[Njagdu] Vet costs

[Lynn Reynolds]

Hi Tracy,
These dogs are such chow hounds.  He doesn't care what he puts in his mouth. 
He actually ate a plastic ring from a juice bottle, and apparently it stayed 
in his stomach and blocked his food and he couldn't keep anything down. 
that is why he had to stay overnight so they could put him on intravenous 
liquids.  Do you think he learned his lesson? Of course not.  I just have to 
keep a tighter reign on him, especially when I go to throw out his trash at 
the dumpster.
They make things interesting.
Lynn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users" <njagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs


> Hi Lynn.
> Well, your costs sound similar to what I'm paying, so that must be the
> going rate these days.  Glad to hear Jake got through OK.  Benny sometimes
> eats stuff he shouldn't, despite my best efforts.  I sympathize.
> Tracy
>
>> Hi Tracy,
>> I do not have pet insurance, but I am considering it.  I think that when
>> pet
>> insurance first started, it did not include regular check ups.  But from
>> what I understand, some of them do now.  Just a regular visit with all 
>> the
>> regular shots and vaccines, plus heartworm and flea treatments, they run
>> over $400 including a 10% discount for service animals.  I had Jake in
>> over
>> night because he ate something he wasn't supposed to, he was on fluids 
>> and
>> all that.  Thank God he passed what he ate and there was no further
>> treatment or surgery which would have been the next step if he wasn't
>> going
>> to pass it, because that cost me $1700.  It is very expensive.  But you 
>> do
>> what you got to do.
>> Lynn
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: <njagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:07 AM
>> Subject: [Njagdu] Vet costs
>>
>>
>>>I had to take Ben to the vet yesterday for what I think will turn out to
>>> be nothing.  He had an exam, urinalysis, and a blood test, and it came
>>> to
>>> $260!  I was shocked.  Is this typical?  Have I forgotten what vet trips
>>> cost? This was our first time at a new vet, since our old one went out
>>> of
>>> business.  It seems like a big practice, with a small lab on the
>>> premises,
>>> so maybe that's what I'm paying for.  I want the best care for my dogs,
>>> of
>>> course, but... When I bring both dogs in for their annual check-up in
>>> the
>>> spring, I can see that it could easily cost me $500-600, and maybe more.
>>> If I were unemployed, it would be prohibitive.  I'd have to switch back
>>> to
>>> GDB, just for the vet stipend.
>>> Anyone have pet insurance?  Is it working out well?  Too bad Benny can't
>>> be on my Blue Cross.  He needs a prescription plan too--heartworm pills
>>> are $7 a pill, as I recall.  Way more than my cancer-fighting pills,
>>> which
>>> are covered by my insurance.
>>> So, I'm just wondering, are these costs typical, or not?  And I'd love
>>> to
>>> hear about any experiences with pet insurance.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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