At House with a Heart, one of our greatest expenses is medical care for our senior dogs/cats. A lot of folks have seen various online posts/blogs and videos where we talk about how much the medical expense can be over time for any given resident.
And I imagine some folks are thinking – “how could you possibly spend that much money?” or “I know this may sound horrible but those dogs are going to a nice place to die so why are they spending so much money for medications and surgeries”?
Over the years at HWAH, we have become more and more conscious of looking at the next steps down the road for the dog, and asking “is the treatment to improve their life or just prolong it?” It is very difficult to make the hard choices when a beloved dog such as Marzi is taken for treatment, and recovers.
