AKC Pet Insurance

I like my experience with AKC Pet Insurance. I called them to find out about the insurance and what to do. They were always polite, very nice, helpful, and understood what I was looking for. We have the wellness because my dog has a lot of issues. He had a torn ACL, which was 3,500 and I got 2,000 back. They cover a lot of the shots.

Everything’s been going good with AKC so far. I’m a little disappointed in part because of the reimbursements that I’ve been receiving. I have a top-of-the-notch insurance. I can’t pay any more. I have five pets, and I just don’t seem to be getting reimbursed like I used to when I had two Australian Shepherds. Now, I have three little Shelties and I’m not really pleased. I had been investigating other insurance companies. Sometimes I’ll submit a claim for maybe $500, and I might get like a $120 back. It’s not worth my while to have the insurance if that’s how my rates are going to be when I reimburse.

My experience with AKC Pet Insurance has not been real good. I feel I’m locked into it because of pre-existing conditions. My dog Cleopatra is an English mastiff, and she had surgery because of entropion. AKC said it was a pre-existing condition. That’s not necessarily true because she had conjunctivitis, and that could’ve caused it. Other companies would’ve covered it. Then at the daycare, she broke a tooth. It was accidentally broken, but AKC wouldn’t cover it. I went to a specialist, and the extraction and the root canal were almost the same amount of money. The specialist said that because it was a canine and she’s a mastiff, they could break her jaw. I was denied that, so I paid for the root canal. Now, my premium’s gone up almost $100 a month and with a $5,000 limit. I’m not recommending AKC to people. I’ve gone online, which I should have done in the first place, and I’m recommending two other companies.

Right after we got our Golden Retriever, she contracted something from some other dogs at a dog park and she was really sick. We took her to the doctor and the AKC health insurance really helped us a lot. It saved us quite a bit of money. The bill was gonna be like $2,400 and after the insurance, it only cost us $900. Then recently, my wife took our dog in for a hurt foot. We weren't able to file a claim ‘cause it wasn’t big enough but we had met the deductible. I’ve had VPI in the past with my other dog and AKC was better.

My vet had handed me the thing on AKC and it seemed like a reasonable deal to do it that way, and he’d given me something on it. They had a 30-day introductory deal on it, so it seemed like it was easy enough to say yes to and then do it later on. We had one claim about four months ago for some kind of a stomach issue and ran up a pretty hefty bill, and they handled it for us. I thought they were fair. The way they explained it was clear.

When we adopted a couple of dogs, I looked into AKC Pet Insurance as one of my options and decided to go ahead with them. We've had their policy for a little over two years now and so far, so good. My recent experience with them has been easy.

I registered my Lab and AKC Pet Insurance was part of the offer. It was just a trial and then I called three times, and then I subscribed over the phone, then went back online to verify. I've had it for two months now and I have a pending claim.

We got a purebred Bichon and we registered her with the AKC and then we got some information on the pet insurance. We went with AKC because it was convenient. They gave us one month of free pet insurance as well. The free month was up, so I extended it. Our experience with them was good. They’re very helpful. During that month, I had to submit a claim. Our Bichon has ear infections. She was scratching a lot and if we touched her ears, it was painful. We got the dog from a breeder when she was seven months old. Bichons grow hair in their ear and the breeder never cleaned that out. So, over time, after we got her, it became very infected, which we didn’t realize.

I searched pet insurance on Google and AKC was the first one to come up. I looked at what their policies included and it satisfied everything I needed. They had good ratings as well. I haven't had to use it so far but everything seems to be fine if I do need to use it. Everyone that I talked to has been very sweet with me.

When I got my dog, it was AKC registered but then when I went through the policy with them for submitting claims and went through the arbitration process with them to go back through the claims, it took months and months. Thereafter, they denied my claim. Now I've canceled my policy and I'm with Pets Best.

I've been using AKC Pet Insurance for 20 years. We go back three or four dogs with them. Our dog was a pedigree and it was recommended through AKC. However, the policy has gotten way too expensive at $99 a month. I'm not really happy. Still, everything has been fine thus far.

In signing up with AKC, I got the first 30 days free. I actually had an event during that period and submitted a claim. My thinking was if they responded to the claim and took care of it, I’d go ahead and continue the insurance, and if they didn’t, then they were not worth my time and I was not gonna do it. They responded and took care of the event even though it was like a free period, and I signed up with them.

AKC Pet Insurance was affiliated with AKC, and that was what we went through when we got our puppies. It was convenient. However, I cancelled the insurance policy. Once I kinda went through all the fine print with it, my biggest concern was knee injuries with the breed and knee surgeries weren’t covered under the policy. I’m okay with little things and small bills, but the knee surgery is like 3,500 bucks. So, if it wasn’t covered by the policy, there was no point in keeping it. Having pet insurance is valuable if it covers the right things that you need.

When I purchased my animal from the breeder, she told me about AKC Pet. I looked up a bunch of them and they had good insurance. I went with them but then I've had a lousy experience thus far. It took AKC four months to settle a claim. I submitted it and then they said that I had to send my animal's shot records. I did that and they sent me another thing that said I had to go to the vet and get a copy of the medical record. Thereafter, I haven't received a check from them. It wasn't even a $1,000 claim. It was only 50 or 60 bucks. It wasn't something that should have taken a whole lot of brainstorming to do especially when I'm paying a $100 a month for pet insurance.

I’m not particularly impressed with AKC right now. I have 3 very sick puppies from a litter and I’ve had a problem with the former breeder. When I called for their assistance, I was walked through with another process I knew nothing about and got no letters saying my puppies are now mine. They refused to register them that they’re now mine and if I ever do that again, they’re gonna sanction me.

