Do sympathise MMP. Was in the same situation when mine were young. I got 3 cleaning jobs. Not too proud as long as I got some money. Not saying this is for you. Also got the yellow pages and started phoning all local solicitors to see if they wanted any work done. Struck lucky on first call! Trouble these days is there's just nothing about. Not being much help am I.
Vets fees are horrendous nowadays. They have such posh surgeries and staff to pay that they have to charge huge amounts. Why are animal drugs so much more expensive than human ones? My son had exactly the same steroid after he had a bad allergic reaction as my dog.
We used to have a vet near us and he worked out of the back of a van in his drive. You drove up in your car and waited until he came to see you. He didn't have computors or nurses but you felt you could trust him. There were queues every morning. No appointments just wait your turn. He never charged for children's pets or wild animals brought to him. Sadly he's retired now.
Gilly, no, we don't have pet insurance. My sister-in-law does, and it's cost her thousands (pedigree dogs, therefore more likely to have problems). We worked out recently if she'd just put the money aside, she'd be about £2000 richer.
I am looking for work, as after I had my first child I was unexpectedly made redundant, as it's an employer's market, not many people want ot employ someone who is disabled. This is despite me being previously employed, as a consultant, by companies like BT, Corus (when it was British Steel) and a number of software outsourcing companies. My problem is location, I live in Sheffield, the work is in London. I'm simply not prepared (or able any more) to miss my kids growing up, and live away from home.
I have had many rescue dogs over the years, as has my Mum (she used to breed Afghan Hounds), this is the first time we've had any major expense. We had to have one PTS last year (rescue GSD, who had degenerative disease, there was nothing else we could do). The cost of that was fairly hefty.
My husband works long hours as a lecturer, and doesn't get paid what he's worth (he went into teaching as a 'steady' job whilst I was pregnant with number 1), over the years we've been together, we've NEVER both been in work at the same time, one or the other of us has been made redundant, had to give up work to look after elderly relatives then babies, so we don't have a 'rainy day fund', that went long ago when we lost my husband's father.
It is a struggle to put food on the table, we make our own fuel from waste veg oil so we can run a car, so pet insurance that we may or may not need (and haven't needed for the past 10 years) is an unneccessary extravagance. So the last of the family silver (my handbag collection) is going on ebay over the weekend, in case he needs to have the toe amputated. Am praying that the £140 worth of broad-spectrum antibiotics work, so my beloved furry boy doesn't need to have it amputated.
My daughter paid pet insurance for years for her two pedigree dogs but never claimed as she said by the time they paid they paid the excess, it wasn't worth claiming. Then, as they got older, so the premiums went up and she stopped. Like everything else, there are times when you just can't justify paying out every month, just in case anything goes wrong. Hope your hound improves with the antibiotics MPP. Wish I could help with a job. I really do know how hard it can be. Not fun at all.
i suppose I speak from having paid pet ins for 7/8 years then had ongoing medical condition with my labrador and had back in paid for treatment much more than I had paid in..I agree that it is not an essential expense and \I do know how hard it can be sometimes ro cope,
Thanks everyone. Just got a bit fed up of being the statue and never seeming to get my day as the pigeon, and worried about Max. He's a rescue, and has given us so much more back than he ever took. Our house is a forever home, we do what we can to understand our dogs, and understand that some things can be difficult for them. Bracken was terrified of belts, we think that one of her previous owners had beaten her with one. If I ever found out who it was, I don't think I could be responsible for my actions.
Gilly, if you've had more back than you paid in, then I think you've been one of the lucky ones, the charges go up and up each year the dog gets older, and as Max is at least 10 now (we got him in 2003 as an adolescent dog), the excess would be mad, that is if anyone would insure him.
Bev - I don't think the apprentices are chosen for their intelligence, the program makers know what they're doing and 12 really bright sparks wouldn't make good TV, whereas 12 assholes spouting the guff they do, does. Apparently. I don't really watch 'reality' TV, I think life's too short to watch that. Give me a good Midsomer Body Count, or NCIS, or a Foyle, Morse, Frost or Endeavour and I'm happy. I do admit to having a soft spot for Most Haunted, that used to have me roaring with laughter every time Yvette Fielding started shrieking, got possessed or Derek Acorah started going on about 'suberreaneans' living in the Tube in prehistoric times. Derek, you berk, the tube was built in 18-something or other, it wasn't there in prehistoric times. Still makes my husband laugh if I suddenly shout subterreneans at him at random times. I think thats as close to reality TV as I've ever got.
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Do sympathise MMP. Was in the same situation when mine were young. I got 3 cleaning jobs. Not too proud as long as I got some money. Not saying this is for you. Also got the yellow pages and started phoning all local solicitors to see if they wanted any work done. Struck lucky on first call! Trouble these days is there's just nothing about. Not being much help am I.
Really sorry MMP.
