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At what point do you kill your family dog?

I have an 11 yo dog and 2 young kids who are quite fond of h...
boyish poppy codepig
  12/01/25
I would pay for the surgery but you absolutely should see if...
White motley stain community account
  12/01/25
https://www.nahf.org/article/tracheal-collapse-dog-surgery-c...
White motley stain community account
  12/01/25
Yeah everything’s insanely inflated where I am. Gettin...
boyish poppy codepig
  12/01/25
Do you live around NYC? If so then I can recommend a place....
White motley stain community account
  12/01/25
Nah unfortunately. I like the idea of vet schools. I think w...
boyish poppy codepig
  12/01/25
Good luck.
White motley stain community account
  12/01/25
I would pay for the surgery but if you are legit broke then ...
pink narrow-minded immigrant antidepressant drug
  12/01/25
check if vet is owned by MARS chocolate before proceeding
Orange church building cuck
  12/01/25
if you have pet insurance get the surgery no question. if yo...
geriatric harsh yarmulke
  12/01/25
No pet insurance. I’ll shop around and see if we can g...
boyish poppy codepig
  12/01/25
unfortunately they probably won't cover this if you don't al...
geriatric harsh yarmulke
  12/01/25
tbf, how does an insurer find "vet records" that y...
supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
bro idk ok fine you have found the loophole around preexisti...
geriatric harsh yarmulke
  12/01/25
It’s much harder for human pre existing conditions to ...
supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
How to keep quiet about the years of records the insurance c...
Glittery Hissy Fit Crackhouse
  12/01/25
Years of records? Most people never go the vet. We go to a w...
supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
are you mentally retarded
Exhilarant selfie senate
  12/01/25
Show your work. I’ve shown mine If some vet tomorro...
supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
how about this. go get your dog insurance this afternoon and...
Exhilarant selfie senate
  12/01/25
Wait 6 months
supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
loled out loud at this. jews are so 180 and smart
Exhilarant selfie senate
  12/01/25
Can you drive dog to rural vet or a vet school? Vet schools ...
Glittery Hissy Fit Crackhouse
  12/01/25
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White motley stain community account
  12/01/25
I don't know anything about pet insurance, but i'm litigatin...
Aromatic mewling degenerate
  12/01/25
Drive 10 hours to a vet in ARE country and pay $2000 for the...
Glittery Hissy Fit Crackhouse
  12/01/25
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Heady site
  12/01/25
i couldn't spend that type of money on a dog in good conscio...
Passionate greedy school boiling water
  12/01/25
I would drop $10k on my dog for medical care without hesitat...
White motley stain community account
  12/01/25
cut your losses. spend 300 on adoption fees for a new dog a...
Galvanic set gunner
  12/01/25
Very hard to adopt a dog that isn’t a shitpit mix, esp...
supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
I've noticed this. I can't say I spent a ton of time brow...
Pungent shrine halford
  12/02/25
when you're hungry
Floppy macaca
  12/01/25
That’s always tough and there’s no right answer....
Lascivious canary becky
  12/01/25
just let it run away and the spca will pick it up and have s...
Fishy stirring range
  12/01/25
when the wok is at a rolling boil
Frisky heaven stock car
  12/01/25
...
scarlet alcoholic locus
  12/01/25
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odious tank
  12/01/25
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Cerebral gaping
  12/01/25
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supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
rorring boir
glassy underhanded nursing home
  12/02/25
PAGING metaphysics is gay the poaster
Salmon naked native
  12/01/25
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Razzmatazz corner main people
  12/02/25
I'd try to find a better price because that quote seems insa...
Swashbuckling goyim
  12/01/25
i'd spend whatever it takes, but this is some goyishe math. ...
supple primrose public bath
  12/01/25
There’s ways the dog can make it up to you after the s...
laughsome low-t lettuce house
  12/01/25
Hey mig, you murdered your dog bc he annoyed you. Thoughts h...
Razzmatazz corner main people
  12/02/25
my extended family did the dog surgery/chemo stuff once and ...
Amethyst fortuitous meteor
  12/02/25
i do it in the first year, before anyone gets too attached.
glassy underhanded nursing home
  12/02/25
Update: Got a second opinion from a country vet an hour away...
boyish poppy codepig
  12/04/25
180
supple primrose public bath
  12/04/25
180 fuck those vet scammers
Turquoise parlour
  12/04/25
180
Amethyst fortuitous meteor
  12/04/25
180. This is why you get second opinions. Also, never use ...
White motley stain community account
  12/04/25


