Pet insurance

wayforward_2

YamahaR6 wrote: »

I imagine Nottingham court is a bit like a zoo too and it'll be nothing to do with any four legged friends

Sheesh Way, what kind of dog you got? :eek: Tesco have quoted me £34 for two domestic short haired cats (both 6 years old), a 2 year old border collie male and a 1 year old staffy !!!!!. All on extra cover (£4000 per condition). All vaccinated yearly, chipped and neutered. That's if they don't cancel the policy after im made bankrupt that is

I'm with Tesco too - 6 and 8 year old cats and an 8 year old dalmation cross - reading the above though i will put down the full cost and hope!

miaoww

Just make sure you check your small print as some are cheaper because they only give you a limit. Working in the vets (and im not trying to sell you insurance) we have had several client caught out on this one in that their cat / dog has a ongoing condition (ie diabetes etc) and the insurance company pays out for a year where as you have to pay for the rest of its life and treatments not cheap nowdays either
The out of hours service used to be around £110 just to walk in the door that didnt include treatment. Also you need to include the cost of feeding them / vaccinations / worming etc that insurance doesnt cover.

fiveyearplan

headoutofsand wrote: »

Bloody heck. My dogs used to sleep outside ( spaniels) and were allowed in the house on rare occasions, usually to give warmth to the piglets that occupied the hearth. They were then fed on bones and vegetables from the large garden. We never had insurance and the vet was a very rare visitor, mainly tending the pigs rather than the dogs. The pigs being more important than the dogs who's only employment was retrieving the shot ducks.;)

Hoos - I had spaniels too and they sat next to me on the sofa. They were far too pampered to live outside.:D

headoutofsand

fiveyearplan wrote: »

Hoos - I had spaniels too and they sat next to me on the sofa. They were far too pampered to live outside.:D

FYP. These were springers both working dogs, they only ever seen the vet once and that was when he put them down aged 18 (fluff) 20 (patsy)
They had their own kennels just outside the back door and seemed very happy, even in winter.

Once they were gone my Mum sold the small holding and the new dog (not spaniels) a mongrel stayed in doors ( still no insurance though)

We ate the pigs before we left:D

fiveyearplan

Mine were springers too but the show variety. 18 & 20 - now thats a good old age! I'll but they were still like puppies right up til the end.

headoutofsand

fiveyearplan wrote: »

Mine were springers too but the show variety. 18 & 20 - now thats a good old age! I'll but they were still like puppies right up til the end.

To right they were, always throwing themselves into the nearest cow muck, hedge, pond and river available. In addition to these two we had a Jack Russel (Jack) who would take great pleasure in killing the local rat population, needless to say the vet seen him a few times.

Also when out chasing the hunt about one day a very handsome dog from the pack came over to us and followed us home. This hound was, we found out a Harrier hound a small hound that picked up the scent early in the chase. It stayed with us for 6 years and then like it appeared it disappeared.

A very royal visitor we called it Henry named of course after it's hooray Henry pals. I could hold a stone then throw it into the woods and Henry would bring back the same stone. Henry would have been shot years ago if he had not followed us home that day and I felt very privileged to have had the pleasure of his friendship. Alas I knew one day he would run never to return such was his nature.

tommus

Yamaha I put down £25 for insurance and £60 for petcare (have 2 dogs) and the OR didn't question it.

fiveyearplan

headoutofsand wrote: »

To right they were, always throwing themselves into the nearest cow muck, hedge, pond and river available. In addition to these two we had a Jack Russel (Jack) who would take great pleasure in killing the local rat population, needless to say the vet seen him a few times.

Also when out chasing the hunt about one day a very handsome dog from the pack came over to us and followed us home. This hound was, we found out a Harrier hound a small hound that picked up the scent early in the chase. It stayed with us for 6 years and then like it appeared it disappeared.

A very royal visitor we called it Henry named of course after it's hooray Henry pals. I could hold a stone then throw it into the woods and Henry would bring back the same stone. Henry would have been shot years ago if he had not followed us home that day and I felt very privileged to have had the pleasure of his friendship. Alas I knew one day he would run never to return such was his nature.

Its a dog's life! Sounds like they had great fun - much better than waiting inside for someone to take them out on a walk. No wonder they weren't allowed in the house if they enjoyed rolling in cow muck - :rotfl: one of our springers was partial to horse muck :rotfl:

Thanks for sharing that story!

headoutofsand

fiveyearplan wrote: »

Its a dog's life! Sounds like they had great fun - much better than waiting inside for someone to take them out on a walk. No wonder they weren't allowed in the house if they enjoyed rolling in cow muck - :rotfl: one of our springers was partial to horse muck :rotfl:

Thanks for sharing that story!

They did indeed like horse muck any kind of muck, they would get cleaned up by swimming and shaking. They were never really clean and I suppose this was why they were kept out doors. My grandfather believed that dogs belonged outside with the rest of the animals.

fiveyearplan

When I was growing up our dogs always lived outside.