5
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POSTED: | BY: RivahDog
Pet insurance is a must nowadays
Recently I spent close to 4K on my 12 year old dog to have a fatty tumor (non cancerous) removed from his leg. It has significantly improved his quality of life, but it certainly decimated our finances. My mother had a 3.5K bill for her dog that swallowed parts of a dog toy and my sister has spent over 10K on her dog treating Valley Fever. Both of the other two dogs were under 6 years. I now carry health insurance on my other two dogs as they are active in the water (injury potential), attend doggie daycare (easy to pick up other diseases), travel with us (could get lost), live in the woods (disease & injury potential from wild predators), etc. The only negative is that there is a lot of paperwork your vet must supply in the beginning. Also the orthopedic exam has to be done after their insurance date. So it will cost me another vet visit.