Comments on: Dog / Pet Insurance

By: Jash and Kira

Jash and Kira — Mon, 16 May 2011 08:28:05 +0000

luxating patella would NOT have been covered if you had pet insurance as this is a condition that is KNOWN to occur in the breed and thus is excluded from almost all policies I have looked into.

Also most pet insurance policies have a very small $<2000 or even <1000 maximum cover which over a few years of paying doesn't really work out so well. There are very good policies but these are in excess of $20 per week.

I agree pet insurance sounds fantastic in principle but there are only a few expensive policies that actually are valuable

By: Teddy

Teddy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:24:46 +0000

Yeah the more I read about Pet insurance the more I think it could be a good idea – if you have surplus funds… i think if you are quite tight in the short term in terms of money then it could be something to look at later on…

By: Oscar's Mum

Oscar's Mum — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:43:05 +0000

In the past I ahd thought about getting pet insurance for my cavoodle puppy but gave up on the idea. I found out earlier this year that he had a luxating patella which meant he needed an operation on his leg. The total cost was close to $2,000 which I assume pet insurance would have covered this operation. Silly me for not getting the insurance.