I don't know if anyone mentioned this on the list before, but I found this on my Dane list and absolutely LOVE this idea. If you join, you don't have to worry about the cost of surgery for Bloat, at least not the majority of it. I hope not to have any of my dogs bloat, but it always is a worry about the sudden expense of a bloat surgery. I do have a Dane and he scared us a couple of nights ago, thought he was bloating, but it was just a case of too many table scraps and he had to go potty!! Here are the URLs to the Bloat Support Group Subscribe: _BloatSupportGroup-BloatSuppoBloatSupportBlo_ (mailto:BloatSupportGroup-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) List owner: _BloatSupportGroup-BloatSupportGrouBloat_ (mailto:BloatSupportGroup-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Related Link: _http://www.bloatsuphttp://wwwhtt_ (http://www.bloatsupportgroup.com/) This is a group that was brought together to support each other emotionally and financially if bloat should strike a dog in their household. The yearly fee is $20.00 you get a card that covers all the dogs in your house. If a dog bloats the money is taken from the fund and the bill is paid. Then each member sends a precentage of the cost back to the fund to keep the buffer there. Ex. Surgery is $1500. If there were 100 members each member would then send by paypal $15.00 to bring the account back up. Janet _www.JanMarGsd.com_ (http://www.JanMarGsd.com) **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================