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  • Yes, I seek out pet-friendly hotels
  • Yes, I drive so they can come along
  • Yes, I bring them on the plane with me
  • No, I leave them at home

Hambone In The News

Jul 23

Top ten wild animals that most commonly attack pets

Wild animals can and do attack our pets, leaving lacerations, bite wounds, punctures, and soft tissue trauma – and a trip to the pet emergency room for you. Read the full story here.

Jul 17

Siamese Wins Strangest Claim Contest for June

Each month, Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. selects what its employees find to be the strangest case from all of the claims submitted. In June, the strangest was a matter of cat versus sewing needle. Read the full story here.

Jul 13

Odd vet claim could win dog trophy

After Omahan Dennis Bullaro, 65, and his mother, Marie, 90, finished a roast dinner a while back, their cockalier Toby got the remaining round bone. The year-old cocker spaniel and Cavalier King Charles spaniel mix chewed and played with it for two months. He would fling it into the air and catch it in his mouth. He would drop it on the ground and roll over it to scratch his back. But all the fun and games ended when Toby managed to get the bone stuck around his front teeth and lower jaw, covering his snout and forcing a trip to an emergency veterinary clinic. Read the full story here.

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