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I paid about $650 for Sparky. If I had a vet tell me it would cost $1,000 to keep this dog alive for maybe another year, I'd probably put him down. I know it sounds cold. And I know you think that way about electronics, but I sort of feel that way about most things. A car, a computer, a pet, etc. To me they are things that I own, and if the upkeep of the item exceeds the value of the item, it makes no sense to keep it.

As far as keeping a dog outside, I haven't always felt that way. I have had inside dogs before. Sparky was an inside dog, a small dog. A Jack Russel Terrier. I've had outside dogs and inside dogs, but lately with a 2 year old in the house, knowing a dog could snap at any moment if my daughter pulls a tail or something, I'd just keep them outside. You play with them, and visit them, and take them for walks, and stuff, but they live outside and sleep outside unless the weather is so bad they can't.

Also having an obsessive compulsive cleaner of a wife who freaks if there are pet hairs on you or a crumb on the floor makes it tough to have one inside too.