Az dog insurance: my brain is going : pedigree dogs.

[bunn]

I definitely recorded Az's insurance premium as £205 in a recent post, and I would have bet my socks that I had that right, and had paid for it in one go by credit card.  I just got the paperwork, which says the premium is just £180, and enclosed a direct debit form.  Boggle.  I rang them to check they had the right dog, they say they do, so I've filled in the form...

This means that Mollydog, at a year younger than Az, now costs £100 more to insure, purely because she has a pedigree - even though it's a working pedigree not a Kennel Club one.  Expensive things, these pedigree dogs.

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[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Given the horrific medical problems (with commensurately horrific vet bills) associated with pedigree dogs, I'm not at all surprised. I certainly have to pay more for my fluffies and they are from one of the healthiest breeds around.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Greyhounds are also supposed to be relatively healthy as breeds go, so I was a little surprised to discover that the risks are high enough to make up for a year's age difference. I suppose it demonstrates just how extreme their breeding for one purpose is.