[Njagdu] Vet costs
MS S TILLETT
suetillett at verizon.net
Tue Nov 16 01:05:12 UTC 2010
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.
Sue, Wonder, and Gillah
----- Original Message -----
From: Suzanne Woolbert
To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs
Tracy,
I can't disagree with that. I'm gonna get him checked as soon as possible.
At least it doesn't seem to be bothering him at all.
Suzanne
-----Original Message-----
From: njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:20 AM
To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs
Hi Suzanne.
A biopsy doesn't cost much, at least not at my old vet. They just stick a
needle into the lump and look at the cells they get under a microscope.
Yours sounds like a fatty lump, but it's always best to check.
Trouble is a lot easier, and cheaper, to deal with early than late.
Someone on the NAGDU list has VIP pet insurance, and my neighbor was just
elling me about VPI insurance. I think I'll check them out.
Tracy
> 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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