Pet Insurance? Do you get it for your pets?

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

doesn't mean it's legal and shooting is not the most quickest and painless way.

Not even putting the pet in the picture, discharge of a firearm is outlawed in many places.

You need to read about these things you just spout off concerning shooting things left and right.

Obviously I wouldn't fire a firearm on my own property unless it was legal in itself. Most places only require a certain amount of land or backdrop.

I'm not sure why you think I'm a cowboy, but owning firearms and being wreckless are completely different things.


Edit - a bullet through the brain is pretty quick and painless. A knife to the throat is pretty much a guarantee as well, since you don't have to worry about a bullet bouncing off of a skull. Depends on the animal of course, but I've seen it happen with a wounded deer.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: Beattie
Instead of buying pet insurance, save that money and pay for what you need if something happens. More than likely you will never end up spending that money anyway as evidenced by the fact that these companies are still in business. If something serious does happen and the pet needs that much money worth of care, just get it put down.

Scenario:

2 year old puppy has an accident because it slips on some recently cleaned (thus slippery) stairs in your house and breaks its leg and tears a lot of muscle tissue which requires surgery costing well over $1000. What do you do? Put it down?

There are tons of examples if you don't like that one for whatever reason. The point is that you get the insurance to cover yourself for emergencies where putting the pet down really doesn't feel like an option. Not everyone has that cold of a heart in regards to animals...

It's the same reason why most people get health insurance for themselves.


**EDIT**

Not to mention you are only talking $8-$12 per month and that covers all illnesses. Not just emergencies.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Xavier434

Scenario:

2 year old puppy has an accident because it slips on some recently cleaned (thus slippery) stairs in your house and breaks its leg and tears a lot of muscle tissue require surgery costing well over $1000. What do you do? Put it down?

There are tons of examples if you don't like that one for whatever reason. The point is that you get the insurance to cover yourself for emergencies where putting the pet down really doesn't feel like an option. Not everyone has that cold of a heart in regards to animals...

It's the same reason why most people get health insurance for themselves.

Yes.. but then again I'd never have the puppy anyways. If my $500 tv broke and required $1000 in repairs I'd get a new one. I cant logically think of why a person would want a pet to begin with. I understand owning animals as a resource, but not as a pet.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
I can't imagine spending thousands of dollars on a pet. If it needed treatment that cost that much, well....time to go behind the shed with a pistol (assuming it was suffering).

qft

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Xavier434

Scenario:

2 year old puppy has an accident because it slips on some recently cleaned (thus slippery) stairs in your house and breaks its leg and tears a lot of muscle tissue require surgery costing well over $1000. What do you do? Put it down?

There are tons of examples if you don't like that one for whatever reason. The point is that you get the insurance to cover yourself for emergencies where putting the pet down really doesn't feel like an option. Not everyone has that cold of a heart in regards to animals...

It's the same reason why most people get health insurance for themselves.

Yes.. but then again I'd never have the puppy anyways. If my $500 tv broke and required $1000 in repairs I'd get a new one. I cant logically think of why a person would want a pet to begin with. I understand owning animals as a resource, but not as a pet.

If you can't even understand that then I can see no possible reason why anyone should give your words credit in regards to this topic. I can respect that you feel that way but it makes no sense to me why you don't understand how other people can feel another way and make judgments and offer advice based on that knowledge. Hell, I do that and see other people doing that all of the time. It's all about having an open mind and considering other POVs.

Fact: Emotions exist and people act on them. Some of which include their love for pets. Duh...

Surely there must exist something in this world besides humans which you have an emotional attachment for that goes beyond the love for an object or resource?

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Heh, my brother is pet insurance. It's nice having a vetinarian as a brother...lol

My brother-in-law is a great vet. It still doesn't mitigate the cost of surgery.

 

[fire400]

okay, I'm telling myself.

this is not to tell people how to spend their money, but to help someone realize what their putting their money into...

you feed a dog.

you realize your nephew doesn't have food?

but you also realize you can ration your meals to help feed your nephew because you decide to go on a diet.

you use the money you would of spent on your dog, and instead of feeding your nephew with that money, you give him your dinner for one night, and put that money into an investment bond.

pets are a waste of money, personally. but everyone's in it for themselves it seems.

