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POSTED: | BY: M. Lang
Discourages adoption
We adopted a dog with no known health issues (he had a veterinary exam from the rescue nonprofit). The rescue required we take him to our own vet within two weeks of adoption so we did that. At our very first visit, our vet noticed signs of rear leg pain (she speculated possibly just strain from his weight, arthritis, or injury). We later found out that he had two torn acls. Because of the requirement of our rescue and the waiting period for the insurance, this was considered a pre-existing condition and they said that nothing related to his legs would be covered (even if he developed arthritis later - the scans showed no arthritis currently).
I do understand that this was a preexisting condition, it just wasn’t known to us. It was frustrating that we tried to do the right thing by adopting and were penalized for a history we had no way of knowing and was not disclosed to us (the rescue should have known about it). I wish Spot would consider additional policies that are fairer to rescue dogs because frankly the current policies discriminate against them.
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