nycbullymama
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- Dec 22, 2012
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This got me to thinking....have any of you ever considered your own potential health risks?
Bullys have their own set of possible illnesses, even if you don't take count of the puppy mills. But every time you take responsibility of a life, you take a risk that the life may not be all roses. The risk of disease or even sudden death early in life.... Do you know of a person that hasn't had any illnesses? Do you expect your dog to be forever healthy? In the raw feeding world it's quite funny (or sad?) that the same people that are so conserned about their dogs feeding let their children eat fast food and candys??? Just got me to thinking....
This is true. Never really thought of it that way.
One of the concepts that school taught me (geeky, I know!) is that you can always "transfer" the risk to another if you think you are not able to handle the burden. Or in other words, insurance. I've read that there's some really good policies in the U.S. ... a lot cheaper than Canada anyways. It's best to get it when they're still puppies so they won't have any pre-existing conditions. If, perse, you decide to get it after the vet has seen him for a minor ear infection, most likely they'll deny any claims that are ear related, even if it's just a bug bite!
I purchased Trupanion on 4/17/13. They have a 30 day wait period on illness, and do not cover pre-existing conditions.
On 4/28 I had to take Blue to an Opthamologist because one of his eyes looked redder and darker to me. We decided we weren't going to wait until the insurance kicked in because we didn't know if it was serious or not. Lucky for us it was nothing. His pigment is just darker in one eye. The Opthamologist wrote a very detailed letter stating his eyes are healthy and do no require any treatment. Same thing is in his chart.
She told me that if they ever denied a claim because he's been there prior to having insurance, to send in the letter and have them contact the clinic.
Hoping if Blue ever does develop any eye condtions, this will be enough.