5
out of 5
POSTED: | BY: Clement
Grateful for excellent pet insurance
Boudreaux, 3 1/2 years old, is our 5th golden retriever over the past 40 years. We never purchased pet insurance before this one. The reason, our previous golden developed osteosarcoma at age 8 and required hospitalization and an amputation - very expensive and heartbreaking. He died 6 months later - way too young. We got Boudreaux as a pup and signed him up for Healthy Paws Pet Insurance. When he was about 4 months old, he developed a bowel obstruction from eating kelp during a trip to the beach. He required emergency surgery which saved his life. The Healthy Paws online claim process was efficient and clearly delineated. Just 3 weeks ago he became lethargic and developed a fever. Turns out, despite being on Simparica, he had anaplasmosis, a tick-borne disease that caused his platelet count to drop precipitously to life-threatening levels. Because we had insurance, we didn't hesitate to take him in, and good thing we did when we did. He was accurately diagnosed and responded promptly to treatment. Again - Healthy Paws came through. We received a check in the mail just 5 days after the claim was submitted online. Not only that, but we received an email inquiring about his health. We couldn't be more pleased. We highly recommend not only having pet insurance for your beloved pet, but using Healthy Paws. Without insurance, we might have waited too long to take our boy in.