This is Juno. She's was adopted 3 years ago by a loving family. When she tore her ACLs this year, they couldn't afford her surgery, and faced the devastating possibility of surrendering her. Thanks to your support of our merch, @15outof10.org covered her surgery so their family could stay together ❤️🩹
gotta keep that Navy baby where she belongs ⚓🩷🐾🩷⚓
Shit that's awesome. My service dog needs hip surgery for a slipped disk & tear. But I'll never be able to afford it. So we both hobble around disabled & in pain. Which kills me. I'd never surrender her until I'm dead.
Juno is a beauty!
Thank you so much for treating her so she could stay with her family. Our dog has had both knees operated on and the rehab is extensive and painful. Dogs need the love and support from family they know and trust❤️❤️❤️
Both CCLs at the same time?! Poor baby!
Thank you guys so much
Thanks to all who helped keep this family together!
Beautiful
Yeah TPLO's are exppppensive and super care intensive. Thank you for helping this family!!!!
We did 2 on our baby (now over the rainbow) to the tune of $5 grand a pop. Worth every penny even though cancer got her at only 8. So happy for this family!
I am so sorry for your loss. We've been through 2 on our big bloodhound boy. So I super get it!
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Thank goodness
Our Clara did that last year - both knees! She rocked the same harness. If you watched her today, you'd never know. She's back to her full crazy!!
It's a damn shame what veterinarians charge. Could we surrender one of our children because we can't afford medical care?
I will never understand why an owner has to “surrender” a beloved part of their lives so that it can receive needed care. If a rescue, or donor, wants to be charitable and cover costs then just do it without destroying a dog’s life long bond with its owner. Breaks my heart.
It's not that they need to. Surrendering a pet one can't afford is the alternative to neglecting or killing them. (The latter might happen anyway; shelters have limited capacity and resources too.) Unfortunately, creatures legally considered "property" are entitled to even less than us humans are.
Exception to "don't need to surrender" is if the pet parents have a contract with whoever they got the animal from, stipulating the return of the pet under certain conditions. Dunno if that's the case here though. And adopters/buyers often break those contracts...
Warning: I start rambling here 😅 While veterinarians and their staff have ethical standards (see the AVMA's PVME) and laws to follow—as medical practitioners for humans do—ultimately, a veterinary clinic/hospital is a business first. They're not really required to serve anyone who can't pay them.
I hope most vets wouldn't turn away emergency patients due to lack of payment upfront, rather than inability to provide necessary care, but it's legal. Whereas for humans, ERs specifically are required to treat critical patients (see EMTALA).
However...an ACL repair for a human wouldn't meet that standard, either. It's much more likely to be covered by our someplaces-mandated health insurance, at least? (As long as the ACA is in place and requires coverage for pre-existing conditions...)
I guess the real comparison is: would CPS remove a human child from their parent's custody if they couldn't pay for surgery to fix the kid's knees? Maybe, if it's considered medical neglect! Maybe not, if ACL reconstruction goes against the parent's religion!
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What a cutie
She’s gorgeous 🩷
Appreciate the help you give folks. What a pretty girl she is.
