Why do I read articles like this?

[wordinista]

This breaks my heart.

People suck.  And some people suck so hard, they deserve to have a Louisville Slugger taken to their kneecaps.  AUGH.  WHY.

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[ankoku-jin.livejournal.com]

It's right up there with the people who, when told I am considering chemo for my cat or that I spent $1800 just to get a diagnosis, give me a blank look or straight-out say, "It's just a cat!" And then I feel like saying, "If your child had cancer, would you just cut your losses and have another one? Chemo is expensive!" But I settle for giving them the blackest look I can muster, which is apparently so vile as to cause the target to physically recoil. ;P

It's clear that money and convenience > love for these kinds of people. For me... well, if money could fix my kitty I'd live in a shack to save her. :(

[tatertott.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. My dog, Rugby, now has a fixature on his arm due to a second surgery to straighten his arm from when he broke it as a pup. The first surgery for the break was at least $4000. This current one will definitely go over $5k easily. And yet I get asked all the time at work, "so...when would you ever say 'nope, can't do that'?" or I get told "it's just a dog." Might be "just a dog" to some people, but he truly is my four-footed child.

We also got a cat after our neighbors moved out and left her behind. For two weeks, she was skittish and howled outside the house, waiting to be let in - but no one was there. We gained her trust with food and water and she's now the most adoring cat I've ever met.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly. We don't have kids (and we're not sure we want to), so... our pets are basically four-footed children, and if keeping them well and healthy and happy means that I've got to sacrifice some comforts, then that's what has to be done.

There's a quote I use as a signature on a forum I frequent:

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.

That... pretty much says it all for me.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

*nodnodnod nod*

I know exactly where you're coming from. I will never forget when my own mother asked me "So how long are you planning on taking this?" in regards to Bronte, and trying to find a treatment for her. We spent $1500 on a blood transfusion and a bone marrow test, and for a while there, she had vet visits every two weeks. Sometimes, when she was really bad, once a week.

Sydney's got GI issues and allergy/skin issues, which as necessitated a switch over to a grain-free diet. It's going to require some fancy footwork in the budgeting department, but if it can take care of her itching and her anal sac problems, it's totally worth it. Darwin and Sydney go to doggy daycare once a week, every week, and if things are tight, then they STILL go, and it comes out of some other part of the budget. These aren't "just" animals -- and every time someone say something like that, I want to kick them.

[ankoku-jin.livejournal.com]

It's going to require some fancy footwork in the budgeting department

It's funny you should mention that, because as I was prepping this month's budget, I slashed my own food budget by over 30%, and increased the pet food budget by about 400%. XD; I may plan my own meals around the bargain circulars, but my cats will eat like kings...