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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would be interested too. Are any of you
members of AAIDP? I can't remember what all the letters stand for but it
is something like association international dog partners, and includes all kinds
of service dogs. I have been thinking about joining. I'll look into
it and see what I can find out. It seems to me that the vet bills have
gotten higher and higher, as have regular doctors' bills. I just never
trusted that pet insurance would be good, but maybe it is something whose time
has come? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suzanne, good luck about that lump. Hopefully
it is just a fatty tumor. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue, and Wonder </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mom2brylaur@verizon.net href="mailto:mom2brylaur@verizon.net">Suzanne
Woolbert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=njagdu@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi, Lynn and Tracy,<BR>Where do you get pet insurance? I've
thought about it myself. I just found a<BR>lump on Taj's side which is making
me nervous. It seems sensetive to touch,<BR>and I'm hoping it's just some sort
of innocuous cyst. I really don't even<BR>have a few hundred to do testing on
it. I'm thinking it's not cancer because<BR>it's fairly large, but feel
sfluidy. It is not hard.<BR><BR>Yeah, Tracy, I'm always shocked with the bills
too. I had a wonderful vet<BR>where I used to live who would charge me for
meds only. but that's hard to<BR>find.<BR><BR>Suzanne<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org">njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org</A>
[mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org]On<BR>Behalf Of Lynn Reynolds<BR>Sent:
Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:34 PM<BR>To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog
Users<BR>Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs<BR><BR><BR>Hi Tracy,<BR>I do not have
pet insurance, but I am considering it. I think that when
pet<BR>insurance first started, it did not include regular check ups.
But from<BR>what I understand, some of them do now. Just a regular visit
with all the<BR>regular shots and vaccines, plus heartworm and flea
treatments, they run<BR>over $400 including a 10% discount for service
animals. I had Jake in over<BR>night because he ate something he wasn't
supposed to, he was on fluids and<BR>all that. Thank God he passed what
he ate and there was no further<BR>treatment or surgery which would have been
the next step if he wasn't going<BR>to pass it, because that cost me
$1700. It is very expensive. But you do<BR>what you got to
do.<BR>Lynn<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Tracy Carcione" <<A
href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:nagdu@nfbnet.org">nagdu@nfbnet.org</A>><BR>Cc: <<A
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">njagdu@nfbnet.org</A>><BR>Sent: Tuesday,
November 09, 2010 9:07 AM<BR>Subject: [Njagdu] Vet costs<BR><BR><BR>>I had
to take Ben to the vet yesterday for what I think will turn out to<BR>> be
nothing. He had an exam, urinalysis, and a blood test, and it came
to<BR>> $260! I was shocked. Is this typical? Have I
forgotten what vet trips<BR>> cost? This was our first time at a new vet,
since our old one went out of<BR>> business. It seems like a big
practice, with a small lab on the premises,<BR>> so maybe that's what I'm
paying for. I want the best care for my dogs, of<BR>> course, but...
When I bring both dogs in for their annual check-up in the<BR>> spring, I
can see that it could easily cost me $500-600, and maybe more.<BR>> If I
were unemployed, it would be prohibitive. I'd have to switch back
to<BR>> GDB, just for the vet stipend.<BR>> Anyone have pet
insurance? Is it working out well? Too bad Benny can't<BR>> be
on my Blue Cross. He needs a prescription plan too--heartworm
pills<BR>> are $7 a pill, as I recall. Way more than my
cancer-fighting pills, which<BR>> are covered by my insurance.<BR>> So,
I'm just wondering, are these costs typical, or not? And I'd love
to<BR>> hear about any experiences with pet insurance.<BR>>
Tracy<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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