{"id":1988,"date":"2009-08-19T07:32:19","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T15:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:20:47","slug":"is-it-time-for-pet-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/is-it-time-for-pet-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Time For Pet Insurance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you know me on a personal level then you&#8217;ll know that I love to research products, services, including something like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/can-you-get-pet-insurance-for-a-rescue-dog\/\">Pet Insurance<\/a><\/strong> before purchasing.&nbsp; Most people would not even consider not having health insurance for themselves or their family.&nbsp; My mother being one of those people has instilled in me the importance of health insurance and how you can never be over prepared for your next accident.&nbsp; Health insurance is very important for me because I love to play sports like hockey, tennis, golf and love the active lifestyle.&nbsp; This is very healthy as far as being well conditioned, but it also wears on your joints and there&#8217;s always a possibility of injury even more so as you get older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Pet Insurance?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I&#8217;ve discussed health insurance for people why not Pet Insurance for your dog, cat, or other favorite pet.&nbsp; Many pets are just as active and susceptible to injuries as humans.&nbsp; Pets will also succumb to certain health issues as they become older.&nbsp; And if any of you have visited the veterinarian recently you&#8217;ll know that vet bills are almost if not just as expensive as your regular doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess your probably wondering why are we talking about Pet Insurance today.\u00a0 Well, Stetson has had a skin irritation for a while now.\u00a0 He&#8217;s been treated three times over the past year and his rash\/skin allergy comes and goes.\u00a0 We decided to visit a different vet to see if we could nip this little allergy in the bud.\u00a0 While we received good news, medication and information on how to control Stetson&#8217;s allergy our 30 minute visit to the vet cost us nearly $200&#8230;and that was for something I&#8217;d consider very minor.\u00a0 Just think if we had a major incident&#8230;surgery for elbow or hip dysplasia, broken bones, torn ligaments&#8230;the list can go on and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So now we&#8217;re researching <strong>Pet Insurance<\/strong>.&nbsp; And what better place to start then a post to the blog.&nbsp; We&#8217;d like to hear what you think about pet insurance.&nbsp; Do you have Pet Insurance?&nbsp;&nbsp; Who&#8217;s your provider?&nbsp; Why did you choose them?&nbsp; Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you know me on a personal level then you&#8217;ll know that I love to research products, services, including something like Pet Insurance before purchasing.&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1702],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is It Time For Pet Insurance? 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