Poos needed (warning: sad ending)

littlegreenman · January 2015

So sorry to hear that Lee, it's always heart-wrenching to lose a furry friend

mrchi said:

The one positive is that anyone reading this will hopefully think again about the importance of insurance and how its a priority to get sorted asap as you never know whats round the corner.

It was in fact this thread that prompted me to get my cat Doofus insured early last year.

Emp_Fab · January 2015

mrchi said:

The one positive is that anyone reading this will hopefully think again about the importance of insurance and how its a priority to get sorted asap as you never know whats round the corner.

My pug has seizures occasionally and, as they started before I took out the policy, they won't insure him for anything related to them.

I suspect it's going to be a pain in the arse trying to get affordable cover for pre-existing conditions.

PolarityMan · January 2015

My sympathies, really is losing one of the family.

digitalscream · January 2015

Emp_Fab said:
My pug has seizures occasionally and, as they started before I took out the policy, they won't insure him for anything related to them.
I suspect it's going to be a pain in the arse trying to get affordable cover for pre-existing conditions.

Try "impossible". Do yourself (and your vet) a favour - ask them if you can start a standing order to them, and build up a nice buffer for those "just in case" moments. They may even give you a discount because of it (ours did, although the final bill was still terrifying), and that way you won't have to worry about negotiating with an insurance company at some of the worst times.

dafuzz · January 2015

I'm so sorry for your loss. We lost a Yorkshire Terrier to epilepsy when I was about 10, I'm finding all this very upsetting.

*hugs*

jonnyburgo · January 2015

Really sorry to hear that mate. A few years ago I had to take my cat Holly for her final visit and held her in my arms whilst she had the injection.She was the sweetest cat ever, totally un-cat like, more like a very affectionate dog. Reading this has brought it all back to me.

Hope you all get through OK xx

Strat_a_tat_tat · January 2015

So sad to hear this. Sincere condolences.

spark240 · January 2015

A terrible scenario....I just had to read back through the whole thread, its a most compelling real time report which makes it all the more poignant I thought.

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digitalscream · January 2015

spark240 said:

A terrible scenario....I just had to read back through the whole thread, its a most compelling real time report which makes it all the more poignant I thought.

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It was the speed at which it all happened which shocked us. I'm not really up to typing it all up and putting it out there - and it wouldn't really help anyway - so suffice to say that on Monday she was happy and bouncy and got a glowing report from the vet at her checkup, then she woke up with a fit on Tuesday morning and 12 hours later it was all over.

We're not focusing on all of that any more, though. We're still sad, but now she's running round in a corner of my mind reserved just for her, happy as you like. She was a more special example of canine kind than we can possibly explain to anyone who didn't meet her; we're all better off for having known her, and that's how it's going to stay.