All dogs to be chipped.

looking_around

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Fair point LA. My previous Ridgeback developed a heart condition at the age of 9, he lived until 11 and I had let his insurance lapse. Between medication and visits to the vet and UCD Vetenary Collage my expenses were over €5,000.

Maybe for some insurance would be useful. But I've had pets all my life, and same with my parents.
We've always managed to get the pets treated. Sure it can be expensive, but from my experience you often won't need insurance. And can likely pull the money together if you do. At worst, I'd get a credit union loan.
I'd still believe it to be cheaper than paying insurance because something MIGHT happen. It's a lot of wasted money when nothing does. And then with everything they don't pay for..heh, no thanks.

Qualitymark

I suspect we're talking at cross-purposes here, and the person who first mentioned insurance was talking about insurance against your dog biting someone.

As for pet medical insurance, I gave that up when I realised I was paying more for the treatment with it (partly because my vet was offering treatment on the basis that the insurance would pay for it, which they did, at least for 2/3 of it).

Jen Pigs Fly

Question about this, I ave an 11 year old ab who is not chipped, should I chip her? She never leaves my side and has her ID tags.

My younger lab is chipped, don't want my older girl to get into trouble

Should mention she's not insured, too old and has severe hip dysphasia, younger lad is insured.

toadfly

I would chip all dogs, doesn't cost much and you never know when your dog will go missing.

looking_around

chip her, but dont bother with insurance, read all the posts to see why

Jen Pigs Fly

looking_around wrote: »

chip her, but dont bother with insurance, read all the posts to see why

Yea I will, need to bring her into the vet anyway, she has lumps under her skin so I get them checked every 1-2 months. Ill get her chipped next time I'm in.

UCDVet

I suspect most responsible dog owners will respect the chip law; but it will have virtually no impact on anything, since responsible dog owners are responsible

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