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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5172  
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Well our little pal, is in the vets at the moment, he took bad late on Thursday night, with some kind of infection, so his right eye was swollen up. He is in a lot of pain sadly, So he is 40 mins away from home  Also the cost of sorting him out is 2k plus, so a fine bloody year this is  Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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15th Dec 2019 12:45am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3500 
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Sorry to hear this, Procta.
I hope he gets on the mend soon. Vets bills can be quite eye watering  |
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15th Dec 2019 9:03am |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981
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Daisy waiting for the Santa-dog to come:
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15th Dec 2019 12:43pm |
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| Doc P Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Midlands Posts: 565 
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Hope he’s alright and you have my heartfelt sympathy when it comes to vets bills mate😳 |
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15th Dec 2019 8:55pm |
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| kmac Member Since: 07 Oct 2009 Location: Middlesex Posts: 1309 
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Pooch now allowed on the couch. He still uses his bed though.
Click image to enlarge96A52589-6D97-4933-8958-369448A732D7 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152440487@N03/][/img] |
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16th Dec 2019 11:14am |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1218  
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I don't think it's necessarily bad advice / good advice, it depends a lot on the dog. I did my research and the conclusion and best bit of advice was, probably, not to pay out for insurance but put that money you would be paying aside. If the dog needed a big vets bill then it was there, if the dog lived it's life without issue then you still had the money. Looking into most insurances at the time (6 years ago now) then very little was covered.
Mind you this was with our line of Labs which we know the history of, if it was a rescue we might be in a slightly different situation. Touch wood my eldest apart from the usual wormer and a couple of scans when she was pregnant has had nothing in the way of vets bills. The younger one has managed to rack up £1.1k due to slicing her foot just above the wrist on something unknown in a pond in Wimbledon (2" long and down to the bone, incredibly luckily missing all the tendons). Ironically this was probably the one situation where the insurance might have paid out. Still doesn't help the situation though, vets bills are normally a bit of a kick in the teeth. Mind you most things to do with a vet are, the worst is the stuff I use for tick prevention when I go to Scotland - I've never had a tick on any of them whilst using that but it was ~£70 / dog for 3 months. The pills themselves are about £20 but then it's a prescription that usually the girls on reception fill out not the vet . Ed
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17th Dec 2019 8:20am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3500
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Glad you have your Pal home Procta.
Never insured a dog up until we got Meg, our latest Labrador. We have, touch wood, never had to claim. My last black Lab ended up with a similar Vets bill to yours. It really is a game of chance. Some of the Pet insurances aren’t worth the paper they are written on 
Best wishes for a good recovery |
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17th Dec 2019 9:11am |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5707 
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My boy is prepared for his chilly morning walk.
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17th Dec 2019 9:17am |
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| Roy5695 Member Since: 15 Feb 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1123 
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Security set up while I have a brew.
Click image to enlarge 2011 Defender DCPU 2.2 - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic30623.html Instagram - @r22oyp Roy |
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17th Dec 2019 4:38pm |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 1032 
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Even if you'd have pet insurance, your excess would probably have been about £400. Add that to the £200 or so of premiums every year and all of a sudden the numbers don't look so bad. Plus your premium would have shot up after the claim. Personally, I'd like really cheap pet insurance with an excess of at least £1000. I can afford the day to day stuff, but would like to be covered for any really big claims. |
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18th Dec 2019 7:44am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Not mine, but I thought it was worth a share:
Click image to enlarge Andrew Frankel (@Andrew_Frankel) Tweeted: Me and the lad aren’t great at much, but give us the transport and tell us to go get a Christmas tree and we will get the job done. Always one of my fave drives of the year. https://t.co/2iacW83H2y https://twitter.com/Andrew_Frankel/status/...24512?s=20 |
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21st Dec 2019 1:35pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5172
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He is back up to his old self again, but the cost
I think really has put a damper on xmas this year, My dad doesn't know the full price. Which is about 2k now, he thinks its only 1200. So my mum kept it quiet, other wise he would have blown his lid. AS you say about pet insurance, I have told my mum to put money to one side now, for him. As you say pet insurances are not really worth it, due to what's covered. Also you cannot make the same claim again either.
Also handle bar head is one year old today  flanboyant thing he is i have to say  Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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22nd Dec 2019 4:58pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3500
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Apart from the bill, that's great news Procta
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22nd Dec 2019 6:27pm |
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| G4UJS Member Since: 20 Jan 2019 Location: Shropshire Posts: 226 
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Picked up another layer of security today
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22nd Dec 2019 6:52pm |
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