Pet insurance can actually be very important for many reasons as our house has just recently found out. Basically we have had our golden retriever for a number of years and he hasn’t really had any problems at all other than a skin condition which is apparently quite common for golden retrievers but other than that we do not seem to have had any problems at all.
However recently his eye has been weeping and over time a small black lump has started to grow over his eye. It didn’t seem to bother him or irritate him in anyway at all however it would seem that because we have to keep wiping it that it was starting to get to him which is why we thought we had better take him to the vet. the first time we took him they said he was fine but he would need to come back after we had used some eye drops on him.
Once we took him back they said that they would need to do a small operation on the eye to make sure it stayed away. The cost was a very large £300. Although this doesnt sound like it is much of a bill compared to other people if you think about it then you will realise it is a lot of money over the festive season. All I can say is that we were very lucky we had some pet insurance as we were going to cancel it a couple of months back because it looked like we were never going to need it.
So it just goes to show that you may need insurance when you don’t think you do. You can even get things like puppy insurance which of course are based around the younger dogs.
If you are thinking about going away to a colder climate this year then make sure you do not forget your ski insurance.
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