Pets
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Doug brings up a good point about insurance. We’ve never had insurance for our pets. We lost our English Mastiff in August and the kids were devastated. My wife and I as well. We decided to just go “look” at a local shelter and ended up bringing a new guy home.
About a week later he got bit by a copperhead running through the woods. Rushed him to the ER Vet. Anti venom administered and monitored over night. I had no idea anti venom was so expensive, but we couldn’t let the new dog go without treatment.
Once we got back home we were going through all the papers from his shelter and realized he came with 30 days of pet insurance as a promo from the shelter. We sent our receipts in to the insurance company and a week later got a check for 90% of our expenses. Much easier than dealing with any of the health care companies here.
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Forgot to mention that he had to wear a cone for a month. He cracked the plastic one the vet gave us in a few days. We ordered a more robust one from Amazon and sent the receipt in as well. Check for 90% a week later. No questions asked
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The entire family had calf bruises. Almost knocked the kids down a few times.
those should have required a tax stamp. The ones we got from Amazon could have been made by Nerf. -
Dingoes as pets.
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As a non-dog owner I think of Labs as the Toyota Corolla of dogs. Yes, everybody has one, but then again there are reasons why.
We've been talking of getting a dog. My wife would like a dachshund, or maybe a corgi (maybe because she's 5" tall herself…) I'd be perfectly happy with a lab or a goldie.
The various designer mutts (labradoodle, golden doodle, and the likes) are pretty darn cute too...
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These are nice, we see one when we walk Rocket.
They can have crazy eyes too though.
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever…
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Our two gits are happy as now their humans around them all day long…
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Thanks!!… they couldn’t be more different. Wish I had that green space around here.
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@DougNg the Dogo Argentino is banned in Australia, and pretty much everywhere else.
I haven't met one, but mastiffs in general seem pretty chill. There was a Dogue de Bordeaux being assessed at a rescue centre a while back that I really liked. Actually, they're also considered dangerous dogs in some jurisdictions, though the one I met was more interested in pat's than biting me.
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@DougNg the Dogo Argentino is banned in Australia, and pretty much everywhere else.
I haven't met one, but mastiffs in general seem pretty chill. There was a Dogue de Bordeaux being assessed at a rescue centre a while back that I really liked. Actually, they're also considered dangerous dogs in some jurisdictions, though the one I met was more interested in pat's than biting me.
… and there are no Puma in Australia... (living in Australia, I would prefer a Mongoose)
they just look ahead