My father-in-law seems to be cut from the same cloth. Back home on the farm in
the Punjab, animals were service creatures: the horses plowed, the cows gave
their milk, the dogs herded and guarded and the cats kept vermin out of the
grain. They aren't animal haters, but he explained that when he was a boy only
the very rich kept animals as companions to love and spoil. After so long in the
US he still didn't quite get why I was so devastated when we put our Fritzie to
sleep, and why we have four cats now and spoil the hell out of them. He shut up
when he learned I can't have kids.

Blessed be,
Baha

Christina Websell wrote:

"Singh" wrote in message
...
I sympathise almightily. When Brandy had her tooth trouble last year we not
only
got socked with a bill that was more than our car payment, Yours Jackass
Truly
wrote the check from the wrong account, causing an insifficiant funds
situation
that took a month to correct. God bless the vet; they decided to take the
check
anyway.

This is nothing to what you went through though. I'm so sorry about poor
Enid.
Who in their right minds would spend such cash on a goose? Someone who
loves her
animals dearly. My Brandy bill was an inconvenience for a short time, but
I'd do
it again in half a heartbeat for the love I have for my Bit, or any of my
other
little ones. Don't question your sanity. The love and care you have for
your
creatures always comes with a heart in the right place.

Ble3ssed be,
Baha

Thank you, Baha. It won't make my bank manager happy but I can rest easy
knowing I did everything possible.
My aunt (otherwise lovely) can't understand why I spend so much money on
vet's bills. She says if she had an animal that cost so much she'd have it
put down and get another. We've disagreed on this topic before and no doubt
we will again..
She cannot understand why anyone would spend a lot of money on vets bills on
an animal that is probably going to die shortly so why not cut your losses
and get another healthy one?

Logically, it seems sensible. But she's completely forgotten how much we
love our animals and what we are prepared to do to keep them alive. I feel
an aunt lecture coming on. Okay she's 80 but she can definitely take it,
she is like 60. We will have words about this soon. She is very computer
literate, thank goodness she doesn't read rpca.

Tweed