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Post by Jezzi on Dec 20, 2003 8:55:44 GMT -5
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Post by Mistyk11 on Dec 20, 2003 11:06:04 GMT -5
Very interesting article. I have State Farm and they no longer ask what breed of dog you have, just if you have a dog. They will cover you in an unprovoked attack HOWEVER, they will cancel you if you do not get rid of the dog immediately. (My mom works for State Farm and I made sure of this when I got Gunnar-also since we are moving soon, I wanted to make sure they weren't going to ding me on the dog issue when I transfer my homeowners policy to the new house)
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Post by Currmudgeon on Dec 20, 2003 12:32:32 GMT -5
I think the prudent thing would be to discus it with your agent. Responses by insurers vary a lot. We have had excellent support from American Family Insurance.
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Post by TheDahliMamma on Dec 20, 2003 15:05:51 GMT -5
I confess, it is a concern for me in contemplating teaching Evandar protection work for a SchH title. I can only imagine what the insurance companies will do when they figure out that some dogs are actually trained to bite.  The first concern for me was the last time I had Hattie re-evaluated for Pet Therapy work. The first thing out of the Delta Society Evaluator's mouth was: "Is she bite trained?" simply because she was a German Shepherd. Right or wrong, their new policy within the last 2 years is that bite trained dogs cannot even evaluate for pet therapy work. Even if they have been previously certified, they will not be allowed to re-cert. Yes, there are other pet therapy organizations that will allow bite trained dogs to evaluate...but how long will it before they jump on the bandwagon as well?  I just think that it is important to consider all the angles - insurance companies, pet therapy organizations, etc - when we own GSDs or consider training them for protection.  I, for one am very sad about that, considering many of our national heros - bomb detection dogs, Military Working Dogs, Border Patrol dogs, Search and Rescue dogs (9/11), Seeing Eye dogs, etc. - that have been honored by our country especially during the past few years just happen to be German Shepherds. I may be very breed prejudice, but without the German Shepherd, I think I can probably safely say that our Nation's security would be at risk. I expect that there will be lots of controversy surrounding this during the next few years to come. Fran |
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Post by Currmudgeon on Dec 20, 2003 15:23:34 GMT -5
I confess, it is a concern for me in contemplating teaching Evandar protection work for a SchH title. My agent offered us the "security system" discount. |
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Post by TheDahliMamma on Dec 20, 2003 16:03:48 GMT -5
Dennis! That is awesome! Maybe we should all approach our insurance companies and suggest that! ;D
It would be interesting to see how many MORE times a GSD has SAVED an insurance co. money by PREVENTING a burglery, rape or thwarting off a drug deal, etc.!! I'd love to see a study producing reliable statistics about THAT! ;D
Fran
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Post by Currmudgeon on Dec 21, 2003 12:00:52 GMT -5
Talk about an oxymoron! <Grinning ducking and running> |
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