Well done for high lighting this! I learned the hard way with my cat who lived til 19 and needed injections for bad asthma every month for 5yrs! It was costly and i didnt have insurance…. luckily i found a vet who looked after me with a big discount.
It is vital to get insurance especially in these hard times cos you never know when ya need it So glad Des is ok tho and hope he starting to enjoy daycare!

hi lucille .. sorry to hear about Des, hope he’ll be okay
definitely agree with you on pet insurance. i have both my dogs insured and am glad. we organised it the day we brought our pooches home and had no need for it up until recently. our beagle suffers from allergies and between blood tests, treatment and other tests it would cost us a small fortune. everything’s been covered except for the prescription food she now eats. it’s been a lifesaver for us

Couldnt agree more with Des’ mammy! Insurance is vital – we have our 3 insured with Allianz and I was sorry to hear of Missymoo’s experience with 123.ie; unfortunately its not the first horror story I’ve heard about them. We’ve been Allianz for years and although they have increased our premium on Harry (he had a number of fatty lumps removed over the past couple of years, all harmless, t.g.), we have been pretty happy with the service they provide. However, having spoken with a friend recently (who shares the same Vet practice as ourselves), I would like to highlight an issue regarding some Vets and Insurance. Basically, my friends dog was very ill recently but t.g. pulled through. During the course of his illness, her dog was kept in for a couple of nights at our Vet’s. He was subsequently referred to the veterinary college for further investigation. All went well until my friend received communication from Allianz saying that they werent happy with her dog’s bill and were in fact querying it. It turned out that our Vet’s practice had done a direct claim with Allianz. Now, we ourselves have done this in the past and had found it very handy – it basically means that you sign the insurance form at your Vet’s and then they complete the medical details required and forward it direct to Allianz – meaning that all you pay upfront is your 75 excess, the Vet then claims the balance owing directly from Allianz, which saves you the initial outlay of having to pay your bill upfront. However, my friend discovered that our Vet’s had billed Allianz for 2 nights that their dog wasnt even with the Vet, and furthermore the Veterinary College claimed (and subsequently billed) for kennel cough vaccine which her dog had not received! Her dog in fact was so ill at the time that no Vet in their right mind would’ve vaxed him for anything as random as that! I can understand one mistake being made but for two service providers (both closely linked) to bill for work / treatment that never occurred is pretty suss. I would therefore recommend that if you should do a direct claim via your Vet, you request a copy of the completed form that they are submitting to your insurance company. At the end of the day, where Insurance fraud has been committed it is ourselves who ultimately foot the bill. This made me so mad! I have anonymously raised it with Allianz as being with our Vet for the past number of years and having our 3 dogs currently registered there, I dont want to jeopardise my relationship with the practise. Just thought I would let you all know……….. B.T.W. Lucille, I hope Des is ok – one of ours has a very slight heart murmer as well. We have gone through full bloods, E.C.G. and a referral to Tom Mullaney, Cardiologist at Nutgrove, only to be told that although his heart rate is slow, there is nothing to worry about for now, that he doesnt need meds at the mo but he will need to attend our Vet at least once per month to have his heart monitored. Its a huge worry though but hopefully Des will be as good as new with his pills. All paws and fingers here are crossed for you Des!

I got 3 of my dogs insured with petinsure.ie and it only costs 37 euro per month, I think thats great value. I havent had to use it yet thank god and hopefully I wont have to. They even insure rabbits I think its the only one that does.

I hope Des is doing well

pet insurance is sooo important…i was with allianz for 6 yrs and found them brilliant. my dog had to get a hip operation last sept and in march of this year he was diagnosed with lymphoma, we started chemo straight away. allianz covered all the costs, i even reached the 4000 euro limit in the year…at least i could concentrate on getting taz better and not have to worry about where i was going to get the money from… unfortunately the lymphoma got the better of my poor pet and he passed away last month