Pets

Since the company we were with just raised it another $150 per yr.

I was surprised to find that ASPCA offers insurance not only for dogs/cats, but also for horses, at an extremely reasonable price. You can even pay it monthly. It doesn't cover mortality, per se, but covers a number of possible death-causing circumstances. It does not cover theft. I think I'm going to go with them anyway.

Wish we had insurance on one of the Great Pyrenees. He's developed an autoimmune disease, that they initially thought might be skin cancer--losing his hair in big scaley patches. The specialist visits, plus the meds, are killing us. And now, it may have all been for nothing anyway, since it looks like one of his knee surgical repairs has come loose. We have to help him stand up--pretty tough for old people with a 135 pound pupster.