Even before spending $11,000 to render the dog below cancer-free, our vet had taken my wife and I into Calgary in a stretch limo for her office Christmas party at a fancy Italian restaurant.
And she made a 10 p.m. housecall to de-skunkify both mutts when we were in Toronto once.
So . . . . that probably tells you how much we might routinely spend in a year for the care of two Golden's and four cats.
Keeper, ironically named by her former owners, was a tattered sight after three operations that saved her life. A year-and-a-half later, she's lovin' life and remains cancer-free.
But, I remember once spending $1,500 to fix a cat when it meant a lot more than $11,000 today. It's a tough call. But, if you can't care for them, don't have one.
Cowperson