German Shepherd "Champ" shot 5 times while protecting his family, but need help
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My wife would spend any amount on money to save the life of her dog as long as there was a chance. Yes we too have put down beloved pets...but never because we couldn't afford care (even when money was tight). We took on a resonsiblitiy to care for these animals and do not take it lightly.
Now if it was medical care for me we couldn't afford..."pfft...let him die."
LOL! Seriously though, I've never had to make that heart wrenching decision to put a loved pet to "sleep." The closest I ever came was when my first boy started walking he would go over to the two pooches (Tugger & JR, they were named after the two great baseball pitchers in 1980) and pull their hair, their ears, their tails and just torture them endlessly. They started growling at him when he got close to them and my wife, at the time, started freaking out because she was afraid they would harm him. I was training them to just be cool with Joey when he was around them plus had taken them to the vet to see if there was anything in particular I could do with them to be more friendly to my boy. The response was that Tugger & JR were so accustomed to being the center of attention that they were actually jeolous of Joey and that we needed to be careful during the training process that they don't hurt him.
One day I came home from work and wasn't greeted by my two pooches. What happened was my wife was calling calling farm owners in the area to see if they would take them and she found one and while I was at work took them there and gave them away. I was heartbroken to say the least but I understood her concern as I was concerned too about them hurting my boy. She did it to protect my son and did it in such a way to spare my feelings about the dogs. The farm owners allowed me to visit them until they both passed away from old age.
Long story but it just goes to show how dogs become family members.
I dread the day when it comes time to have to put my Moose down due to age or disease. I would do anything to get the money to spare him if he were to get sick and need medical attention.
I feel for the pooch above who is suffering from pancreatitis as it is extraordinarly painful and takes time to recover from. In some cases, diabetes is developed and it takes several shots of insulin per day until the pancreas heals to keep the blood sugar in check. -
Talk about timing.
A little over an hour ago I had a custormer call me wanting to transfer funds from his line of credit. The reason? His dog was ill and they could not find anything wrong at the vet after extensive tests so they sent him to the UT Vet hospital...found a mass and removed it...only to find the dog had inoperable cancer and ultimately had to be put down. The cost was about $8,000. I asked him if he regretted the time, money and effort. His answer was "Hell no, he was my buddy!".
This is a man who nearly died twice from massive heart attacks and almost lost everything he owned because of it. He values life more than money...even his dog's life."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
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Talk about timing.
A little over an hour ago I had a custormer call me wanting to transfer funds from his line of credit. The reason? His dog was ill and they could not find anything wrong at the vet after extensive tests so they sent him to the UT Vet hospital...found a mass and removed it...only to find the dog had inoperable cancer and ultimately had to be put down. The cost was about $8,000. I asked him if he regretted the time, money and effort. His answer was "Hell no, he was my buddy!".
This is a man who nearly died twice from massive heart attacks and almost lost everything he owned because of it. He values life more than money...even his dog's life.
Awesome story! -
Have to put a plug in for cats
Our cat Chloe is also family to us, maybe not the protector like a dog is but nonetheless, family. Have had her since she was about 3 months old, rescued from a basement where there were 16 other cats in cages 
she is now almost 16 and those are 16 very spoiled years but we would not hesitate to do everything we could to save her life. She's been with me during good and bad times. In her kitten days I played catch with her and a little balled up piece of paper. She plays with shadows on the floor and wall. She chirps her maine coon chirps. She has US trained, not the other way around
She is family.
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She is one pretty cat.
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I lost my Maine Coon two years ago. At 16 years of age, she had gotten to the point that it was the most humane thing I could do.... I held her as they put her down. She got me through some very hard times.starkiller wrote: »Have to put a plug in for cats Our cat Chloe is also family to us, maybe not the protector like a dog is but nonetheless, family. Have had her since she was about 3 months old, rescued from a basement where there were 16 other cats in cages she is now almost 16 and those are 16 very spoiled years but we would not hesitate to do everything we could to save her life. She's been with me during good and bad times. In her kitten days I played catch with her and a little balled up piece of paper. She plays with shadows on the floor and wall. She chirps her maine coon chirps. She has US trained, not the other way around
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Talk about timing.
A little over an hour ago I had a custormer call me wanting to transfer funds from his line of credit. The reason? His dog was ill and they could not find anything wrong at the vet after extensive tests so they sent him to the UT Vet hospital...found a mass and removed it...only to find the dog had inoperable cancer and ultimately had to be put down. The cost was about $8,000. I asked him if he regretted the time, money and effort. His answer was "Hell no, he was my buddy!".
This is a man who nearly died twice from massive heart attacks and almost lost everything he owned because of it. He values life more than money...even his dog's life.
Sad to hear that he had to put his dog down. I dread the day I have to do that with Buster. He is still young at almost 3 so hopefully that will be a long way down the road. -
<i>Champ was kept as evidence while the intrusion case was pending, and was scheduled to be euthanized because his owners declined to get him the <b>costly</b> medical care he needed.</i>
I don't know how much the medical bills were. However, how can anyone judge the family for wanting to put the dog down because they couldn't afford the treatment?
People make similar decisions about their own family members on a daily basis. Not put down, but they have to choose whether or not to spend a lot of money on an operation or simply go without it and let their loved ones ultimately die in time.
I feel sorry for this dog, and I am glad it was saved. If you love your animal so much then simply purchase pet insurance. That would be the more reasonable thing to do. -
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Gee Bob you sure know how to wrench a guys heart out. That poor puppy:(
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I know, I spent about 20 minutes hugging my dog after seeing it.If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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bobman1235 wrote: »I know, I spent about 20 minutes hugging my dog after seeing it.
Yes indeed Sir, since this thread was started I've been hugging my doggie and playing with him more and talking to him etc. etc etc. . .
Funny thing when he starts snapping out because he sees dogs or squirels or any animinals or George Foreman or that goofy Progressive Insurance commercial girl, amoung a few other things on TV and starts shaking his head with a toy in his mouth shooting slobber all over the big screen, his mother yells at him to stop, he comes running to me and presses himself against me for comfort. It's hilarious, he's just like a little boy a 95 lb hairy little boy. God do I love him.:) -
If they couldn't afford the bill, and living where they do, it's just possible that all of their stuff was worth a whole lot less than the vet bill, especially selling it in a fire sale on something like eBay or craigslist. Just think: how much can you really make in a yard sale full of junk?vet bills are expensive... [...] and for champ i would have sold all my stuff to afford the surgery. considering champ did save his family that is the least you could do.Alea jacta est! -
I hate to say this but it's just a dog. The almighty has a time and place for everything. If it was a horse that got shot 5 times, do you think the response would be different? I mean, a horse is a pet too...right?
The right thing to do would be to put it out of it's misery as soon as it was shot. Shack, you and others may think less of me for my way of thinking but come on man, it's just a dog. If it was my sister or mother I'd sell my own manhood to keep them alive. Both of them. Manhood, that is.
After reading the responses, I've gotta side with you a bit here Treitz. I'll put my pet down to get them out of their misery for something incurable, but will go broke on something something similar to try and save my wife or children are suffering from. But crap, that dog got all shot up defending its family. If it were my dog that did it, I'd have to pay it back and spend a lot of money to try and save it (but I still would not be willing to go broke saving it).
My cats would have been hidden in a corner and thinking "Just take what you want and and leave!"
