Success Stories

Saving Simon, The Symbol of a Couple’s Love
When we first noticed that our Dachshund/Westie mix Simon was lethargic and not eating and drinking, we suspected he was overheated from being in a home without air conditioning during the summer of 2023. But when he began getting sick all over the carpet and was barely able to keep

Lola’s Story: “This experience was a much better way to handle a pet health emergency”
E-mail from Sharon to VetBilling: “Lola became very ill of course on a weekend in the middle of the night, passing blood from both ends. I remembered that a veterinary emergency and specialty hospital had just opened nearby. I took her there and she was diagnosed with Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis (HGE)

Calvin the Blanket Gobbler
Dogs sometimes eat things they’re not supposed to, and Calvin decided he wanted to join the “I Ate a Bad Thing and It Will Be Expensive” club. The 8 year old pit bull apparently thought it might be fun to gobble up a blanket…but his mom Jayme sure didn’t agree.

VetBilling Lifted a Heavy Weight Off Me
My 12 year old Chihuahua mix, Chavis, had a lump that was growing. I really thought I had no way to help him financially, but when the vets at Hearts Alive Village Veterinary Clinic heard my problem, they told me about VetBilling. This was great because not only was Chavis

Mya’s Middle of the Night Emergency
I woke up in the middle of the late night hearing my dog Mya crying out in pain. Her stomach was hard and bloated so we rushed her to the vet where they discovered that her stomach had turned. She is our baby and we couldn’t imagine losing her. The

Bindi Jean’s Brush with Death
One day when Betty wasn’t home, her cat knocked her husband’s medication on the floor. The little bottle with pills that rattled inside was too tempting for her 1 year old Miniature Schnauzer, Bindi Jean. Bindi managed to get the bottle open and she ate the medication inside, which was

A Blessing During a Dark Time
When Jack’s 14 year old pug, Harley, began having seizures at home, he rushed him to Red River Animal Emergency Hospital (RRAE) in Fargo, ND. Jack had taken Harley there from time to time over the years and he liked and trusted the hospital staff. They’d always been very good

Rough Puppy Play Leads to Fractured Femur
When Bosco, a 3 month old Australian cattle dog, fractured his hind leg, his mom Stephanie took him to her regular vet who estimated the cost of surgery to be around $3000. Full payment upfront was required, but Stephanie could only come up with about half that amount. She was

Papi’s serious eye injury
Papi the Shih tzu lives with his bigger “sibling,” a German shepherd, and one night their play-fighting turned into a catastrophe when the shepherd bit Papi’s eye. Shih tzus have shallow eye sockets to begin with, so Papi was in real trouble. His mom, Kimberly, rushed him to the nearest