Someone once asked me how much I thought my dog cost me in his first year, and after having a rough estimate I came to about 4 grand.

Costs included:

Puppy cost
Travelling to breeders a couple of time, so 2 x 4 hour round trips
Crate
Bedding
Toys
Food
Worming
Fleaing
Injections
Microchip
Neutering
Leads
Collars
Name Tags
Training Classes
Vets costs (He was at the vets a LOT the first year)
Nail Clippers
Grooming brushes
Pet insurance

Thats just off the top of my head and most of those apart from the obvious aren't one time expenses.

I now have 2 dogs, had both from puppies, we don't have children & don't plan on having any, both have well paid jobs so we are extravegant with our pooches.

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