• Facebook
  • Mail
  • About
  • Events
  • Gallery
  • Facebook Feed
  • Blog
Working to relieve the suffering of companion animals across Sussex  01403 864742 or 01273 551815
LEARN MORE
Sussex Pet Rescue
  • Home
  • Help with Vets fees and Neutering
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Top Menu
    • About
    • Events
    • Gallery
    • Facebook Feed
    • Blog
    • Contact
  • Search
  • Menu Menu

Please, no vet help applications 22 March to 3 April except neutering and spaying

21st March 2023/in News

Due to annual leave, we will not be able to process applications for help with vet costs between 22 March and 3 April with the exception of neutering, spaying or absolute emergencies.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Benj-with-bandage.jpg 1200 901 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-03-21 15:35:052023-03-21 15:35:05Please, no vet help applications 22 March to 3 April except neutering and spaying

A tribute to Chris Thornton-Clough

15th March 2023/in News

Chris Thornton-Clough is retiring from Sussex Pet Rescue on health grounds, having been a Trustee for over 20 years.  She’s been energetically involved in every aspect of the charity, helping recruit new foster homes and providing guidance and assistance with newly fostered dogs, talking to people who have had to rehome their dogs, assessing potential new homes and providing important back up to new adopters.

Frodo

This has involved her driving all over Sussex over the years and she’s made some very good friends along the way, and generated a huge amount of support for the charity.

Mango

She’s helped out at Sussex Pet Rescue stalls at dog shows and very kindly filled up her garage with equipment donated for fundraising activities.
Last but by no means least, she’s been responsible for the hugely time consuming and challenging task of producing the annual newsletter, which we know people look forward to every year.  We will all miss her input and wish her and her lovely dogs all the best.

Truffles

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Chris-Thornton-Clough.jpg 500 375 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-03-15 15:25:512023-03-15 15:31:12A tribute to Chris Thornton-Clough

Dog Show at Upper Dicker, Sunday 7th May 2023, details now available

15th March 2023/in News
Here is the programme for this year’s show, which is always a very enjoyable day out.  Proceeds raised on the day are very kindly donated to Sussex Pet Rescue.   We’ll have a stall there and hope you’ll call by and say hello.
Click HERE for the programme.

 

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Optimized-Upper-Dicker-dog-show-stall-for-FB-150216.jpg 675 1200 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-03-15 15:23:272023-03-15 15:37:57Dog Show at Upper Dicker, Sunday 7th May 2023, details now available

Have you seen our gallery of animals we’ve helped? Please scroll to the foot of the page.

22nd February 2023/in News
At the bottom of the pages of our website you’ll now see a gallery of some of the animals whose owners we’ve been able to help when their animals needed treatment.  With the cost of living crisis, we’re receiving more applications than ever.

 

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Kenny-after-op.jpg 830 1200 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-02-22 18:55:202023-02-22 19:54:37Have you seen our gallery of animals we’ve helped? Please scroll to the foot of the page.

Can you help Emma with her research into adopting animals from abroad?

27th January 2023/in News
We’ve been approached by Emma, who is a registered veterinary nurse studying at the Royal Veterinary College. She is currently doing a research project for her BSc on importing stray cats and dogs from abroad, and she would like to find people who have rescued/adopted a cat or dog from abroad to complete her survey. For more information and to complete the survey, please click HERE
https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Hershey-smaller.jpg 210 399 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-01-27 23:23:212023-01-27 23:29:40Can you help Emma with her research into adopting animals from abroad?

Insurance need not cost the earth and could save your pet’s life. Here’s a guide:

11th January 2023/in News

Do you even need pet insurance?

Pets are expensive! You may be lucky enough to enjoy a whole lifetime with your pet without incurring any hefty vet bills. Pet insurance doesn’t cover the regular costs of owning an animal like flea, tick and worming prevention, vaccinations, neutering, spaying and grooming costs. Many don’t cover dental work other than accidents. You may prefer, if you possibly can, to put some money aside every month as a contingency fund to pay for sudden unexpected bills, and hope they don’t come along until it’s grown a bit.

