[Njagdu] Vet costs

[Suzanne Woolbert]

Thanks, Sue,
I'll keep you guys posted.

Suzanne
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  From: njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
Behalf Of MS S TILLETT
  Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 1:30 PM
  To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
  Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs


  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

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    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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