Her Mom Makes Close To 7 Figures, And Her Dad Is Rich Too, But Both Her Parents Are Refusing To Pay For Her To Take Her Sick Dog To The Vet
During a heated argument with her parents, a 16-year-old girl begged her parents to help her sick dog.
She and her chihuahua essentially grew up together. The 15-year-old dog has been her best friend since she started crawling as a baby, and she feels that the dog’s current health problems require veterinary care.
Not only is he in need of a routine checkup, but he also has had discolored teeth for several years. She believes that her parents are unfairly neglecting her dog.
“They would take all of our other pets (brother’s pets plus parents’ two dogs) to the vet every six months and pay thousands on whatever surgeries and medications they needed,” she explained.
For years, she tried to reason with her parents and convince them to make a vet appointment for her dog, but they ignored her requests. She said that her dog hadn’t been to the vet since he was neutered.
Sadly, her dog’s health problems, which he has suffered with on and off for several years already, have worsened over the past year. She listed his issues, which include a fast heartbeat and struggles with breathing.
She described his breathing as “shallow” and “labored.” Also, he coughs and chokes while he lays down, even when he’s not running around or exerting himself physically. She said that when he lies with her, and his heavy breathing rocks her body, she can’t help but cry.
Despite her pleas to her parents, their only response was that this is what happens when a pet is old and that there’s no need to spend money when he only has another year or two left. They also said he’s “just a dog.”
While she said she wishes she could take her dog to the vet herself, she doesn’t have the money saved up. Even though she starts a new job in August, she is afraid that by then, it will be too late to save her dog. She continued that even if she was told during a vet appointment that she’d have to put her dog down, she would feel better knowing that at least she did all that she could.
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Then, the situation came to a head with a blowout fight. Her dog choked and then passed out on her lap. In anger, she told her parents they needed to schedule a vet appointment for the next day. Like before, they refused, repeating that her dog was old and that’s how life goes. This was when she had enough.
“So I told them that I would be keeping this in mind when they’re old and can’t go to the bathroom without help. I told them they would receive no help and that if my old dog died in pain, I would never forgive them,” she said.
After that, her parents were intensely angry. They yelled at her and said they couldn’t believe she compared them to a dog. Her parents sent her to her room and haven’t spoken to her since their argument. They didn’t even talk to her during dinner.
Even though she knows that her words were a bit severe, she doesn’t feel like she did anything wrong. She went on to explain that her parents weren’t refusing to take her dog to the vet because of financial reasons. Her mom makes almost seven figures, and her dad makes roughly the same salary, so she clarified that money has never been an issue for their family.
“The only difference between my dog and the other pets is that he is solely mine. They got him for me, specifically. I don’t know if they are trying to teach me a lesson or something, but it’s not working.”
In the end, she said that her dog’s health issues have never concerned the rest of her family, and she wants to know if anything can be done for her dog.
Do you think she should have yelled at her parents?
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