Mermaid Waters Veterinary Surgery

Last year I took my dog in with a torn cruciate ligament. After an initial consultation, I was told that surgery was going to cost $5k with a 50% chance that the other leg would also go in future, due to weight dependency. A potential total of $10k in surgery fees. She was prescribed some pain medication to help her manage, and I told the vet that I needed time to think about whether I would go ahead with surgery, as I was very overwhelmed. I knew I couldn't keep my dog judging on those costs, and was incredibly upset at the situation. I received phone calls to "check how she was going", but didn't sense any real genuineness about the phone calls, rather a sense to get on with the costly surgery. I felt pressured and a picture was painted that surgery was dependent on her life. Based on the location of the vet surgery (in one of Gold Coast's richest suburbs), I'm sure many clients would happily go ahead with expensive surgical procedures without blinking an eye. After calling my mum's vet in Ipswich (lower demo-graphical area) I was quoted $1.5k for the exact same surgical procedure as described by the vet in Mermaid Waters. Luckily I was able to heal her leg through conservative management, and avoided surgery, however I would not return to this vet for any future treatment based on my experience.