Can you put a price on love?
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You should expect to pay between Ā£10 and Ā£40 a month on food and treats, depending on the size of your pooch.
For a Chihuahua maybe!
Also, on the insurance side, might be worth explaining about āexisting conditionsā, and how most insurers wonāt cover them.
Pet insurance companies are the devilā¦
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We have a Chihuahua (and a Jack Russell Chihuahua mix) and together theyāve got through 1 tray of 18 packets of dog food in about 92 days (according to Amazon order history) at Ā£29 for the tray and around a bag of dried biscuits (Ā£23) in that time. So around Ā£8 per month for food each.
Insurance works out at Ā£13.51 each (one is cheaper as getting comprehensive cover for her heart condition as an elderly dog would be too high). Add Ā£15 month vet cover and we have Ā£36.51 per dogā¦Of course, the elderly dog has medication for her dicky ticker at Ā£41.62 per month so thatās pushed the average up to Ā£57.32.
I reckon I feed my dog (Collie/Lurcher cross) for about Ā£30 per month. I donāt factor in the rabbits she catches. Vets bills about Ā£50 - Ā£80 per annum for jabs. No insurance, sheās a cross breed and they are great at fixing minor injuries with no treatment. If it was a major thing - nite nite. R-
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Hi. I purchased a beautiful Irish Terrier last year and love him to bits but heās MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE than I thought:
Purchase Price Ā£1050
Vets in the past year Ā£400
Dog Food (guilty of spending a bit too much on this) - Ā£60 a month
Insurance (3rd party is important in case he bites someone) - Ā£450
But the real surpriseā¦ Ā£30 a night for boarding when we went on summer holidays - not even prepared to write the number down.
My wife went back to work so we have a dog walker every day after I give him a long walk in the morning. (heās alone for about 2 hours, walk, 2 hours, so not too bad). Thatās Ā£10 a day.
Doggy training - Ā£250
My family love him, he brings us enormous joy every day and I wouldnāt have it any other way.
Also, we do a LOT less on the weekend and that has saved us a lot. I donāt mean that in a bad way, itās just that a walk in Greenwich Park is an end in itself. Heās @hectortheirishterrier on Instagram and, cheekily, heās also the first dog you find for Irish Terrier on Wikipedia and Google! There you can see what a massively indulgent dog dad I became.
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This Guyā¦my 8 month old Lab āPuppyā currently costs Ā£23.49 to feed per month. His healthcare is Ā£15.50 a month as I use Pet Health Club which covers his vaccinations and flea/worming tablets and other general stuff that gets done in the first year. His Pet Insurance is currently Ā£37 a month.
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I should have bought a Chihuahua then! 
My dog gets through an 11KG bag of Acana dog food each month costing around Ā£75 - Not to mention the little treats here and thereā¦
Insurance is now almost Ā£80 per month because of an ongoing grass allergy (I knowā¦ 
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So yeahā¦ More expensive than I thought, and I had done a ton of research before hand!
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Something that has amazed me is the cost of ādesigner breedsā that used to be know as mutts 
you used to give them away or maybe pay Ā£50 for a lovely mixed breed where as now most people have given them a fancy mixed-breed name and want over Ā£1000 for it.
Also your insurance is invalid if the dogs arenāt up to date with their vaccinations - even by a day (and then the vets make you pay for a starter and booster again!) - itās a bit of a money making scheme but pet insurance is so important when something goes wrong in later life.
We are in the process of adopting a puppy whoās a mongrel. A friend mentioned he was āexpensive for a mixed breedā. She forgot that all these Designer Dogs are essentially mongrels that people have given a fancy name to so they can charge an extra Ā£1000
(Heās Ā£400 and that include jabs, chipping, pet passport and flights and everything else weād pay for separately).
How could you put a price on such a cute face
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Phoebe and Rocky cost lots in food.
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Both have treats handy and are jabbed yearly
Oh Pepsi and Perdy our 2 cats also 1 = fussy
1= not lol x
We luv them all
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We have now had dogs for 8 years in central London, we were very shockedā¦ Firstly they have bought more joy into our family than imagined, and 100% prepped us for parenthoodā¦ so the expenditure has been worth itā¦
But the real gotchas for us wereā¦
2 little dogs, dog walking, daily cost of Ā£25 (Zone 1)
Kennels for holidays between Ā£35 (Kent) to Ā£50 (London), so you head off for a 2 week holiday that can be upwards of Ā£600 (obvs for 2 dogs)
Be careful, they can add upā¦
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Not being from London I assume this is for a dog walking service? Not a congestion type charge 
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Kennel charges per 24 hours in deepest Dorset.
1 dog per kennel = Ā£12.50
2 dogs per kennel = Ā£18.75
3 dogs per kennel = Ā£28.00
4 dogs per kennel = Ā£37.50
5 dogs per kennel = Ā£43.00
Day Board is Ā£20
Lead walk at kennels is Ā£5 per 30m
Lead walk by private dog walker from home Ā£10 per 30m
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At first I read this as Ā£5 per 30 metres!
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My dog costs Ā£200-Ā£250 a month which is a lot more than I had expected and this is probably higher when I factor in holidays and weekends away