[Njagdu] eating trash

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Lynn.
Jeez, that sounds bad.  I'd have been beside myself with worry.  Ben likes
to eat bark mulch.  Mmmm, yummy wood!  He also has a thing for twist ties,
so now we have to put them carefully away where they won't accidentally
fall on the floor.  For such a smart guy he can be pretty darn dumb.
Tracy
> Hi Tracy,
> These dogs are such chow hounds.  He doesn't care what he puts in his
> mouth.
> He actually ate a plastic ring from a juice bottle, and apparently it
> stayed
> in his stomach and blocked his food and he couldn't keep anything down.
> that is why he had to stay overnight so they could put him on intravenous
> liquids.  Do you think he learned his lesson? Of course not.  I just have
> to
> keep a tighter reign on him, especially when I go to throw out his trash
> at
> the dumpster.
> They make things interesting.
> Lynn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users" <njagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs
>
>
>> Hi Lynn.
>> Well, your costs sound similar to what I'm paying, so that must be the
>> going rate these days.  Glad to hear Jake got through OK.  Benny
>> sometimes
>> eats stuff he shouldn't, despite my best efforts.  I sympathize.
>> Tracy
>>
>>> 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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