>From the other side of the fence... If you can do it and be diligent about it, a BETTER plan IMO is a Puppy Savings Account. Look up the monthly insurance premiums and put that away in a savings account. I know you can set up auto withdrawals so you can treat it just like a bill or loan payment. Then, every once in a while when you can, deposit a bit more here and there. After a while, you'll have the money they would pay out to you for a dog exam or an illness. If you had something catastrophic early on, it might not work, but I'm betting you're going to be a diligent new puppy parent and that dog is going to be healthy for years.
I myself have not been to the vet for anything other than routine treatments. So the insurance would never of been good for me. Of course I also treated a lot of injuries myself. Torn off nail (lots of blood loss), 2 inch gash in the leg (no severe bloss loss), parasitic worm burrowing in the side of one of the IG's, stuff like that. All minor, treatable at home type stuff a lot of owners would take their dog to the vet for. And that's my opinion on pet insurance. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217280 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
