My Pounds 2,000 Bill After Marley Ate a Conker ; Pet Cover has Become Highly Expensive, but Is It Worth Taking the Risk and Just Going Without Insurance?
Mail on Sunday › January 08, 2012
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With more dogs and cats being bought at Christmas than any other time of year, insurance companies are busy promoting the benefits of pet cover. The market is highly profitable for companies selling the policies, but does this insurance stack up financially for the pet owners?
Zoe Fox certainly thinks so. Her dog, Marley, likes to snack on things he shouldn't. Usually this means small toys, which don't cause a problem for the 18-month-old labrador. Unfortunately, one day it was a conker, and that was a problem.See the full content of this document
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My Pounds 2,000 Bill After Marley Ate a Conker ; Pet Cover has Become Highly Expensive, but Is It Worth Taking the Risk and Just Going Without Insurance?
Four days later Marley was being uncontrollably sick. After a scan costing Pounds 600, the vet confirmed the conker was stuck in his gut and needed surgical removal. Zoe, 31, a physiotherapist from Batley, West Yorkshire, says: 'The vet called and said, "We need to talk costs."
'Luckily, I was able to say that Marley was insured. The total cost of treatment, which included two days and nights i...See the full content of this document
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