Most Expensive Dog Medical Problems

What do you plan to spend for your pet’s health care? Let’s consider some dog health care expenses required for the most common canine medical treatments. These costs were assembled by a pet health insurance company, and they show that dogs with back problems incur the highest medical expenses:

Disc disease $3000
Lung cancer $2000
Bloat $2000
Swallowed objects $1600
Knee injury $1500

Pet insurance companies are interested in what it costs to provide treatment because they want to make sure dogs are given the most cost-effective care. This push toward cost-effectiveness can either send us in the wrong direction—toward band-aid therapies—or in the right direction—toward holistic therapies, including herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture.

We hope your pet never needs care for the problems listed above, but if it does, insist on treatment that improves long-term health just as it improves short-term health.

In a coming blog, we’ll look at cat health care expenses.