My dog has been with Trupanion for 5 years. She was healthy as a horse when we switched her, so I thought we were in the clear for no pre-existing conditions. Obviously, naive. Anyways, they are rejecting all tooth extraction claims because a vet wrote "mild tartar" one time in her records 5 years ago. The vet never said anything to us about her teeth until this year, when they told us she needed extractions due to bone loss in her jaw. The vet says it should be covered, but they rejected the claim and I am not holding out hope for the appeal. I am considering switching her to AKC. They won't cover her teeth either - but I can get a high-deductible plan with hereditary plus coverage for $70 per month. It would cover pre-existing conditions after 365 days, according to the person I spoke with. So I could save over $30 per month, that could go towards her inevitable future extractions. My thinking is that I now understand that the insurance companies can turn anything into a pre-existing condition post-hoc. I don't trust Trupanion to not do that again. At least with AKC, they cover pre-existing conditions so if she ever got cancer on her ear, for example, it wouldn't be excluded just because she had an ear infection in 2020. Is this thinking sound? Has anyone switched to AKC and could give some advice? https://preview.redd.it/8r3nxzh7yqke1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bdb9dc183f9cb9d286aec2404203e53dbdbe5cc

So, how do you go about selecting a breed when buying pet insurance when you have a mutt? I did a DNA test on my dog and she's like 2/3 Cattle Dog and Chihuahua, and then 1/3 3 other breeds. I bought Pumpkin Insurance and selected Mixed Breed 11-25 pounds (she's 22 pounds and shouldn't get any bigger). Here's the kick in the pants- I asked what to do if she gets more than 25 pounds. They said, well, they won't accept Mixed Breed and they base breed on vet records. Why...why do they even have Mixed Breed as an option, then?? It's going to cost me an extra $136 a year to change her to a Cattle Dog Mix. It frustrates me because my dog weighs 10-27 pounds less than the average ACD. I can still cancel Pumpkin, and I'm tempted. But will it be any better with any other company? I assume they all operate the same way.

I have an emotional support dog and he helps support me with my panic disorder everyday!! I know some people think dog insurance is a joke, but I’m disabled (for physical reasons) and want to be more prepared/protected with pet insurance so I won’t be stuck with a giant bill with a budget income. (Yes, I understand you have to pay it all upfront at the first before you see any money back from insurance.) Would love to hear some decently priced options for mostly full coverage! I have MetLife, but thought I’d ask for recommendations before I switch because $90/month isn’t exactly budget friendly for me 😕 Thanks for making it this far!! 😎👍🏻

I guess my dog just turned 8 according to the age on my Pets Best profile. My monthly premium was $43 and now my bill is $91?? i am newly graduated from my graduate program and going through job fluctuation... wondering if this is worth it given the steep increase in cost. she has been fairly healthy the 5 years i've had her. i've never actually used the insurance policy, i just like having it for my own sake lol because i've invested entirely too much of my own mental stability into this dumb little pitbull. i just did the full senior workup with bloodwork and urinalysis and they said she looks good. if anything dire happens i could borrow money from my family she is my only pet and technically i can afford having only one pet insurance policy. i like the reassurance of having the insurance and it was worth it for me at $43 but $91 has me rethinking

I guess I should have looked into this sooner, since I got the email from Manypets back at the end of December, but I forgot about it until now when I FINALLY got an email from Odie regarding the new policy which takes effect March 1st. I have been paying $34.12 a month for each of the last 3 years on a Golden Retriever since she was 3 months old with Manypets. $500 deductible and 90% reimbursement and unlimited annual. They say your rates will be the same with Odie as they would have been with Manypets, but the new premium is $50.15 for $500/90% AND I noticed that the annual max is no $20,000 instead of unlimited. I understand rates normally go up each year but this is nearly 50%. I have seen other posts about this so just wondering if you guys are sticking with Odie or finding another company. I still have not received the email regarding the whole policy so there may be more things I find missing. And if you did switch, do you know if the new companies normally waive the waiting period as long as you have had continuous coverage with another company?

This is for a puppy that will be enrolled at 8 weeks old. All unlimited options: Pets Best - doesn’t cover alternative therapies such as shockwave, PRP, stem cells, PEMF - $50.87 month - 90% with $500 deductible Healthy Paws - my current insurance provider - no longer offers 90% coverage - policy states it doesn’t cover diseases preventable via vaccine which is concerning since vaccines don’t always cover all strains - $47.71 month - 80% with $250 deductible Pumpkin - sample policy says “we may decide not to renew your policy at the end of any policy period” which is concerning if you start having a lot of claims - $74.99 month - 90% with $500 deductible Figo - $51.99 month - no exams covered (or $62 with exams covered) - 90% with $500 deductible Any thoughts? I’m happy with Healthy Paws but the 80% is disappointing so considering other options

I adopted a dog last March. I signed up with Spot for regular and preventative. Last year in May I got his teeth cleaned and they covered $150 of the cleaning, great. The new calendar year is here and I assumed like my health insurance the clock would start again at the beginning of the year. Nope. They go by the calendar year from when you started your plan so they denied my claim. Not a huge deal but if you are covered by Spot know that their preventative coverage is based on a year starting when you signed up for your policy.

I purchased Lemonade insurance for my mother’s dog last year because she thought he was having seizures. However he wasn’t. I put his age as the same as my dog. Because that is what I truly thought it was and he’s actually 8. Back story we “inherited” him and really didn’t know his age so truly was a guess. Anyways fast forward to this past week. He became very ill and has had to spend the last 3+days in the emergency vet cost approx 7k and now I’m have a full blown panic that because the ages don’t align they going to completely null and void my policy and not cover any of his medical bills

I've had Fetch since my dog was less than a year old. The only pre existing condition he had at the time was allergies. I knew IVDD was common with the breed (French Bulldog), so I wanted some cushion in the event he ever needed surgery. He is now 6, and has been diagnosed with IVDD, but hasn't required surgery and hasn't had any signs in over a year now. The only other condition he has had was lyme, but that was taken care of so I'm not concerned about that either (never met the deductible with that treatment). Fetch doubled my rate a couple years ago, so I dropped my coverage to $5k and deductible to $750, 80% coverage. I've been paying about $712 annually for 4 years now. Just got an email that they're increasing this to $1650. I can't justify that for the crap coverage I'm getting, but I KNOW something is going to happen as soon as I cancel. I'm coming to terms that no matter who I switch to, IVDD will not be covered, so I'm mostly now thinking of any other issues he may have as he's getting older. I'm looking at **Spot, Pets Best, and Embrace**. They all have better coverage amounts for under $100/month. Spot says: '...we will no longer consider a condition to be pre-existing if it has been cured and free of symptoms and treatment for 180 days, with the exception of knee and ligament conditions". Anyone have experience with this? Seems too good to be true. They're quoting me $80/month for 10k limit, 70% reimbursement, 1k deductible. Also open to any other recommendations!

I was on fetch but they have increased my rates a lot since I first joined when my dog was 4. Started at $60/month now I’m at $200/month despite never making a claim. I’ve read that fetch is a scam, but then again I’ve also read embrace and trupanion are scams as well. Does anyone have any insurance recommendations that are actually decent? She is in good health, thankfully, but as she gets older I want to still make sure she is covered, just in case.