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Outrageous: do you agree?
Outrageous: do you agree?
09-03-2010 12:44 PM
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Do they thi nk we oap'sare made of money. I have a 13 yr old small blind dog and i have no intention of adding to my outgoings.
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09-03-2010 12:49 PM
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The £20 you quote is for vets bills etc.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7054651.ece
Now the compulsory microchipping will be a more serious cost
Quote Compulsory microchipping of every dog — which would cost owners an average £30 — is included in a consultation report published today.
It also suggests that the six million dog owners in Britain should be covered by third-party insurance to cover injuries to victims of dog attacks.
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09-03-2010 12:54 PM
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Ans..........its almost impossible to get health insurance for dogs over 12 years of age.
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09-03-2010 1:01 PM
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So why should evry dog owner be forced irrespective of size bred age medical condition to pay the same statutory fee?
That is so so unfair.
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09-03-2010 1:06 PM
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Customer and Forum Moderator.
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09-03-2010 1:16 PM
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Quote Most pet insurance includes third party cover. Petplan, Britain’s biggest pet insurer with 40 per cent of the market, said typical monthly prices were £25.23 for a Japanese akito, £24.75 for a Staffordshire bull terrier, £24.75 for a labrador, £22.85 for a chihuahua and £16.73 for a Jack Russell. This includes basic annual cover of £4,000 for vet’s bills and up to £1 million in third party liability and legal fees.
However the extent of third party cover is a major factor.
The typical third party cover includes the dog running out onto a road and causing an accident not just biting or attacking someone
The cover against your pet biting or assaulting someone would be much less for a small dog.
Quote Third party liability:
If property is damaged, or someone is killed, injured or falls ill as a result of an incident involving your pet during the policy year, we will pay compensation and costs awarded against you by a court and the legal cost and expenses for defending a claim against you.
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09-03-2010 1:27 PM
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09-03-2010 2:24 PM
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It could however have gone so badly wrong, he wasn't a small dog and he could easily have caused major damage to the child - if he was so inclined (luckily he wasn't).
After Ben died (he fell down the stairs which bruised his back legs, I'm convinced the medication the vet gave him killed him, one of the side-effects was possible death) we were given another German Shepherd from people who were emigrating. This dog *was* vicious, he hadn't been brought up properly by the previous owners and had even jumped through a patio door window to attack someone, he was too much for us to handle, especially on an estate with lots of children, so we had to give him away. He was however a gorgeous looking dog.
It's for dogs like the 2nd one that insurance would be needed, with an unpredictable nature we felt it wasn't a matter of "if he attacked someone" but more "when he attacked someone", we had to keep him muzzled even indoors so he wouldn't attack my brother who was visiting.
It is going to be expensive to insure lots of dogs, and I'm sure the police will be given powers to impound uninsured/non-chipped dogs. However, there are agencies out there which will help people on low incomes, especially pensioners. Ben's vet bills were covered by the PDSA or something, so I'm sure there will be ways for pensioners to whom a pet is a part of their life that helps them keep active, keeps them company and are wonderful, loyal and trustworthy companions, to obtain free insurance as well as free chipping (again, Ben was neutered by a PDSA scheme, he didn't enjoy that aspect of it though).
I just wish you hadn't mentioned mandatory microchipping..............
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09-03-2010 2:36 PM
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quote"an unpredictable nature"......ALL animals are wild (even some humans

But animals like dogs are particularly unpredictable and therefore we should all be aware of this fact.
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09-03-2010 5:54 PM
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unconfirmed statement, if a nicked dog with a chip is taken to a vet, he will take no action - Confidentiality and all that
from Police, we cant as havnt the time, check chips or insurance
The main culprits will do nothing
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