That's another thing I thought about (while I was spending too much time thinking of what I would really, really do.)

My dog died recently because I couldn't afford the surgery she needed. There was nowhere to turn for assistance. There's no animal Medicare or anything. And you can't go to the emergency medical hospital here and get treatment and make payments later like you could with a human. You have to pay an initial intake fee up front, then they consult with you about what type of treatment you can afford.

I couldn't believe it. This beautiful young dog, so full of life and happiness is dead because she bit off the end of a Nyla bone that got trapped in her intestine and the only people who could save her life would not do so without cash up front.

So, I didn't think of actually creating a clinic, but I imagined going into the local vet (who told me as the dog was dying to take her to the emergency hospital since I had already given them all the money I had for treatment so far, knowing I couldn't get her help there either) - so I imagined going in there and asking them to setup an emergency funds account for anyone who came after me with similar circumstances - a pet who would die for lack of money - and when it happened, draw from this fund that I would put at least $10,000 into. I only needed a few hundred to save my dog's life, so I figure 10k could save a lot of animals, and spare a lot of humans the heartbreak I and my children went through for lack of a few hundred bucks.

It's nice to see that someone else thought of doing something similar. Not that either of us can do anything about it - but it's on my list of things if I ever have a best-selling novel or win a lottery.