After reviewing more than one million pet insurance claims over the past year, the time has come for VPI to honor one of its more than 485,000 insured pets with the fourth annual VPI Hambone Award.  Nominees for 2012’s “Most Unusual Claim of the Year” inc... Read More »
From the dog who ate more than 100 rocks to the cat who chased a fly onto a hot wood stove, VPI has received a host of remarkable medical claims. For the third consecutive year, we’re gearing up to bestow the coveted title of “Most Unusual Claim of the Year” t... Read More »
Boxer Puppy Eats 19 Baby Pacifiers 3 As most of our readers know, the inaugural winner of the VPI Hambone Award was Lulu, an English bulldog that managed to eat 15 baby pacifiers. At the time it seemed like a very impressive n... Read More »
Lulu Dec 2008 For six months, Jennifer Zwart believed her daughter’s missing pacifiers had simply been misplaced—kicked under couches or dropped from a moving stroller—but Lulu, her English bulldog, knew better. “One day I saw Lulu licking a dropped pacifier and scolded... Read More »