 

[thedarkwolf]

But I hate my nephew. Screw him.

Most crap I buy is a waste of money and its the same for you. Till you decided to live in a tiny house, rid the bus, have no entertainment, cheap food, etc and give the rest of your money to charity quit bitching about how the rest of us spend our money.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Xavier434

If you can't even understand that then I can see no possible reason why anyone should give your words credit in regards to this topic. I can respect that you feel that way but it makes no sense to me why you don't understand how other people can feel another way and make judgments and offer advice based on that knowledge. Hell, I do that and see other people doing that all of the time. It's all about having an open mind and considering other POVs.

Fact: Emotions exist and people act on them. Some of which include their love for pets. Duh...

Surely there must exist something in this world besides humans which you have an emotional attachment for that goes beyond the love for an object or resource?

I'm not saying that I'm "right". I just added that statement for clarification. I have no love for any object or resource. If my apartment burned down tomorrow I'd miss nothing.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Obviously I wouldn't fire a firearm on my own property unless it was legal in itself. Most places only require a certain amount of land or backdrop.

I'm not sure why you think I'm a cowboy, but owning firearms and being wreckless are completely different things.


Edit - a bullet through the brain is pretty quick and painless. A knife to the throat is pretty much a guarantee as well, since you don't have to worry about a bullet bouncing off of a skull. Depends on the animal of course, but I've seen it happen with a wounded deer.

The problem you aren't seeing here and probably are incapable of ever seeing is there is a HUGE reason why shooting an animal is not allowed in a city for one, and in many other places secondly.

While a perfect shot should kill quickly, what happens much of the time is the shooter flinches, misfires, or worst shoots through the pet and into themselves or another either directly or ricochet/shrapnel.

A veternarian should be able to perform an euthanasia for around $50, sedating the animal and not having it in fear of a gun barrelling down on it.

Again you have it in your mind we still live in pre 20th century times and at the same time admit you'd never have a pet anyway.

You claiming to be a big game hunter and all that and you don't see the value in a pet.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Heh, my brother is pet insurance. It's nice having a vetinarian as a brother...lol

My brother-in-law is a great vet. It still doesn't mitigate the cost of surgery.

It should considering he should have the option to just charge you the 'hard costs'

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: fire400
pets are a waste of money, personally. but everyone's in it for themselves it seems.

But you play online games?

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Heh, my brother is pet insurance. It's nice having a vetinarian as a brother...lol

My brother-in-law is a great vet. It still doesn't mitigate the cost of surgery.

It should considering he should have the option to just charge you the 'hard costs'

It 'should' but then again he didn't come to our wedding since he had tickets to the OSU/UM game that year.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Xavier434

If you can't even understand that then I can see no possible reason why anyone should give your words credit in regards to this topic. I can respect that you feel that way but it makes no sense to me why you don't understand how other people can feel another way and make judgments and offer advice based on that knowledge. Hell, I do that and see other people doing that all of the time. It's all about having an open mind and considering other POVs.

Fact: Emotions exist and people act on them. Some of which include their love for pets. Duh...

Surely there must exist something in this world besides humans which you have an emotional attachment for that goes beyond the love for an object or resource?

I'm not saying that I'm "right". I just added that statement for clarification. I have no love for any object or resource. If my apartment burned down tomorrow I'd miss nothing.

Many people do not look at their pets and see an object or resource. They see a member of their family. If you love or used to have loved anyone in your family then that means you already understand how tons of people feel about their pets. To them, it feels like the same thing or at least very close to the same thing.

Once you understand that, take that knowledge and apply it to the next pet thread that you choose to chime in on. If someone who shows signs that they feel this way posts such a topic, don't just barge in here yapping about this stuff without considering their POV. Such posts are worthless.

 

[alkemyst]

TallBill is actually UnlovedBill and he hates it.