[Njagdu] Vet costs

[MS S TILLETT]

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?  

Suzanne, good luck about that lump.  Hopefully it is just a fatty tumor.  



Sue, and Wonder 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Suzanne Woolbert 
  To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users 
  Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs


  Hi, Lynn and Tracy,
  Where do you get pet insurance? I've thought about it myself. I just found a
  lump on Taj's side which is making me nervous. It seems sensetive to touch,
  and I'm hoping it's just some sort of innocuous cyst. I really don't even
  have a few hundred to do testing on it. I'm thinking it's not cancer because
  it's fairly large, but feel sfluidy. It is not hard.

  Yeah, Tracy, I'm always shocked with the bills too. I had a wonderful vet
  where I used to live who would charge me for meds only. but that's hard to
  find.

  Suzanne

  -----Original Message-----
  From: njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
  Behalf Of Lynn Reynolds
  Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:34 PM
  To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
  Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs


  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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