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No pet insurance. I love my dog, but I will not spend 10s of thousands on his care when the time comes. In the meantime, I do my best to keep him healthy, and I have an old-fashioned vet who keeps things low-key and doesn't push interventions.[/quote]

So you will just kill him when he breaks a leg, eats a poison, has a treatable tumor or condition? Why do you have a dog anyway?[/quote]NP here

The PP is like many people. Not everyone is prepared to spend 10's of thousands on something they bought for less than $5000 or in some cases got from a shelter for a couple of hundred bucks.

Don't jump on me. I'm just telling it how it is for many pet owners.[/quote]

I'm the PP who does not want pet insurance. I come from a country where no one has pet insurance (I'm not even sure they exist), yet every dog I've known has lived a long life and has never cost their owners an arm and a leg. My 50 lbs dog has had no medical issues in the 4 years we've had him. I am very careful with him. He's a picky eater, and never eats stuff he shouldn't. He's generally calm and even looks before crossing the street, not that he's ever off-leash or ever runs away. The vet charges me what, $100 annualized, to scrape his teeth and administer vaccines every few years? Preventatives are affordable. Food is my biggest expense.

Once he reaches a point where his quality of life is reduced, no, I will not spend tens of thousands to buy him a few more years. If he needs an urgent fix in the prime of his life, yes, I will spend the money out of pocket. I believe insurance would cost me more.

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Bloat, carcinoma, leg fracture,  cardiomyopathy, allergies- all common. All expensive. [/quote]

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