The sad truth is that very few animals make it to old age without needing to see the vet for some illness or accident, and veterinary treatment is expensive. A consultation plus any kind of investigative work like blood tests, stool sample analysis, x-rays and ultrasounds very quickly runs into hundreds of pounds. A young dog swallowing a shoe lace has recently cost over £2,000 for scans plus surgery to remove it. If MRI or CT scans are required to clarify a diagnosis, they cost thousands and may often involve referral to one of the specialist veterinary hospitals. If your pet needs to spend a night in the hospital, or be seen out of hours or on a Sunday, it can costs hundreds.

There is no “NHS” for pets and very few sources of financial help. All of them apply means testing and most only assist those on benefits. They are unlikely to meet the whole cost of the treatment.

So, when you get a pet, whether it’s a brand new puppy, kitten, rabbit, hamster, guinea pig, ferret, something more exotic or a rescue pet, we recommend you buy insurance as soon as possible and at a premium you think you’ll be able to maintain with some increases each year as your pet grows older. Buying the cheapest cover will mean that if your pet contracts an ongoing condition, your cover will not keep on paying, although it may still be better than nothing if your pet has an accident.

Are all dog breeds the same price?

No, some breeds are more expensive to insure because of the known risk of contracting certain conditions. If you haven’t yet chosen your pet, it’s worth researching this before you decide.

These breeds (and crosses of them) are banned in the UK so are not insurable:

Pit Bull

Dogo Argentina

Japanese Tosa

Fila Brasileiro

Bernese Mountain Dog

Insurers may not cover large breeds such as Great Danes, Newfoundlands, Bernese Mountain Dogs, St Bernards, Alaskan Malamutes or Cane Corsos.

Pug

Brachycephalic “flat faced’ breeds like Pugs, French Bulldogs and English Bulldogs may be much more expensive to insure and if they develop BOAS (airway obstruction) symptoms before they’re insured, this may be classed a pre-existing condition and not covered, so if you get one of these breeds you should insure it immediately

Larger breeds tend to be more expensive to insure and pedigree or purebred dogs may be more expensive to insure than crossbreeds due to a greater chance of hereditary conditions.

Dogs used for breeding, racing, hunting, guarding or working are excluded from most policies as they assume your dog will be kept as a pet. If you intend to breed from your bitch, make sure you choose a policy which includes this.

Am I covered immediately?

Not usually. Most policies won’t allow a claim during the first 10-14 days of a new policy so the sooner you start it, the better, in case of accidents.

Pet insurance explained.

There are 3 main types of insurance:

Accident only. This is the cheapest because it doesn’t cover illness, but accidents can also be very expensive. For example surgery for a puppy which breaks a leg might range from £2,500 to £5,000. This can happen as easily as jumping off a piece of furniture and landing awkwardly, and it’s urgent. Vets don’t tend to offer payment plans, so accidental cover can be very valuable.

Time limited or Per Condition insurance. More expensive because this will also cover illness, but will limit the number of claims you can have, so if your pet contracts an illness which will need treatment and/or drugs for the rest of its life, you will not be able to keep claiming. You may also find that you can’t get cover elsewhere after your cover is used up, as most policies don’t cover existing conditions (although there are exceptions which may cover a condition after the animal has been free of it for a period of time, say 2 years). Time limited means you can claim for a condition for a set period of time, typically 12 months. Per condition means you can claim up to a certain monetary amount per condition. Once the limit is reached, payment will stop.

Lifetime insurance. This is the preferred option because you will be able to keep claiming throughout your animal’s life for a chronic or recurring condition as long as it hasn’t happened before you start the policy, and you keep renewing your policy. Some have an overall claim limit per year, others have a claim limit per condition per year. Of course this is also the most expensive kind of policy.

Policies are available which cover from £1,000 per annum to £16,000 per annum for each of the different types, so there is a big range of levels of cost. Most will have an excess which you will have to pay when you claim, and these amounts also vary. The bigger the excess, the lower the premium. Sometimes this will be per condition, per policy year, sometimes just per policy year. Some policies also include a co-payment which you have to pay, which may be a percentage of the cost of the claim, say 10% or 20%. This can be a way of keeping premiums down but is also regularly charged if your pet is over a certain age. Your policy may start without a co-payment but once your pet gets older it may be added so you should be aware of this when you first take out the policy.

