I’m a member of the sandwich generation. Just today, I stood for ten minutes at the Target pharmacy counter, seven month old daughter strapped to my chest, to discuss with the pharmacist the proper dosing of glucosamine with chondroitin for one of my geriatric Italian Greyhounds. Yes, I have two young kids and two old dogs, and it is killing me. My dogs, both approximately ten years old, are equivalent in age to my parents, and in much worse shape. Bad teeth, bad skin, bad kneecaps, brains, and thyroids. Not to mention the $4000 bionic leg.
I would rather have my parents living with me at this point than my dogs. It would be cheaper, and I much prefer my dad's blueberry buttermilk pancakes on Saturday mornings to getting up early to shove pills down the sticky throats of pets who have long since gotten wise to our attempted camouflages of peanut butter, baby food, soft cheese, and balls of bread. I will spare you the details of the toothbrushings; suffice it to say that everything the dogs have eaten chez backyard ends up stuck in the finger cot bristles I use to massage their aged maws. This to prevent further $55/tooth extractions at their twice-yearly $250 dentals.
Is it too late to look into pet health insurance?
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over the past two months, i've spent about 700 bucks on my geriatric cat. today another vet visit. another 100 bucks. eye drops. steroid injection. maybe it will help. maybe not. last year, emergency bills were over $1000. insane.
but my kids are grown. that would be tough to have geezer pets when your kids are babies!
Yeah! But we do it because we love them, don't we. I sound harsh in my post, but I really do love and value my pets. They were my only children for, oh, eight years! We had another IG who was hit by a car, and we still mourn for his loss.
Ahhhh, the lengths we go to for our animals. I never understood this until I lived with a family that raised and raced Greyhounds. Beautiful, beautiful creatures. My jaw nearly hit the floor when I found out how much he spent on them. It's good Karma though. You take care of them now when they are old and someone takes care of you when you need your teeth brushed. ;)
Becky, you've made me feel a little better, knowing I'LL GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. LOL No, I could never let an animal not live in his healthiest state possible. Even if it means spending thousands of dollars, I guess.
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