wow. this is one sad topic. my cooper (whipxgrey) has had his chest riped open by a barbed wire fence and did the muscel in there aswell $1500, then not too long ago he was chasing a cat at home and went around the cornor and hit a stick in his frount left leg, $500. he is fine now but deffantly worth keeping him.
BTW, ive got pet insurance costing me only $25 a mounth but better to be safe than sorry.