your own. Take care.

I am sorry to hear your Eddie has to have this expensive an operation but as you said he is a member of your family and you could not do otherwise could you? insurance sure does help. good luck and God Bless.

Ouch! Even with staff discount that is going to be a lot of money to pay. Poor Eddie. I know it will be worth it to see him running around again. I am sure he will get good treatment and hope he makes a full and speedy recovery after surgery. It does show how important it is to insure your pets.

Good Luck with the surgery. You really have no other choice even if it is expensive because once you love a pet you will do whatever necessary to keep them happy, safe and healthy. It would be horrible to have to watch your pet be in pain and unable to do anything about it.

I would be the same, Im on a budget but my dogs would always be cared for. Would you be able to pay part payment down and a payment monthly! It would be helpful as a big payment like that can cripple you? well hugs for eddie, good luck.

oh wow! that is a lot of money! i guess it really depends on priorities. in our case, that would be to get a new dog. because with that kind of money, that would mean selling our house just to get the operation going! anyway, well whatever makes you happy right? hope that the surgery will turn out well for your dog.

Ouch Coffeeshot, so sorry to hear this. I was really hoping he was going to make a full recovery. Maybe with you working there a payment arrangement can be made. I know this is hard, during the winter we had an emergency with our dog of 10 years and had to actually take out a loan to cover the vet bills. It happens and we do what we have to to get through..... Give Eddie a big hug and pat for me.

Poor Eddie! But of course, he is one of the family, and you will do what has to be done for him - whatever the cost, because you love him. This happened to me a few years go. My dog was only 2 years old and he got cancer at the top of his spine where it meets the brain; the vets didn't know how bad it was till they opened him up and then came the phone call to ask permission to put him to sleep, because there was nothing they could do for him. We knew the operation was going to be expensive (over $2,000), but we had to try. They are members of the family too, and we love them as such. I pray that Eddie's operation will be a success; please let us know how he's doing.

Thats expensive. But that's great. I wish the best for your dog, get well soon "Eddie",

Ouch! There's not allot more I can say really, but I think I'd probably have to bite the bullet and do the same if it were one of my pets.

Aww that sucks but i'm glad you are going through with the surgery. I hope he comes through it well and makes a complete recovery. I know how important a pet can be like a member of the family.