| Cat care and dog health can be expensive | | | | visit to the emergency room or for a |
| matters. After all, accidents and diseases | | | | long-term illness. Many of the same |
| happen, and veterinarian costs are quite | | | | treatments used on humans are now used on |
| high. We fall in love with our pets easily, | | | | animals. Dog and cat care can include organ |
| though. When something goes wrong, many | | | | transplants, radiation therapy, and a |
| people are hard-pressed to make the decision | | | | multitude of other treatments reserved for |
| to put a feline down or have a dog put to | | | | terminal illness. |
| sleep. | | | | |
| | | | Veterinarians rely on MRIs and other high-end |
| Many people don't realize that pet insurance | | | | pieces of equipment to help reach a |
| should be part of dog and cat care | | | | diagnosis. In the past five years alone, vet |
| considerations. Having coverage can help | | | | costs have risen 73% and add up to a |
| offset expenses should a pet need serious | | | | staggering $19 billion dollars. |
| veterinary care. | | | | |
| | | | While pet insurance might help to defray some |
| The average domestic dog and cat can live up | | | | of the costs of dog and cat care, a policy |
| to twenty years, which means you're looking | | | | won't solve all of your financial problems. |
| at a reasonable sum in premiums over the | | | | As with any other medical coverage, policies |
| course of your pet's life. One site advises | | | | may also include a large deductible and a |
| that instead of paying insurance premiums, | | | | limit on how much you can spend in a year. |
| simply put the money aside in a separate fund | | | | |
| for emergencies. | | | | Pre-existing problems are usually not |
| | | | covered. In addition, premiums increase the |
| That's not a bad idea, if you can do it. | | | | older felines or canines get. Some pet |
| Having an emergency fund means that, if | | | | insurance companies won't cover a pet over a |
| everything goes well, when all is said and | | | | certain age, while others will tack on a |
| done, you'll still have the money there. | | | | hefty surcharge for senior animals. |
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| Some dog and cat lovers still opt for the | | | | Deciding whether dog and cat care should |
| security that insurance offers rather than | | | | include pet insurance isn't an easy choice. |
| risk going into debt. Over the last few | | | | This decision becomes more difficult when you |
| years, there have been major technical | | | | need to choose when enough is enough, as pet |
| advances in the field of veterinarian | | | | insurance may make it easier for you to |
| medicine. It is the addition of these | | | | choose long-term dog and cat care for |
| discoveries that have increased the cost of | | | | terminal illnesses when the animal might be |
| dog and cat care. | | | | more comfortable being put down. Only you can |
| | | | make the choice of whether pet insurance is a |
| We are all familiar with how expensive the | | | | good one for your needs. |
| hospital can be for a human, whether it's a | | | | |