Update: The California Veterinary Medical Board responded to The Canine Review’s Public Records Act request late Thursday, January 13 with a large quantity of documents…..
It’s been three weeks since the pet insurance model law was removed unexpectedly from the agenda of the final 2021 meeting of […]
How does the biggest star in the conformation galaxy like to unwind? How does she maintain her amazing physique? What do her co-owners do as far as preparation for Westminster? How intrigued is Jade by the sight of other dogs on Zoom?
There is at least one piece of good news for Petplan (or ‘Fetch by The Dodo’) policy holders, which is that you now have a prominent New York media executive to rope in when you file complaints to departments of insurance: Ken Lerer
Update: On December 24, TCR again reached out to Chairman Beatty for an update. Mr. Beatty advised that he knew nothing beyond what Mr. Birnbaum had released days ago, which was that the delay was related to licensing. NAPHIA’s Kristen Lynch did not respond. An NAIC spokesman also did not respond.
Is there now a written ethics code in place for your reporters? If so, would you consider sharing it with me or publishing it on a website that is accessible to any member of the public? If not, can you explain why you continue to withhold it and decline to discuss it?
AT HOME WITH JADE
“I rarely get a day without press,” Jade says when asked if she feels overwhelmed. “It’s a lot,” she concedes. “My social calendar is already full through Fall Fashion Week.”
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COURTESY CO-OWNER CARLEY SIMPSON
CO-STARRING CO-OWNER VALERIE NUNES-ATKINSON
Pet Insurance Working Group Puts Transparency on Agenda with Consideration of Data Reporting Requirements
Last Saturday in Philadelphia, 1586 dogs, according to spokesman Steve Griffith, competed in what would be the taped-for-broadcast portion oft […]
Following our latest report about Jean Dodds being cited by the state’s Veterinary Medical Board (VMB), in which we also stated the Attorney General’s Office was investigating the matter, a person in the press office of the California Attorney General who declined to provide his or her name wrote late Friday evening of Nov. 5 to clarify that simply because the Attorney General’s Office represents the VMB with regard to its citation against Dodds does not mean that the Office is investigating Dodds. “We have not confirmed or denied any investigation or accusation,” the spokesperson wrote, adding, “Any investigation into this matter would be done by the VMB itself.”
Beyond posting the citation against Dodds, the VMB has declined all requests to comment except to confirm for us that Jean Dodds has never held a license to practice veterinary medicine in the state of California (although Dodds has been operating in California since the early nineties) and to let us know that Hemopet, Dodds’ company through which Dodds has been filing 990 tax returns as a 501c3 tax exempt entity (for revenue on items such as $298 Nutriscan tests) is registered to an individual whose name is not relevant. In fact, we only went to the Attorney General’s Office as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office for comment because the VMB would not or could not answer our questions e.g. How are officials following up on the citation related to Dodds falsely representing herself as a licensed veterinarian – which she apparently has continued to do (there are countless examples; TCR has so many, we’re running out of server space) despite the cease and desist order forbidding such conduct included in the citation? How are officials following up on Trupanion’s formal complaint, which suggests there’s a trail of alleged mail and wire fraud going back years across multiple insurance companies? What about the fact that Dodds even advertises insurance payout eligibility on her website?
We apologize for the confusion.