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I've always been someone who's said pet insurance is not worth it, and honestly up until the last few years that has been true for me with multiple dogs.

Last year one of my dogs ended up with a staph infection from scratching his belly and legs (allergies), long story short he had to have surgery and ended up with a fist size open wound that took about 4 months to close, basically all summer last year. If you can imagine what a pain in the ass it is to have a dog with a massive wound on his knee that is wide open, I'm talking muscles exposed it's nasty AF (I can post pictures if you guys have a strong stomach), it's hard to keep clean this mofo would go outside and rub dirt in it. I was at the vet on average at least once a week for 4 months I spent probably $4,000 to $5,000 with this issue that doesn't include his $140 a month for allergy medication and the ear issues both my dogs have had.

My other dog, about a month ago he started having bloody stool, thought it was a parasite or something made 4 vet trips totalling around $1,000 through two weeks and eventually had to take him to the animal hospital another $3,000 for 1 night of tests. Turns out he's terminal with cancer, he might have 2-3 months, his medication is about $100 a week to keep him comfortable.

Other dog has had more ear issues, been to the vet as well 3 times in the last 2 weeks hundreds of dollars there.

Anyway, I just wanted to say I was wrong. Sometimes insurance is worth it. It's obviously too late now as both these dogs have way too many preexisting conditions but if you're getting a new pup consider the insurance lol.