I had AKC Pet Insurance for years with the previous dog. I got a puppy so it’s better off to have the insurance. I went with AKC Pet Insurance again because of the options that they had available for the prices. They’ve been extremely helpful. We had a mix-up with one of the claims where it was thought to be under a previous condition, and they reviewed it. They did everything that they needed to do and got in contact with the vet to realize that it was not a previous condition. The thoroughness of the company and then getting back in touch with me are appreciated.

These people dont care 1 bit about your babies! They are just like the rest of the insurance scams out there. Dont be fooled by the free 30 days coverage. It's a flat out lie! I thought they care and were trying to help me but no they tried every which was to deny my claim saying the waiting period was beyond the 12th bs. I was told by Peter that Adam said the waiting period from the 11th to the 12th was it and my baby would be cover the maximum of each incident up to $500. Then I was told it was up to $1500 per it seems over the weekend it changed to $2000 for whatever reason. They make up rules as they go...do not get scammed by this company along with AKC as they are just as incompetent as their pet insurance. Dont be fooled if you're not a breeder or if you are go with CKC! Amen!!

I had AKC Pet insurance for a while and then I deployed, and then it ended up getting cancelled. And then when I came back, I had to redo it. It was very easy to submit a claim especially with the online uploading thing. The customer service, whoever I spoke to two times, were also both really nice.

It’s been four years ago ever since I’ve had AKC insurance for my German Shepherd. I just send the claims in and they send me the money. The warranty has been valuable. They’ve been good to me.

AKC Pet Insurance has been great. We never had any issues. It works very well with us to get the information from the vet that they needed. Everyone has been very nice and helpful to us especially on the phone. So it's been an overall great experience.

On a previous dog, we had VPI, Veterinary Pet Insurance. We got a puppy two years ago and since I wasn’t happy with VPI’s coverage, I looked online and I asked for a recommendation. I got one from AKC and I have been with them for about a year and a half. I've used the policy a couple of times for stuff that my dog has had and they have been helpful. Their process is also easy.

I registered my dog through AKC. He’s a large breed dog and you never know what can happen. I’ve already been able to use the AKC Pet insurance to get reimbursed for shots. All I needed to do was to get an itemized bill from my vet and then I just did the claim online. It was no trouble at all. That was 10 days ago and I got an email saying that it was processed, so I should be receiving it any day.

I’ve had dogs my whole life and sometimes it becomes too expensive when they get sick. When I got my puppy at the puppy store, I found out about AKC. I've had their pet insurance for two years and everything’s been fine with them. I'm happy with the policy. I just pay the monthly fees. My dog is only a puppy so we haven't had any major issues.

I've had AKC for quite about nine and a half years. I learned about it from my breeder that we got our dog from about 10 years ago. I thought a pet insurance was a good idea because of the price of the veterinarian charges. It's almost like going to a human doctor. It's pretty valuable having a pet insurance. We had a Chesapeake Bay retriever about six years ago who had to have a knee operation. I was sure glad I have insurance. So far, I've been happy with AKC but it's getting a little pricey. I have three claims that I'm waiting to hear from right now. Process-wise, it's pretty simple to do it all online. I did my claim for them and the veterinarian itemized the page, scanned it and send it to AKC through the email.

A pet insurance is very valuable. You don’t ever know if there's something you may need. Vet bills are very high. When I got a puppy from the American Kennel Club, I had all the information on it. I've had their pet insurance since June of last year. I drive a semi and Jake was a trucking dog. He was gonna be in a truck and he was gonna be in places where we had him on a leash but he could still be in danger. I wanted to make sure that he was covered. Plus, he had some medical issues that needed to be covered. AKC paid my bills on time and they reimbursed me on time. Everything was good there. I'd recommend them. But Jake died in May and I called AKC about it. He was seven months old. He got really sick and didn’t last a week. I had set up for him to go to a neurologist on a Monday. They were gonna scan him but he died Sunday. The last time I used the insurance was in Iowa, a few days before he died.

I got a dog with AKC papers and I figured it might be a good idea to use their insurance. I used it to take the puppy to the vet because he hurt his leg. Everything worked out good. AKC is great but I only had it for the first 30 days for the puppy.

A vet recommended AKC to us. We customized our plan and the insurance came in handy because my dog ended up having an accident. This was caused by another dog that was aggressive. My dog turned out okay and the claim was handled so well. The fact that you could do it on your own then call and check on it was pretty great.

I like that my pet insurance is through AKC, and the policy is pretty good too. They reimburse really quickly for any of your appointments. Their customer service is really good. They're on call, and they answer your phone call pretty quickly.

There’s a hospital a couple of miles away from us and we got our AKC Pet Insurance through them. We've been with AKC for about 13 years now and we’ve had good experience with them. They’ve been fairly prompt in payment. We also finally worked a deal with the veterinarian where they have all the paperwork and can file it directly online with these people. So, we don’t really have to get involved with the paperwork anymore and it worked out pretty good. We like the insurance and it saves us some money. Our dogs are getting a little older and need more service, so that’s helped a little too. I also got very good customer service every time I’ve had to speak with them. One time, I forgot to cash a check and it expired. I contacted them and I had excellent service about getting the check reinstated and sent to me.

AKC Pet Insurance was made available to me when I got my pet registered. It takes a very long time to get through to them on the phone. Their claims, so far, have not been very efficient. I sent one in and they told me the turnaround time was five days, and it’s been around two weeks now.