Boise-based Pets Best Insurance, a pet insurance agency, has released a list of the top five bizarre and expensive insurance claims for the summer season:
- Tango, a German shorthaired pointer in Missouri with a penchant for gobbling household objects, chose to make a beach towel a summertime appetizer. The meal didn't settle well. After the dog threw up parts of the towel, the remaining portion had to be surgically removed, to the tune of $2,063. Insurance reimbursed $1,650 of the veterinary bill.
- While his owners were away, a Labrador retriever in California named Copper passed the time by scarfing down not one but two golf balls. Both had to be surgically removed, costing $3,874, of which insurance reimbursed the pet owners 80 percent.
- When a Weimaraner named Max ingested some fertilizer, he had to be closely monitored and treated with intravenous fluids. Insurance reimbursed $1,133 of the $1,618 veterinary bill.
- Bailey, a Labrador retriever, devoured some nectarine pits, which led to two expensive trips to the vet. The first cost $517, with insurance reimbursing $414. The second bill ran up to $3,322, of which insurance reimbursed $2,657.
- Zoie, an energetic Maltese, was living it up during a trip to the beach, until she swallowed some sand. When that followed with loss of appetite and vomiting, she ended up at the vet's office twice for close monitoring and treatment with intravenous fluids. Her total for both vet bills was $1,991, with insurance reimbursing $1,394.
Learn more: www.petsbest.com.
Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].