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Date: December 1st, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: boyish poppy codepig

I have an 11 yo dog and 2 young kids who are quite fond of her. Unfortunately, she has a collapsing trachea, which will progressively worsen until it suffocates her to death. Could be months, could be years. In the meantime, I can pay $5,000 for a tracheal surgery which could more or less “cure” the issue but even then she’s looking at maybe 5 years tops. I’m also Poor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474553)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:00 PM
Author: White motley stain community account

I would pay for the surgery but you absolutely should see if the vet is ripping you off. Get a few other second opinions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474558)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:05 PM
Author: White motley stain community account

https://www.nahf.org/article/tracheal-collapse-dog-surgery-cost



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474580)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:07 PM
Author: boyish poppy codepig

Yeah everything’s insanely inflated where I am. Getting multiple opinions though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474589)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: White motley stain community account

Do you live around NYC? If so then I can recommend a place.

If not, I recommend some veterinary schools. They may be cheaper, especially if you allow them to work with students on the dog (it would be supervised by faculty).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474597)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:19 PM
Author: boyish poppy codepig

Nah unfortunately. I like the idea of vet schools. I think we have a couple nearby.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474630)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: White motley stain community account

Good luck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474905)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:02 PM
Author: pink narrow-minded immigrant antidepressant drug

I would pay for the surgery but if you are legit broke then don’t do it, just put the dog to sleep when it’s time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474569)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:03 PM
Author: Orange church building cuck

check if vet is owned by MARS chocolate before proceeding

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474573)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:03 PM
Author: geriatric harsh yarmulke

if you have pet insurance get the surgery no question. if you don't and really can't afford the $5k, it might old yeller time...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474577)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:06 PM
Author: boyish poppy codepig

No pet insurance. I’ll shop around and see if we can get it cheaper. It’s hard to kill something over money. Obviously there’s a threshold but WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474583)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:07 PM
Author: geriatric harsh yarmulke

unfortunately they probably won't cover this if you don't already have insurance. your vet records will show that the tests for this condition predate the policy. still try though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474588)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

tbf, how does an insurer find "vet records" that you dont show them?

is there some national database of vet records?

one weird trick: cant op just get insurance now and keep quiet about any vet records in existence and let do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474598)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: geriatric harsh yarmulke

bro idk ok fine you have found the loophole around preexisting conditions the insurance conundrum is solved

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474614)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:33 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

It’s much harder for human pre existing conditions to be hidden because most people are not just going to random doctors but having their claims submitted to major national insurance companies so there’s essentially a national database of your medical record through insurance claims.

For dogs its not the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474674)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:23 PM
Author: Glittery Hissy Fit Crackhouse

How to keep quiet about the years of records the insurance company will demand to see as a condition of coverage and will scour for any sign of breathing issues?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474642)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:31 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

Years of records? Most people never go the vet. We go to a walk in clinic for shots and I have those records. There’s no records of annual checkups or blood work or anything that would document any physical condition our dog has.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474668)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:33 PM
Author: Exhilarant selfie senate

are you mentally retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474676)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

Show your work. I’ve shown mine

If some vet tomorrow said my dog had a major problem, I’d never mention that visit. I’d simply show the insurance company the records of the walk in clinics where we’ve gotten vaccines over the last few years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474692)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: Exhilarant selfie senate

how about this. go get your dog insurance this afternoon and report a collapsing trachea to them tomorrow, even if its a lie. lets see what unfolds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474756)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 3:31 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

Wait 6 months

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474854)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:27 PM
Author: Exhilarant selfie senate

loled out loud at this. jews are so 180 and smart

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474658)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:12 PM
Author: Glittery Hissy Fit Crackhouse

Can you drive dog to rural vet or a vet school? Vet schools often have discounted rates so vet students can learn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474609)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: White motley stain community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474613)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 3:44 PM
Author: Aromatic mewling degenerate

I don't know anything about pet insurance, but i'm litigating a case against a state insurance regulator and got a bunch of their internal emails, and they absolutely RIP on pet insurance. They use it as a shorthand for a scammy worthless product.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474913)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:10 PM
Author: Glittery Hissy Fit Crackhouse

Drive 10 hours to a vet in ARE country and pay $2000 for the surgery instead. Otherwise put down the dog if it looks very uncomfortable all the time. This should be a high bar, though.. Dogs are very resilient and adapt to most shit that life brings them. *takes gun out of mouth* we can learn a lot from them, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474599)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Heady site



