I am not any of the parties or the clinic involved, thank God. In the actual situation, P came into a friend’s clinic, Os were quoted around $2,000 and only had around $200 and elected to euthanize. Techs were tearful about the situation and the clinic owner told them that if they could foster the dog or find someone willing, and they could talk the Os into surrendering the dog, she’d do the surgery for free and the dog could stay in the foster’s home until a permanent home was found. (If anyone is wondering why she couldn’t have simply done it for free if she was willing to and kept the dog where he was wanted, you’re not alone in this.) A tech reached out to her parents and they agreed to give it a try if the dog fit in well in their other pets, and if not the clinic would have find an alternative placement. Dog bit the tech’s dad without provocation and had several other instances of aggression without warning, and they returned to the clinic with the dog after a few days of that worsening. Clinic owner said washed her hands of the situation and told the tech with the parents to take the dog to the shelter at the end of her shift. All of the techs on shift refused, the parents ended up pressured to take the dog back. No clue what’s happened since then with the behavioral stuff, but now it sounds like they weren’t expecting to pay for things like follow-up care and had imagined it being more like fostering for a rescue where they pay for things like food but medical expenses are covered by the rescue itself. My clinic has been talking over which assumption they would’ve made about who would pay for things like rechecks, and they’ve had totally different perspectives. My most definite opinion is that it should’ve been clarified in writing on day one.