well of course. If a dog is very sick, many people will just “put it to sleep.”
My last mutt had developed several large benign tumors which were impeding his intestinal flow, heart, and lungs. He went under the knife (cut stem to stern), spent 4 days in doggy intensive care, spent a week total at the vet, and had several prescriptions for almost a month. He recovered to live another 4 years. The price was under $2500.
What do you suppose such a surgery would cost at a hospital, including all of the above?
And before y'all get too amazed that I would spend 2500 on a mutt, he had previously chewed the hell out of a guy breaking into my shop, and killed a dog trying to attack one of my kids. I owed him.