My dog’s final days cost $3,000: The heartbreaking reality of ‘economic euthanasia’

I never thought my bank account would play a role in my dog’s fate.

Two days after Christmas, I was standing at a vet’s counter in rural Virginia, watching my mini schnauzer, Gloria, struggle to breathe in an emergency oxygen chamber.

I had to ask the question every pet owner dreads: “How much is this going to cost?”

But I’m far from the only one who’s had to ask it.

A new study from Healthy Paws Pet Insurance, “Love vs. Limits: The New Economics of Pet Care,” found that...