Fantastic idea.

[motorbiking]

The general view seems to be retired greyhounds don’t make suitable pets. Presumably they are cheap to buy given the alternative

Very few greyhound puppies available as most come from racing stables and they are worth thousands, because of the earning potential.

 

[motorbiking]

Who says that? they make great pets and as far as cheap, £300 to adopt one plus their insurance is £150 per month, not a cheap lousy pet.

£150 a month is a lot but makes sense. I believe some of the charities offer layering which can reduce this a lot.

 

[Koolpc]

Personally I don't consider cost as any factor in selecting a pet. My greyhound will be the best greyhound in the world and probably worh in excess of 20k maybe more. The whole concept of adopting a greyhound for me and many others who own them is the fact that they have mostly lived a very horrible life and have never known affection and love. Adopting a greyhound by a loving and responsible owner gives a life to a dog that it has never known and that to me is priceless.

Woof of approval

 

[Highway Man]

£150 a month is a lot but makes sense. I believe some of the charities offer layering which can reduce this a lot.

Thats pet plans premium policy, ex racing greyhound 5 yrs old and existing racing injuries excluded but new treatment will be covered for its life rather than annually

 

[Highway Man]

 

[motorbiking]

I’m not convinced lifetime cover excluding pre-existing injuries is worth much.

 

[Koolpc]

My owner pays £1,000 a month for me! It includes free grooming too, plus 24/7 free food delivery service.

 

[Highway Man]

The problem with taking a gamble on no insurance is that if your dog requires an operation or even just mri scans, that will quickly cost more than the cost of insurance alone. Although expensive it does give peace of mind that you are covered for big emergencies without having to pay up yourself. Our previous 3 dogs cost us £80 for all 3 per month, we used the insurance once to cover a £3000 operation. Its a difficult one to gamble with as the greyhound may never need it but judging by how accident prone they tend to be, I am thinking insurance is probably the sensible route.

 

[Odds]

2k per annum insurance?

Better off with a goldfish.

 

[Koolpc]

2k per annum insurance?

Better off with a goldfish.

Nice caricature of you in your avatar my friend. Not as good as mine though!!! Woof!

 

[blup]

Who says that? they make great pets and as far as cheap, £300 to adopt one plus their insurance is £150 per month, not a cheap lousy pet.

£150 a month? Get a cat. They’re free if you feed the neighbors one and it decides to adopt you.

 

[pete01]

you feed the neighbors one

 

[blup]

Or it finds its way in and it helps itself

 

[motorbiking]

The problem with taking a gamble on no insurance is that if your dog requires an operation or even just mri scans, that will quickly cost more than the cost of insurance alone. Although expensive it does give peace of mind that you are covered for big emergencies without having to pay up yourself. Our previous 3 dogs cost us £80 for all 3 per month, we used the insurance once to cover a £3000 operation. Its a difficult one to gamble with as the greyhound may never need it but judging by how accident prone they tend to be, I am thinking insurance is probably the sensible route.

Our first girl was £250 for the year. We had a £500 claim, current boy is around £350 from memory- we had a £1400 claim. We are covered for up to £5k.

Unfortunately a lot of unscrupulous vet chains, bill run. I have a friend who sells imaging machines and he says you talk to the operators and they say how you get some poor stressed animal with a tumour bulging through its eye socket and the vet has referred it for a scan, when it’s obvious that it isn’t going to survive.

 

[Highway Man]

Another way I was thinking is to set up another savings account and put the money each month into that. Then use that money if needed, if we don't use it each year then the pot builds until it is needed, It may be a better option as the money would always be availble and if never used or only partially used then it isn't dead money. Something to think about