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474657)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:13 PM
Author: Passionate greedy school boiling water

i couldn't spend that type of money on a dog in good conscious. my ex (a vet) and i got in a big fight over this. it seems extraordinarily selfish consider $5k could make a lot of other pets (and humans) lives much better.

with kids you could mentally frame it as paying for their happiness but if youre poor your money is better spent elsewhere imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474611)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:15 PM
Author: White motley stain community account

I would drop $10k on my dog for medical care without hesitation. That said, my last dog (a giant dog too) beat cancer twice, was a diabetic, lived to 13 and all of her care combined was under $10k. I never spent $5k on any single thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474617)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:16 PM
Author: Galvanic set gunner

cut your losses. spend 300 on adoption fees for a new dog and think about how excited your kids will be about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474621)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:34 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

Very hard to adopt a dog that isn’t a shitpit mix, especially in an expensive area like where OP seems to be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474679)



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Date: December 2nd, 2025 1:04 AM
Author: Pungent shrine halford

I've noticed this.

I can't say I spent a ton of time browsing dog adoption ads years ago, but it can't always have been like this.

I look at what the nearest shelter has and the vast majority are shitpits and the remainder are kinda sad looking, not particularly cute dogs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476314)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: Floppy macaca

when you're hungry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474626)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Lascivious canary becky

That’s always tough and there’s no right answer. My last dog didn’t make it quite to 11 and went pretty quick, natural time for the breed. But I told myself if it ever looked like he was suffering I’d take him out for all the cheeseburgers he could eat and then give him a lethal dose of meds and sit there with him till he was gone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474690)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Fishy stirring range

just let it run away and the spca will pick it up and have some shitlib couple pay for the surgery

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474693)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:40 PM
Author: Frisky heaven stock car

when the wok is at a rolling boil

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474698)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: scarlet alcoholic locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474712)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: odious tank



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Date: December 1st, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: Cerebral gaping



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474915)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 10:34 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476074)



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Date: December 2nd, 2025 9:45 AM
Author: glassy underhanded nursing home

rorring boir

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476768)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 3:52 PM
Author: Salmon naked native

PAGING metaphysics is gay the poaster

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49474942)



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Date: December 2nd, 2025 1:10 AM
Author: Razzmatazz corner main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476326)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 4:28 PM
Author: Swashbuckling goyim

I'd try to find a better price because that quote seems insane but you gotta save the dog. Even at $5k, you're renting the dog for $80/month. I'm sure if you asked your kids if they'd rather skip eating out once a month or kill the dog, they'd choose the former. This is a crossroads where you can put them more on the route to becoming autoadmit sociopaths or make them more normal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49475049)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

i'd spend whatever it takes, but this is some goyishe math. at 11, the dog may die in 2-3 yrs even with the surgery -- of something related to the condition, or of other old age shit. the surgery doesnt guarantee him living until 16 by any means. that being said, i totally agree that you've got to save the dog but shop around.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49475054)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: laughsome low-t lettuce house

There’s ways the dog can make it up to you after the surgery. It will owe you and you can exploit that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476042)



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Date: December 2nd, 2025 1:10 AM
Author: Razzmatazz corner main people

Hey mig, you murdered your dog bc he annoyed you. Thoughts here?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476328)



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Date: December 2nd, 2025 9:42 AM
Author: Amethyst fortuitous meteor

my extended family did the dog surgery/chemo stuff once and i wouldn't do it again. yes it probably extended the life of the dog a year or something. but the dog cannot understand why it is in short term pain. it's a sad moment but i would say pick the day and end it is a compassionate OK thing to do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476759)



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Date: December 2nd, 2025 9:45 AM
Author: glassy underhanded nursing home

i do it in the first year, before anyone gets too attached.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49476764)



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Date: December 4th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: boyish poppy codepig

Update: Got a second opinion from a country vet an hour away. He says NOT collapsed trachea, just borderline, but he needs heart meds. So now I have a nearly blind old dog on heart failure meds, but he should be sticking around for a while.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49483765)



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Date: December 4th, 2025 3:38 PM
Author: supple primrose public bath

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49483931)



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Date: December 4th, 2025 3:44 PM
Author: Turquoise parlour

180 fuck those vet scammers



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49483958)



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Date: December 4th, 2025 8:01 PM
Author: Amethyst fortuitous meteor

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49484588)



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Date: December 4th, 2025 8:01 PM
Author: White motley stain community account

180. This is why you get second opinions. Also, never use the first vet again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5804779&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49484590)