Well, I'll forego the obvious comment about life not being fair, and say that I agree. However, at the same time they are also trying to run a business, and if there's a situation where the owner is willing to pay and the hospital isn't left holding the bag (because you may or may not be astonished to learn just how often people try to get out of paying their vet bills, even the ones not guilty of criminal neglect), they're going to jump on that.
The owner of the worse dog put down a $300 deposit...so one hopes that he's just learned a very expensive lesson and will do better in the future. Some owners would just surrender the dog, the hospital would treat him (or put him to sleep), and then he'd go to a shelter where he may be adopted, or more likely put to sleep anyway after all their hard work. It's a grim, grim fact of life.
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branchandroot
Re: uh, rejoice and be glad in it
Date: 2008-07-17 04:36 am (UTC)Yep, you might as well just forget it.
Well, I'll forego the obvious comment about life not being fair, and say that I agree. However, at the same time they are also trying to run a business, and if there's a situation where the owner is willing to pay and the hospital isn't left holding the bag (because you may or may not be astonished to learn just how often people try to get out of paying their vet bills, even the ones not guilty of criminal neglect), they're going to jump on that.
The owner of the worse dog put down a $300 deposit...so one hopes that he's just learned a very expensive lesson and will do better in the future. Some owners would just surrender the dog, the hospital would treat him (or put him to sleep), and then he'd go to a shelter where he may be adopted, or more likely put to sleep anyway after all their hard work. It's a grim, grim fact of life.