By: Dr. Fional Caldwell For Pets Best Insurance It’s all too common, a big athletic dog suddenly comes back from the park limping, or even holding up the hind leg completely. You end up at the veterinarian’s office, where you are told your dog has just injured its ACL. ACL stands for Anterior Cruciate Ligament; [...]

Posted by: H.R. For Pets Best Insurance Many people suffer from mild-to-moderate allergies throughout the year, and spring can be a whopper, especially for animal lovers. Because giving up our pets just isn’t an option, we often become experts at self-treatment, visit the doctor and submit claims for both human and pet health insurance. As [...]

By: Dr. Fiona Caldwell For Pets Best Insurance Heartworm disease is a pet health condition that is becoming increasingly more prevalent in the United States. It has currently been documented in all 50 states and is most common in the Mississippi valley and southern US. Even if you and your dog don’t live in the [...]

By: Dr. Fiona Caldwell For Pets Best Insurance Idiopathic vestibular disease is a pet health condition that can initially be terrifying to any pet owner. Imagine one day your older dog is fine, then the next she is falling down to one side, sometimes even rolling because she can’t keep her balance and her eyes [...]

By: Dr. Jack Stephens For Pets Best Insurance In the past few months, a few of my pack of 10 dogs have been showing mild pet health symptoms of canine influenza. First, one will have a soft cough and mild sneezing similar to kennel cough, and then another. They will get a slight fever for [...]

Posted by: HR For Pets Best Insurance Do you sometimes joke about your dog’s “puppy breath?” It’s fun to joke about, but proper pet health care should include dental health, too. Remember how your dog’s breath smelled when he was a puppy? One of my favorite quotes about dogs is from Thomas E. Catanzaro, DVM [...]

Posted by: H.R. The health of your pet should be a top priority, and annual check-ups help you and your veterinarian stay on top of it. You can lessen veterinary costs with a pet insurance plan. Many cat and dog insurance companies, like Pets Best Insurance, even offer wellness packages to help cover the cost [...]

By: Dr. Jack Stephens Pets Best Insurance President and Founder Last week Torrey and I visited the Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) in Las Vegas, Nevada to tout the benefits of pet insurance. There were nearly 10,000 veterinarians and technicians in attendance gaining their required continuing education, as well as hundreds of lectures on diseases, treatments, [...]

By: Dr. Jack Stephens President and Founder, Pets Best Insurance Some people advocate a “pet savings account,” instead of pet insurance. For example, they recommend putting away $50 per month in a special account that is only to be used in the event of a pet health emergency. On the surface this may seem logical [...]

By: Dr. Fiona Caldwell For Pets Best Insurance Benji is a sweet, spunky little 3-year-old mixed breed dog weighing just 12 pounds. He really does look like Benji from the old TV movies! He was presented to me for an unusual problem that ended up being very serious. Unbeknownst to his owners, Benji ate about [...]