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Originally Posted by Adam Ef
We use Pet Plan........
We have also had to claim for thousands of £ of treatment in the first few years we had our dog. She had a very rare dog version of meningitis, which was more an extreme immune response to nothing, but the same symptoms as meningitis. She was on steroids for the first 3 years. Very glad we had insurance or it would have been a very brutal life lesson for our kids.
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PetPlan for Mabel too, it was the outfit the rescue centre use, so Mabel had cover when we collected her at 14 weeks.
Strangely enough, I had the same experience as Adam - Mabel went down with a form of Meningitis at 13 months old. It involved a trip to a very up to date, high tech veterinary centre in Solihull at a cost of £2400. The total vets bill including our local vet's fees came to just under £3000. I paid the excess which was around £270. very glad we had the insurance!
I'd also go with the recommendation of a crossbreed/mongrel. Mabel is a lurcher so by definition, a mongrel, albeit of a particular type. Mongrels tend to be temperamentally and physically much more stable than single breeds with all the inbreeding and congenital defects. Dogs coming from a hound base (greyhound, whippet, deerhound, Bedlingtons, Saluki etc) generally have very good nature and temperament. Beware of anything with too much border collie. Lovely dogs but total headcases!