Vet prices: 'I spent £12,000 on my pug'

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Alicia Healey's pug Dorothy has a chronic intestinal disease

'I spent £12,000 on my pug'

Alicia Healey and her pug Dorothy live in Hertfordshire. Dorothy was diagnosed with a chronic intestinal disease almost a year ago. It's an inflammatory bowel disease causing protein-losing enteropathy.

Alicia manages Dorothy's disease using daily medication and a special diet of home cooking.

She says her medical expenses for specialist consultations, ultrasounds, a biopsy, regular blood tests, urine tests and medication have cost her around £12,200 over a period of 10 months.

"I don't have insurance for her - something I deeply regret now," Alicia says.

"One of her medications, an immunosuppressant called ciclosporin, is about £90 for a 30ml bottle that I buy online. If I bought it direct from the vet it would cost me about £225 per bottle," she adds.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66740927

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Cannot afford to replace my dentures spending that amount of money on dog must be very loved doug...

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All well and good pet insurance but if your dog or cat gets stolen, involved in an accident or catches fire you dont get another pet delivered like tv bike etc

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All well and good pet insurance but if your dog or cat gets stolen, involved in an accident or catches fire you dont get another pet delivered like tv bike etc

Haha.....Never thought of it that way, would they put it sleep/down if its an uneconimical repair?

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Haha.....Never thought of it that way, would they put it sleep/down if its an uneconimical repair?

No idea, good point, having said that if a car crashed into another car worth £500 would be written off.

crash a car into 100 years old house, do they repair or write off?

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...crash a car into 100 years old house, do they repair or write off?

The car or the house?

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The car or the house?

good point. It was more a reference though than anything