Comments on: How much would you be willing to spend to save a pets life? (Cont…) http://aisle10.net/wp/2005/12/12/how-much-would-you-be-willing-to-spend-to-save-a-pets-life-cont/ A random aisle in the supermarket of life Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: emjaydee http://aisle10.net/wp/2005/12/12/how-much-would-you-be-willing-to-spend-to-save-a-pets-life-cont/comment-page-1/#comment-13 emjaydee Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:11:18 +0000 http://aisle10.net/wp/2005/12/12/how-much-would-you-be-willing-to-spend-to-save-a-pets-life-cont/#comment-13 the pet insurance may possibly helped, but from my experience most of the pet insurance companies put cap's on how much you can claim. This was years ago, so it may be differant, but I believe they would pay up to $1,000 on one claim and up to $5,000 for the same medical problem. I think their best policy wasn't much better than that either. So, they may not have just dropped the person due to their pets age, but quite possibly might have just stopped accepting claims on that medical problem after she reached the limit. In my case, I would (and have) taken all the measure I could think of to save my pet. It ended at the point where his problem was a terminal one, and when it got to the point where nothing more could be done and my dog was as in as much and discomfort as he could be, that was when I threw in the towel. But it wasn't for financial reasons, it was because he was on his death bed and it was at the point where I was basically keeping him alive so I wouldn't have to accept the fact that he was leaving me. However, you are completely right about how most people don't think about nearly all the costs of owning a pet. Most financially and emotionally the pet insurance may possibly helped, but from my experience most of the pet insurance companies put cap’s on how much you can claim. This was years ago, so it may be differant, but I believe they would pay up to $1,000 on one claim and up to $5,000 for the same medical problem. I think their best policy wasn’t much better than that either. So, they may not have just dropped the person due to their pets age, but quite possibly might have just stopped accepting claims on that medical problem after she reached the limit.

In my case, I would (and have) taken all the measure I could think of to save my pet. It ended at the point where his problem was a terminal one, and when it got to the point where nothing more could be done and my dog was as in as much and discomfort as he could be, that was when I threw in the towel. But it wasn’t for financial reasons, it was because he was on his death bed and it was at the point where I was basically keeping him alive so I wouldn’t have to accept the fact that he was leaving me.

However, you are completely right about how most people don’t think about nearly all the costs of owning a pet. Most financially and emotionally

]]> By: FMF http://aisle10.net/wp/2005/12/12/how-much-would-you-be-willing-to-spend-to-save-a-pets-life-cont/comment-page-1/#comment-12 FMF Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:49:45 +0000 http://aisle10.net/wp/2005/12/12/how-much-would-you-be-willing-to-spend-to-save-a-pets-life-cont/#comment-12 Actually, pet insurance WOULD have worked for the latest post made (at least according to your account). If you read closely, the issue discusses a KITTEN. I'm sure an insurance company wouldn't drop someone when their pet was still an infant. I'm not saying a pet should be treated as an object (like a car). However my point was that I would not take all the measures (nor spend all the money) to save a pet as I would to save a human. Would you? By the way, I'm not anti-pet. I grew up with several pets and I would have some today if my kids weren't allergic. However, I don't think people calculate the costs of pet ownership (nor do they realize the commitment they are undertaking), so I have to go overboard a bit to get them to stop, take notice, and consider the financial decision and commitment associated with having/getting a pet. Actually, pet insurance WOULD have worked for the latest post made (at least according to your account). If you read closely, the issue discusses a KITTEN. I’m sure an insurance company wouldn’t drop someone when their pet was still an infant.

I’m not saying a pet should be treated as an object (like a car). However my point was that I would not take all the measures (nor spend all the money) to save a pet as I would to save a human. Would you?

By the way, I’m not anti-pet. I grew up with several pets and I would have some today if my kids weren’t allergic. However, I don’t think people calculate the costs of pet ownership (nor do they realize the commitment they are undertaking), so I have to go overboard a bit to get them to stop, take notice, and consider the financial decision and commitment associated with having/getting a pet.

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