Because most insurers will not cover pre-existing conditions, it’s very important to try to find a policy which will continue to be suitable for the whole of your pet’s life.

What does it cost?

One example:  2 year old labrador cross, spayed bitch, 20 kgs, living in Sussex:

Lifetime cover, £1,000 per annum, £125 excess, monthly premium £8.78 correct at 24/11/22

What costs extra?

Some policies may have optional extras. These can include:

Cover if you travel abroad

Holiday cancellation cover if your pet needs lifesaving treatment on holiday or before you leave

Overseas 3rd party cover

Cover for boarding fees if you’re hospitalised

Cover for breeding.

If you’re not likely to need these, you should make sure they’re not included in the price.

What else might be covered apart from vet bills?

Help with the cost of recovering a missing pet, including advertising and rewards

Payment on your pet’s death if you have paid for your pet (usually only up to a certain age except for accident)

Payment for having to put your pet to sleep

Free advice on pet health over the phone and sometimes by video. Some policies even include a 24/7 video consultation with a vet without it counting as a claim.

Very important: Third party cover protects you if your dog injures someone or damages their property and they claim against you. It includes legal cover and typically covers over £1 million, in some policies up to £3 million, which gives you an idea what such claims could amount to. Even if you don’t have pet insurance, you can obtain third party cover by becoming a member of the Dog’s Trust, which costs £25 per annum or half price for the over 60’s. It even provides overseas third party cover which is often an added extra in insurance policies, plus you are helping a good cause. Here’s the link: http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/support-us/membership

Ways of buying comprehensive pet insurance cost-effectively

Paying monthly can mean paying a lot more over a year so check it against an annual premium if you can afford to pay that way

Increasing the excess can reduce the premium

Including a co-payment can reduce the premium

Look for multi-pet discounts if you have more than one pet

Consider an insurance company which doesn’t increase your premium after a claim (these might appear more expensive to start with but be good value in the event of claims)

Check for additional limits on cover for certain conditions or treatments within the overall limits, such as MRI scans or cruciate ligament repair.

Choosing a plan which covers dental illness as well as injury can be a saving in the long run. Dental work is required in lots of older pets and it can be expensive.

Getting your pet neutered or spayed can mean a reduction in the premium even if you already have insurance so let your insurer know.

Some insurers will pay claims direct to the vet without you having to pay up front

Where do I compare the cost of pet insurance?

There are several comparison sites on the internet such as

comparethemarket.com

confused.com

moneysupermarket.com

gocompare.com

quotezone.co.uk

but also companies including

directline.com

petplan.co.uk

leisureguardpetinsurance.com

which do not use these (please note this list is not exhaustive, apologies to any companies we may not have mentioned).

For small and more unusual pets:

exoticdirect.co.uk specialise in insuring these

You may also be able to get cashback by using sites like Quidco or Topcashback so once you’ve chosen your preferred policy, check to see if a cashback is available.

Moneysavingexpert.com also sometimes has hot deals not available on comparison sites, and lots of advice on choosing pet insurance.

Always carefully examine the details of the policies which look good value to make sure that, as far as possible, they include everything you need and as little as possible that you don’t.

This information was correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication, November 2022. We do not have any links to any insurance companies and this should be regarded as a guide only.

(Dog images by Freepik)

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/group-portrait-adorable-puppies-min.jpg 556 1200 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-01-11 10:49:442023-01-11 11:55:57Insurance need not cost the earth and could save your pet’s life. Here’s a guide:

With great regret, rehoming to be suspended until October 2023 but we’re still hard at work

9th January 2023/in News
Dear Supporters
We have reluctantly decided to suspend our rehoming work temporarily from 1/11/2022 for 12 months. This is due to a desperate shortage of suitable foster homes and the difficult clauses added to our insurance.
Traditionally our work has always been mainly rehoming, however in today’s climate we are finding ourselves inundated with requests for financial help with vet fees. Therefore, we have decided to continue and expand our limited resources on helping desperate pet owners who are finding that they are unable to meet the full cost of treatment for their sick pets. We are also continuing to run our subsidised neutering scheme, which has always been an important part of our work over the years.  We are still working hard, continuing with fund raising, and very happy to give other help and advice where we can.  We very much hope to restart our rehoming work in the future and look forward to working with our foster homes and volunteers again.

