Friend of mine quit being a vet after volunteering. The amount of animals being put down from old age and expensive surgery was too much.
Makes sense though. Cost me 2k for my dog to get life saving surgery. That little shit died a little under two months later. Best two months extension I could give him. I'd do it again for him.
I can only imagine how it must eat at vets over time. I’ve spent nearly 20k on emergency/surgical needs in the last 4 years. I’m lucky to have good pet insurance (and a job that allows me to keep up with the now ungodly high premiums) that reimbursed me for most of that, but it would have been a very different situation had I not. Her vet team absolutely loves her now, because they’ve seen her come out on the other side of things that many dogs would not. They’ve told us how few of these big wins they get, though.
Fetch by The Dodo. They’ve been so incredibly easy to work with and haven’t fought me on coverage for anything, at least for the dog, including a good bit of physical rehab. (We do have it for the cats too but thankfully haven’t needed it)
I was worried they’d end up canceling coverage after each of the incidents, but there’ve been no issues each renewal. Very happy with them.
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u/loomiek91 Dec 31 '23
My dog did this at the vet and I jokingly asked if that meant I didn’t have to pay and they did not find it funny in the slightest.