Why people do not buy Pets.

“I didn’t get pet insurance to “break even”, that’s not how insurance works really. I got it so that if my dog got in an emergency, I wasn’t making panicked midnight calls trying to get 5 figures freed up for vet care. I wanted one that would pay the vet directly. Then my puppy…”

“I love my dog but my life is so constrained now. He has horrible separation anxiety, so traveling is severely limited even though we have people willing to watch him. I've spent thousands on getting him help and while there has been improvement, we're still taking baby steps…”

“Yup, got a Rhodesian dog from the shelter. They told me he got returned 4 times due to his uncontrolled hyperactivity. When I saw his dopey smile I took him home. Big mistake I made 4 years ago! He very much is autistic. He may answer to his name but he can’t pick up on queues…”

“Lol yes. I spent $1600 setting up a proper hamster enclosure. It's huge and interesting to look at, which I guess is good because I never see the hamster.”

“When i was 20 I bought my dream pet, a 4 day old yellow head Amazon parrot. I hand raised her, feeding her ever 4 hours for about 16 weeks. That was 24 years ago. Lola is an amazing bird and I love her dearly and will likely have her until I'm a very old man. Ill never part…”

“Lol yes. I spent $1600 setting up a proper hamster enclosure. It's huge and interesting to look at, which I guess is good because I never see the hamster.”

“Yes! Last year we got a puppy. And like 2 weeks later the lady who was giving away these pups said she had 1 left and would probably have to take it to the shelter. Well my hubs is a softy and said wed come.get her. So we did. Sometimes i wish we had stayed with just the one.…”

“One of our dogs is a biter…. We spent $3000.00 having him live with a trainer for almost a month- little douche bag still bites but at least we all learned how to not get bit. In my state you can’t rehome a dog with a bite history, and of course we love him so we didn’t have…”