Vets fees are horrendous nowadays. They have such posh surgeries and staff to pay that they have to charge huge amounts. Why are animal drugs so much more expensive than human ones? My son had exactly the same steroid after he had a bad allergic reaction as my dog.
We used to have a vet near us and he worked out of the back of a van in his drive. You drove up in your car and waited until he came to see you. He didn't have computors or nurses but you felt you could trust him. There were queues every morning. No appointments just wait your turn. He never charged for children's pets or wild animals brought to him. Sadly he's retired now.
Hope all goes well for you MMP
Seem to remember a pdsa vet in sheffield off ecceshall road i think.
would at least make it cheaper
https://www.pdsa.org.uk/pdsa-vet-care/eligibility
I am sorry if this sounds rude MMP,and I am a dog lover myself(previous Labrador owner),don,t you have pet insurance?
Gilly, no, we don't have pet insurance. My sister-in-law does, and it's cost her thousands (pedigree dogs, therefore more likely to have problems). We worked out recently if she'd just put the money aside, she'd be about £2000 richer.
I am looking for work, as after I had my first child I was unexpectedly made redundant, as it's an employer's market, not many people want ot employ someone who is disabled. This is despite me being previously employed, as a consultant, by companies like BT, Corus (when it was British Steel) and a number of software outsourcing companies. My problem is location, I live in Sheffield, the work is in London. I'm simply not prepared (or able any more) to miss my kids growing up, and live away from home.
I have had many rescue dogs over the years, as has my Mum (she used to breed Afghan Hounds), this is the first time we've had any major expense. We had to have one PTS last year (rescue GSD, who had degenerative disease, there was nothing else we could do). The cost of that was fairly hefty.
My husband works long hours as a lecturer, and doesn't get paid what he's worth (he went into teaching as a 'steady' job whilst I was pregnant with number 1), over the years we've been together, we've NEVER both been in work at the same time, one or the other of us has been made redundant, had to give up work to look after elderly relatives then babies, so we don't have a 'rainy day fund', that went long ago when we lost my husband's father.
It is a struggle to put food on the table, we make our own fuel from waste veg oil so we can run a car, so pet insurance that we may or may not need (and haven't needed for the past 10 years) is an unneccessary extravagance. So the last of the family silver (my handbag collection) is going on ebay over the weekend, in case he needs to have the toe amputated. Am praying that the £140 worth of broad-spectrum antibiotics work, so my beloved furry boy doesn't need to have it amputated.
Sorry,MMP did not mean to offend.
My daughter paid pet insurance for years for her two pedigree dogs but never claimed as she said by the time they paid they paid the excess, it wasn't worth claiming. Then, as they got older, so the premiums went up and she stopped. Like everything else, there are times when you just can't justify paying out every month, just in case anything goes wrong. Hope your hound improves with the antibiotics MPP. Wish I could help with a job.
I really do know how hard it can be. Not fun at all.
i suppose I speak from having paid pet ins for 7/8 years then had ongoing medical condition with my labrador and had back in paid for treatment much more than I had paid in..I agree that it is not an essential expense and \I do know how hard it can be sometimes ro cope,
MMP hope your furry boy improves soon.
MMP hope the doggys foot gets better.
I've four children and have been divorced three times and know how it feels to have no money. Feel for you- life is very frustrating sometimes.
My rant for the evening- if they have the choice of the best from all the applicatants on the apprentice- well then the country is going to the dogs.
Thanks everyone. Just got a bit fed up of being the statue and never seeming to get my day as the pigeon, and worried about Max. He's a rescue, and has given us so much more back than he ever took. Our house is a forever home, we do what we can to understand our dogs, and understand that some things can be difficult for them. Bracken was terrified of belts, we think that one of her previous owners had beaten her with one. If I ever found out who it was, I don't think I could be responsible for my actions.
Gilly, if you've had more back than you paid in, then I think you've been one of the lucky ones, the charges go up and up each year the dog gets older, and as Max is at least 10 now (we got him in 2003 as an adolescent dog), the excess would be mad, that is if anyone would insure him.
Bev - I don't think the apprentices are chosen for their intelligence, the program makers know what they're doing and 12 really bright sparks wouldn't make good TV, whereas 12 assholes spouting the guff they do, does. Apparently. I don't really watch 'reality' TV, I think life's too short to watch that. Give me a good Midsomer Body Count, or NCIS, or a Foyle, Morse, Frost or Endeavour and I'm happy. I do admit to having a soft spot for Most Haunted, that used to have me roaring with laughter every time Yvette Fielding started shrieking, got possessed or Derek Acorah started going on about 'suberreaneans' living in the Tube in prehistoric times. Derek, you berk, the tube was built in 18-something or other, it wasn't there in prehistoric times. Still makes my husband laugh if I suddenly shout subterreneans at him at random times. I think thats as close to reality TV as I've ever got.