 

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/17-Optimized.jpg 900 1200 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-01-09 14:35:482023-01-11 17:14:58With great regret, rehoming to be suspended until October 2023 but we’re still hard at work

See our updating Facebook feed – just click at the top of the page

8th January 2023/in News
All you need to do is click Facebook Feed in the green band at the top of the page.  Most of our facebook entries and shares will appear.

 

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Kenny-on-beach-cropped.jpg 576 592 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2023-01-08 12:23:512023-01-11 17:17:20See our updating Facebook feed – just click at the top of the page

Happy New Year from Sussex Pet Rescue!

31st December 2022/in News

 

 

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kody-full-face-min.jpg 1152 1200 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2022-12-31 16:57:502022-12-31 16:57:50Happy New Year from Sussex Pet Rescue!

Season’s Greetings from us all at Sussex Pet Rescue!

11th December 2022/in News

Tigger and Roo were invited to dress up for a festive photo, but none of the treats offered were good enough!

Wishing all our kind supporters a very happy festive season and all the best for 2023!

https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Tigger-and-Roo-Christmas-min.jpg 1200 900 Sussex Pet Rescue https://sussexpetrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logov2-2023.png Sussex Pet Rescue2022-12-11 17:11:402022-12-11 17:18:56Season’s Greetings from us all at Sussex Pet Rescue!
Page 1 of 3123

Contact Numbers

Oakdell, Fryern Road,
Storrington, West Sussex,
RH20 4BJ

01403 864742
Email Us

To see specific contact numbers, please visit our Contact page

Categories

  • Behavioural Issues
  • News
  • Personal
  • Success Stories
  • Training

Archives

Some of the animals we’ve helped with veterinary treatment. Please click on the picture to see it full size. They are not available for adoption. Please note we reverse the order of these photographs from time to time so if yours disappears from the first page, that’s why.

Sookie 2023
Froggy 2023
Ben 2023
Nibbler 2023
Nova 2023
Molly 2023
Bella 2023
Eddie 2023
Gatsby 2023
Aslan 2023
Charlie Moon 2023
Jack 2023
Sam 2023
Ajax 2023
Jasper 2023
Maia 2023
Bella 2023
Pip 2023
Dolly 2023
Baksas 2023
Jasper 2023
Adella 2023
Chapie 2023
Jody 2023
Load more

The Sussex Pet Rescue Charitable Trust, Registered Charity no. 1048731

We are a small registered charity working in Sussex. Our aim is to relieve the suffering of all companion animals across Sussex.

LEARN MORE

Contact Info

Oakdell, Fryern Road,
Storrington, West Sussex,
RH20 4BJ

01403 864742
Email Us

Latest News

  • Please, no vet help applications 22 March to 3 April except neutering and spaying21st March 2023 - 3:35 pm
  • A tribute to Chris Thornton-Clough15th March 2023 - 3:25 pm

Facebook

Comments Box SVG iconsUsed for the like, share, comment, and reaction icons

© 2022 - The Sussex Pet Rescue Charitable Trust | Registered Charity No.1048731
Thank you to our Patrons, Sam Toft, Jenny Seagrove FRSA and Clare Mackie.
  • Facebook
  • Mail
  • About
  • Contact
  • Links
  • Terms
  • Privacy
Scroll to top

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Learn moreOK

Cookie and Privacy Settings



How we use cookies

We may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.

Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.

Essential Website Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our site functions. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website.

Google Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience.

If you do not want that we track your visist to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here:

Other external services

We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps and external Video providers. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Changes will take effect once you reload the page.

Google Webfont Settings:

Google Map Settings:

Vimeo and Youtube video embeds:

Privacy Policy

You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page.

Privacy Policy
Accept settingsHide notification only