Does anyone know what insurance companies do if you have a doberman, rottie, pitbull....I forget the others they asked about??
I don't have a problem with any of these, but I never intended to have one myself. I did love and play with a mama pitbull & her pups - of a family I babysat for as a teen. And my employer as a teen - a vet - had a doberman I was fond of.
So now we have a farm...and keep acumulating animal LOL! They always ask the number of horses/cows we have & dogs. But it keeps changing! I don't call to notify; they said it makes no difference in policy - they just want to know.
So we had a claim, and the adjuster came, and went through a check list of questions. Inground pools with no fence? Any doberman, rottie, pitbull....? I said no. He saw the hyper dogs on the pool deck and the puppies in the house. Our "big dog" was in a bedroom. I don't know what his parents were, but could be called 'bullish'?
When I got him, I didn't think of him as any sort of pit bull until we had him for quite a while. I wanted a grown, large dog, raised with children, and a well trained, very included member of the family. I really needed something that would make people think twice about nosing around here - but not something I have to worry about harming legit visitors. (though he does scare them if not warned about him) Hubby says he's exactly what I wanted.
When I met him, he was described to me as a Big loving family dog. That is what I saw him as. He actually looks boxerish to me at times. Body is much larger, taller,thicker than a pit or boxer. Regardless, most people would take one look and say stafordshire/pitbull.
What would happen if they said 'You have a pitbull'? Do they charge extra or drop you?
On another note, I have a 3 mth old puppy, golden color with white tip paws & tail. Everyone says beautiful lab! With the prettiest, cutest face ever....I saw her parents. They are big hound/walker coon dog looking mutts. The mom black and tan, the dad mostly yellowish tan. ....So looks don't tell the whole story!
I don't have a problem with any of these, but I never intended to have one myself. I did love and play with a mama pitbull & her pups - of a family I babysat for as a teen. And my employer as a teen - a vet - had a doberman I was fond of.
So now we have a farm...and keep acumulating animal LOL! They always ask the number of horses/cows we have & dogs. But it keeps changing! I don't call to notify; they said it makes no difference in policy - they just want to know.
So we had a claim, and the adjuster came, and went through a check list of questions. Inground pools with no fence? Any doberman, rottie, pitbull....? I said no. He saw the hyper dogs on the pool deck and the puppies in the house. Our "big dog" was in a bedroom. I don't know what his parents were, but could be called 'bullish'?
When I got him, I didn't think of him as any sort of pit bull until we had him for quite a while. I wanted a grown, large dog, raised with children, and a well trained, very included member of the family. I really needed something that would make people think twice about nosing around here - but not something I have to worry about harming legit visitors. (though he does scare them if not warned about him) Hubby says he's exactly what I wanted.
When I met him, he was described to me as a Big loving family dog. That is what I saw him as. He actually looks boxerish to me at times. Body is much larger, taller,thicker than a pit or boxer. Regardless, most people would take one look and say stafordshire/pitbull.
What would happen if they said 'You have a pitbull'? Do they charge extra or drop you?
On another note, I have a 3 mth old puppy, golden color with white tip paws & tail. Everyone says beautiful lab! With the prettiest, cutest face ever....I saw her parents. They are big hound/walker coon dog looking mutts. The mom black and tan, the dad mostly yellowish tan. ....So looks don't tell the whole story!
