Recently, one of my dogs had an accident which left him in pretty bad shape. When the animal ambulance arrived in the first instance, I really didn’t think he was going to make it, he was in great distress and pain, and I asked the vet if she thought it might be better to just pts, as the suffering seemed unbearable, and he didn’t look good. I was also highly distressed.
The vet was lovely, and she said that she wouldn’t pts at this stage, and that if I refused to pay for his treatment, she would hand him on to another vet, she still wouldn’t put to sleep. She was telling me this to reassure me that there was still hope, and so of course we did everything necessary, and he is ‘out of the woods’ and on the slow path to recovery, for which I’m grateful every day.
But I’m just curious, what would have happened if I’d been unwilling, or unable to pay for his treatment? I made a decision years ago to ‘self insure’, and so I don’t begrudge a penny, I have saved on premiums over the years, but I’m wondering what happens to the poor dogs who aren’t insured, and the owners won’t pay 😞
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What happens if you refuse vet treatment?
whateveryousay · 15/01/2020 21:28
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