Check out this photo – one rather sad and sorry for herself Scrumpy, having come off worst from an encounter with something unknown but razor sharp yesterday, in the undergrowth on Wimbledon Common.
Well, she does tend to hurtle at breakneck speed into anything without looking, so it was only a matter of time – and sadly we hadn't quite converted our recent conversation about 'she's bound to get caught on something or run through glass' into the sensible taking out of a Canine Insurance policy.
Hey ho – she's worth £240 (gulp), and I am definitely in the wrong job if that's what you can charge for stapling a paw with 4 tiny bits of metal, wrapping it in gauze, supplying a plastic hood and a bag of 14 tablets!
She seems fine though – more than I was this morning when I came down to find the hood destroyed – see second photo! – and then the foot protector chewed off – necessitating a second visit to the vet just now and a further £117 for the pleasure of more plastic and a new foot bag. You can get a bloody Kilimanjaro sleeping bag for less than that!
Hey ho – maybe it's now time to make with the Go Compare site, always good to take out insurance just after the time you actually needed it…. x