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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I learned today that there are some freebees that
come along with joining this iaadp group, like Advantage flea and tick stuff,
and glucosimine, and the fish oil capsuls. I am going to fill out the
application this week and will let you guys know what else comes along with
membership. Apparently noone seems to be biting on insurance for
assistance dogs. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue, Wonder, and Gillah</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> Monday, November 15, 2010 4:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Tracy,<BR>I can't disagree with that. I'm gonna get him checked
as soon as possible.<BR>At least it doesn't seem to be bothering him at
all.<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 Tracy Carcione<BR>Sent:
Monday, November 15, 2010 9:20 AM<BR>To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog
Users<BR>Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs<BR><BR><BR>Hi Suzanne.<BR>A biopsy
doesn't cost much, at least not at my old vet. They just stick
a<BR>needle into the lump and look at the cells they get under a
microscope.<BR>Yours sounds like a fatty lump, but it's always best to
check.<BR>Trouble is a lot easier, and cheaper, to deal with early than
late.<BR><BR>Someone on the NAGDU list has VIP pet insurance, and my neighbor
was just<BR>elling me about VPI insurance. I think I'll check them
out.<BR>Tracy<BR><BR>> Hi, Lynn and Tracy,<BR>> Where do you get pet
insurance? I've thought about it myself. I just found<BR>> a<BR>> lump
on Taj's side which is making me nervous. It seems sensetive to<BR>>
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<BR>> 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<BR>> 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<BR>> 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<BR>> 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<BR>>> 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<BR>>> of<BR>>> business. It seems like a
big practice, with a small lab on the<BR>>> premises,<BR>>> so
maybe that's what I'm paying for. I want the best care for my
dogs,<BR>>> of<BR>>> course, but... When I bring both dogs in for
their annual check-up in<BR>>> 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<BR>>>
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,<BR>>> which<BR>>> are covered by my
insurance.<BR>>> So, I'm just wondering, are these costs typical, or
not? And I'd love<BR>>> to<BR>>> hear about any experiences
with pet insurance.<BR>>>
Tracy<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
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