Jazz Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 wow! you look gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hahahaha Snow.... that is brilliant!!!! Gooster, welcome home and your hard work in the gym shows seriously pissed off with petplan, kotas new policy has come through showing the exclusions.... not only is any third party liability excluded but any behavioural problems, so where diesel had firework fear and her treatment was paid for kotas now won't be........ what the bloody hell does that have to do with what the nurse had put in her notes??? my vet was shocked they wouldn't accept his letter of behavioral assessment and told me that they are having problems with petplan too...... anyone who has a policy with them be aware of this, if your dog goes in for lumps to be removed before they would pay for the lot so if 2 lumps were coming off the bill was settled, now when your dog goes in they will only pay for one of the lumps..... the vets have all tried to say they don't want to give a dog 2 GA's when it can be completed under one but the company won't have a bar of it so now clients will either need to pay for the other lump to be removed... which is why we have insurance anyway or put their dog through 2 GA's, it is ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Petplan havw always had very wide reaching exclusions. My friend's dog had a bout of gastro enteritis before taking out Petplan policy and they excluded any stomach problems. My dog had a skin reaction to lamb in his diet. Since we didnlt feed him any lamb again there was no futher problem. However, they excluded all skin problems- so if he had developed a skin cancer it wouldn't have covered although it had nothing to do with an allergic reaction to lamb. They have always considered removing two lumps as two conditions, even if done at the same time, and would charge two excesses which would often equal or come to more than the cost of the op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I am loving this video of an old lady getting her own back on a twatty driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 thanks blackmagic, we have cancelled Dakotas insurance with petplan..... we called and asked would a firework fear be covered as it is classed as behavioral and they said "they would consider it"....... thats no f*ckin good to me, i need to know exactly what is and isn't covered by them not oh we might possibly pay or we might not. I have just gone through vetuk and hope the insurance will be o.k, it is a bit more expensive but i was paying full price on petplan for not full cover if you see what i mean. HAHAHAHA love the way she triggered the airbags!!!! brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 more than are lovely. good price and cover, and they help where the can, and do multidog for these, 1 dog is £15, 2 dogs is £20 a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 has anybody been following the Alabama Rot outbreaks in New Forest -Dibden and Verely car park,Ogdens area, Wilverley enclosure Upton, Dorset. Others were from Worcestershire, Cornwall, County Durham and Surrey. Two of the six dogs seen at Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists survived. Unfortunately none of the other dogs survived despite intensive treatment. http://www.andersonmoores.com/vet/news https://www.facebook.com/aasvets It must be a worry for those who walk their dogs in woodland areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 i have read about the alabama rot thing... it is very very scary, i think every needs to be super vigilant, if you notice anything strange on your dogs body whip them off to the vet... i just hope that all vets take this seriously i am eaving the 2 other animlals with petplan as otherwise they will have exclusions and cost me a bomb but i will never recommend petplan again and a lot of people here ask me advice as do people at the club where my dad drinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I'm quite cross - I have rung the vets twice to be told that the blood tests are back but the vet needs to speak to me about them, I rang at 10:30 and again at 2pm the last time I rang they said they'd had a lot of emergencies today but the vet would ring me as soon as she was free - its now almost 5pm and nothing. I've had to keep both the land line and mobile free in case she rang, I don't know if I'm supposed to be starving Nog or if I can feed him and I want to know what the ruddy tests show arrrrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Snow, that is not on at all, she must know how worried you are, what time will they be there until?? could you ring and ask the receptionist to ask the vet if you are o.k to feed nog or does she want him starved... at least that way you can feed the lad if needs be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I've done my shoulder in again. It's been like this on and off for at least a month now. Thank dog for ibuprofen gel cos painkillers don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisebt Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Its Maes glas I use for the dogs, Candice in Bridgend has been dealing with Diesel... I really hope they've called you by now, they are usually really good, its the vet we've used as far back as I can remember for the family animals.... only once I've had a similar problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooster Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hope they have called you Snow Have you tried seeing a chiro/osteopath about your shoulder Alex? I used to go to one in Altrincham called Alex and she was great Thanks for the complements guys- when I looked at the photos, I was amazed - I kind of didn't believe it was me NFU are pretty good insurers - I have Blue insured with them and they have always (touch wood) been fine at paying out promptly without too much delay - they also deal direct with the vets too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Louise it is Candice dealing with Nog and yes she has rung us tonight - its not the best of news and we are still processing everything she has told us, the bad news is that they have pretty much ruled out anything minor and its left us with pretty much only 2 possible things it might be, one being lots of ulcers in his small intestine and in his gullet the other being tumors in the same places. Neither one is very good - Nogs platelets are very low and that increases the risks with any surgery that he has, he's also tested positive for red cells however, apparently 50% of dogs with the red cells do not have tumors so it's not definitive but it is a concern. At the moment with his blood count as it is surgery is risky, she wants to take more bloods on Monday after the medication he's been on since Thursday has had a chance to work in the hopes that the count will come up, he's also allowed to eat whatever he wants within reason as she needs him to be as strong as he can be if we a going to go for that option. Nog is currently eating little bits of chicken and some luncheon meat but it really is very small amounts and he himself stops long before I would be cutting him off, however he has kept it all down and tonight he has had a fairly solid poo. He also asked for and went on a short bimble around the cul de sac which was quite enough for him. Some of the options outlined are less invasive than others but they would involve referral to the University Hospital in Bristol and theres no guarantee that they would necessarily produce a diagnosis and would just mean he'd have several smaller procedures and still end up needing the big surgery and each time the risks increase. His foliates and absorbtion rates are also low so its all pointing to something going on in his digestive system. Nog is a teeny weeny bit brighter today in so far that he has twice gotten to his feet and come and asked me for a cuddle without any prompting from me, however, he is weak and lethargic and is spending all the rest of the time fast asleep on his bed. If Nog is going to have the surgery it will be on Wednesday or Thursday and it is considered major surgery and he'll have a very large wound and internal ones as well, after the surgery theres a risk period of 3-5 days where the internal biopsy sites could breakdown or fail to heal. Once we have the blood results Tuesday we'll have more of an idea if surgery is an option and whether the risks are worth it - we will only put him through it if there is a possibility of a long term good quality of life afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 awwww Snow, sorry to hear that, i hope for good results on tuesday.....i hope he continues to eat and it stays down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts