just rang pdsa as our dog is ill and im short of cash with xmas and a single dad with two girls to bring up ...on a low income..... told them my dog was coughing up blood they said oh you need to get here asap,,,,, what benifits do you get ? i said well only working tax credits and child tax credits no csa as wife wont pay !!!!!! they said oh sorry we carnt help you you need to call a vet.... .... just been to a local vet they had to put her under anescetic and a tube down her throat as blood was in lungs then said they had to keep her for the night but dont hold alot of hope ...then said that will be £150/£200 so far ........ ring us in the morning my girls are gutted and im totally skint . thing is if i was on the bloody dole dog would have top treatment straight away and i would have had some money to give them as my council tax /rent /ect ect would have been bloody paid ...

sorry just havin a moan i live on a culddy sack of about 35 houses of which only about 5 of us bloody work and they seem to have money all the time ...

 

To be fair, you get what you pay for, and PDSA is humain, not always "the best" so to speak.
I know what you mean though, vet bills can get expensive QUICK! A knocked hip cost me £120 last year, for an injection of ibruprofen ! and a quick once over from an emergency vet.

Needless to say the dogs are insured for the bigger stuff, but even thats not cheap.

Hope the dog is ok mate, and the end of the day, frustration aside, thats the main bit eh

 

Time to think about pet insurance.

 

no i didnt post for a hand out just frustration really i work hard for a low wage and try to bring my girls up best i can and just seem to get peinalised for it all the time ...

 

You're not alone mate, believe me.
But prob best to look at some insurance as said

 

thanks pal yeah i should have done insurance really but after divorce you have enough to think about. i just never got round to it . just hope roxy is ok for my girls sake they love her to bits they have both offered there xmas money towards bill and thats all they had this year ...there mother never even sent a bloody card... enough said cheers for listening guys

 

I'm tempted to rant about pets costing money and don't have one if you can't afford to look after it....

but, sounds like you're having it tough. Hope the dog pulls through.

 

fair comment mate i understand totally and a few years ago may well have said the same .... we had everything new house, a car each and a company van my company but after a very ****ty divorce and a court case for kids had to sell the lot ... so yes i could afford her, but now its tough .. and yes there is always someone worse off just before xmas one off my nieghbour lost her son to suiside after he jumped from a multi storey car park...

 

you should have lied about what ever benefits you needed etc.

And i dont think anyone who's life is been funded by tax payers should be allowed to keep a pet.

I agree with you. many of us question why we work . In my road more than 70% of the council owned places are housing fresh eastern european families. these are fully renovated and nice properties. most have a merc or a nice BMW outside and they seem to have lots of cash.

i think if you lie they will never know.

 

What a tragic story Fingers crossed for your dog. Explain your circumstances to the Vet, you never know they may offer some help.

I don't understand your comment about your ex not paying. The csa hounded someone at one of my jobs, in the end the Company had to deduct the money from his earnings. Don't see why it should be any different for her.

All the best, anyway

 

is there not case been made where a company boss is refusing to do this?

 

Good luck to him. It seems to me to be an easy option on behalf of the csa to get the employer to do the deed for them.

At the end of the day, she should be paying for her children. They really are useless.

 

i am sure i read about this. the owner is stating he has no reason to be involved and will not act against his employee

 

An option Danny, might be to find an aquaintance who is claiming a suitable benefit and get them to register the pet in their name. Breaking the PDSAs rules, but not breaking the spirit of the rules and securing the animals continued treatment; which is what theyre all about.

 

thats good advice and does actually work ,maybe a family member or pensioner

 

Fair play to you, hope it all works out in the end. Have a beer

 

cheers guys for all your comments good and bad it is a strange old world .we are thinking of roxy tonight ... as for the csa well just to let you all know that for the first 6 months i had the girls they stopped money out of my wages and gave it to my ex who in a court of law admitted to not havin the kids ,,,lol and guess what i still havent had the money back CSA A TOTAL *** but hey i have two gorgeous daughters livin with me .. lets not start another CSA thread thanks again for your kind words ...

 

Good luck with getting Roxy sorted. I am not normally one for encouraging fiddling things or being dishonest, but due to your circumstances there are possibly some viable options on this thread.

Also, good on you for looking at the good things in life, your daughters, and not focusing too much on the crap. I can't imagine you don't worry about things, but to look at the good too, and how much more important they are, is very admirable.

Good luck to you, and your family.

 

Well said, unwanted or not.

 

nice one

 

Isnt the whole point of tax credits to bump your wage up to that what a decent wage would be?

Hope the dog is ok.

 

You'd be surprised. I haven't done a great deal of research so don't know the exact difference they make, but I'd guess not a great deal anyway.

I had a little look, as me and my other half are quite low paid, I could get them if I was on my own, but as a couple no more than something like 16,000 combined (there abouts) can be earned. Tbh, I'd really doubt they'd amount to much. Call me for my opinion, but generally it seems anyone who is genuinely trying to get by in a difficult situation, tends to get little help out there. Or at least it seems that way.

 

I see your point for a couple but singletons would feel more benefit from it i would have thought. A friend of mine will only work 16hrs a week because he gets his money made up this way.

 

I have felt gutted reading this, really. If the Mods/Admin can confirm address, I will most happily send money via paypal/cheque so your kids have a great xmas/new year..

 

Sorry to hear about the dog, hope she pulls through OK.

On a plus note, most vets are pretty sympathetic, and will allow you to pay off your bill in 2 or 3 instalments if you are struggling and its a lot of money ( as long as you don't take the pee and offer 50p a week for the next 10 years ! ).

I would say get the pet insurance sorted out asap though - one of our cats got ill a couple of years ago, it turned out she had bone marrow anaemia, and the treatment cost over £800. I don't know what staffing levels the PDSA have, but the vet we took her to was a 24 hour service, and they put her on oxygen in a heated incubator, with a nurse and vet there all the time monitoring her, not just left in a cage until the morning while they were shut like some places do.

Sadly she died while the vets were looking after her, but had she not, then the extra treatment would probably have cost another £1000 or more, including the option of moving her to a specialist animal unit in Bristol.

It would be an awful position to be in to have to decide if your pet lives or dies based on money, so having the insurance means you don't need to worry about that at a time when you don't need the extra stress.

 

Any news on your Roxy? Hope she's ok
xx

 

Say if someone gets made redundant, next week, will the pet police come round and take the dog to battersea?

 

Hardly out of order, he does have a point

 

I do not believe for a minute that Danny is soliciting donations and comments to that effect are unwarranted.