By art | Published:
June 19, 2009
Here is some bad news and warning to anyone thinking about purchasing pet health insurance from Ensurapet.
The pet insurance company, formerly known as VSurance inc. and based out of Santa Ana, CA, was issued a cease-and-desist order along with it’s CEO and other residents in Arkansas who had been selling promissory notes and shares of [...]
By art | Published:
June 5, 2009
In a growing trend to cover market share. I’ve been seeing a number of auto insurance companies offer and highlight their pet injury insuran programs lately.
Progressive insurance has a pretty good program. They offer up to 1000.o0 towards vet bills associated with an auto accident. With no added cost because its built into your collission [...]
By art | Published:
May 29, 2009
Just read this in the LA Times.
Nutro is recalling it’s dry cat food because of unusually high Zinc levels. All packaging that falls between “best if used by” date of May 12, 2010 and Aug. 22, 2010 is being recalled. The pet food items should be returned for a refund or exchange.
I hadn’t really heard of [...]
By art | Published:
May 21, 2009
Thought it important to name a few resources for your pet health tool box.
PetMD - they describe themselves to be in the business of pet wellmess management.
We like quite a few things about this site, but that which is most ehlpful is their symptom center. Rodent, ferret, reptile… which ever pet you have, this resource [...]
By art | Published:
May 13, 2009
…not necessarily because of the insurance, but the lack there of.
Via WEBC WIlmington, Pet Parents in Wilmington, NC share their story of Echo, their two year old border collie, and his leap off a three story porch.
This is how it goes;
dog gets restless -> jumps off three story porch -> breaks leg -> pet parents pay over [...]
By art | Published:
May 11, 2009
Looks like Chase Health Advance, of Chase Card Services (JP Morgan), are teaming up for Pets Best Insurance for the purpose of making pet insurance more affordable.
The partnership was created to help non insured pet owners and those with medical expenses not covered by their pet insurance, such as pre-existing conditions. They will be offering offer [...]
By art | Published:
May 7, 2009
Free pet micro-chipping for residents in the denver area. Pet identification is a great idea for all pet owners, not only for retrieval purposes but also to identify, in some really sad cases, for pets that are lost in fires and other disasters… like those in the Santa Barbara fire right now.
Microchip technology has become increasingly popular [...]
By art | Published:
May 7, 2009
Purina Pet Care announced this week it has expanded it’s brand pet insurance offering to California. Making it available now in 41 states. California is the home of pet insurance giant VPI which is a great thing. MOre competition will make for better informed pet owners regarding pet care.
Their two plans:
The first plan option, PurinaCare(R) [...]
By art | Published:
May 7, 2009
All the news from back home in Santa Barbara with the current fire is really unsettling.
A number of friends have reported some sad news concerning pet displacement and losses during the fire. Are fires really something you can prepare for?
I know one thing people at the least should keep in mind when wildfires strike up [...]
By art | Published:
May 5, 2009
Nice article from Lisa Hartman on what is really happening when you take your pets on walks and spend time with them.
She poses some great questions concerning what we are actually teaching our pets when we spend time with them and how it effects their health. You know, like when we tie them to the park [...]