Know your best friend will get a helping hand when needed most.

  • Up to $20,000 cover annually on eligible vet bills1
  • Help support Guide Dogs Australia
  • Choose an excess to lower your premiums
  • Visit any registered vet in Australia
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Your dog will have the quality care it deserves with Guide Dogs Pet Insurance.

Playing and exploring is all in a day’s work for a dog, so it’s no wonder they may find themselves in trouble from time to time. No matter how much love and care we give them, sometimes only the best healthcare will do.

Dog Insurance Plans

Guide Dogs Pet Insurance offers a range of dog insurance plans to suit your needs. With great value plans to choose from, you’re sure to find the perfect fit for your best friend.

Premium Care

Claim up to
$20,0001
  • Start cover for pets from 8 weeks old to younger than 9 years old
  • Lifetime cover4
  • Covers specified accidental injuries and illnesses
  • Get back up to 85% of eligible vet bills2
  • Choose a $0 or $50 excess
  • Optional Routine Care
  • Help support Guide Dogs Australia provide vital services to people who need them

Comprehensive Care

Claim up to
$15,0001
  • Start cover for pets from 8 weeks old to younger than 9 years old
  • Lifetime cover4
  • Covers specified accidental injuries and illnesses
  • Get back up to 80% of eligible vet bills2
  • Choose a $0 or $50 excess
  • Help support Guide Dogs Australia provide vital services to people who need them

Basic Care

Claim up to
$15,0001
  • Start cover for pets from 9 years old and over
  • Lifetime cover4
  • Covers specified accidental injuries and illnesses
  • Get back up to 75% of eligible vet bills2
  • Choose a $0 or $100 excess
  • Help support Guide Dogs Australia provide vital services to people who need them

What’s covered

What’s covered in all plans Exclusions Routine Care Optional Extra

Specified accidental injury

Certain Pre-existing Conditions (see Policy Booklet for more information)

Add this optional extra to your dog’s Premium Care plan to receive the following cover:
Illness

Dental procedures

Heartworm test or blood screen – $15 a year
After-hours emergency visits

Behavioural problems

Urinalysis – $15 a year
Cruciate Ligament Conditions (6 month waiting period – may be waived on application)

Elective treatments and procedures

Plus, a $50 annual benefit for any one of these routine treatments:

Consultations (including home visits)

Food and diets

Desexing and microchipping
Annual tick paralysis benefit

Grooming

Heartworm preventative medication
Lab and diagnostic tests Pregnancy Teeth cleaning
Hospitalisation

Pet accessories

Dental illness treatment
Radiology

For a full list of all exclusions, please refer to the relevant Policy Booklet

Vaccinations or health checks
Medicine and drugs Council registration fees

Overseas pet travel (New Zealand or Norfolk Island only)

Prescription diets
Emergency boarding Alternative therapies for pets
Essential euthanasia Dew claw removal
Cremation or burial
Behavioural therapy
Obedience training
Flea, tick or worm control

Your dog’s insurance makes a difference in someone’s life.

Buy online now, and along with protecting your dog, you’ll help change the life of an Australian with sight loss or low vision. This is because you’ll be supporting Guide Dogs Australia; helping promising pups grow into hero Guide Dogs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Your pets can see any registered vet in Australia with Guide Dogs Pet Insurance.

An illness means a sickness or disease, which is not included under Specified Accidental Injury cover. Examples of illnesses that may be covered under illness cover include:

  • Cancer treatments
  • Skin conditions
  • Eye/ear conditions
  • Ingestion of a foreign object
  • Gastrointestinal problems
  • Hereditary and congenital conditions
  • Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD)
  • Tick paralysis

However, pet insurance policies will generally not cover illnesses caused by certain diseases (see ‘What’s not covered in my Guide Dogs Pet Insurance?’) and Pre-existing Conditions (see ‘What is a Pre-existing Condition?’).

Illness is covered in all Guide Dogs Pet Insurance policies. Please note a 30-day waiting period applies starting from the commencement date of the first policy period.

Want to know more? Find answers to commonly asked questions.

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Your pet can be protected from
11:59pm tonight

Get back up to 85% of eligible vet bills2

  1. Limits and sub-limits apply.
  2. Exclusions apply.
  3. Each new policy purchased on or after 02/03/2024 is entitled to one month free in your first year of cover (the first month). All quotes provided automatically include this offer. Terms and conditions apply.
  4. Once insured cover can be kept for life if you keep your pet’s policy in force and for as long as we offer the product.