CraigJ

going to look at sum springer spaniels tonight but was wondering how much they cost to keep eg food, vets bills ect. Only getting 1 how much does pets insurance cost aswell?

Oranoco

Er you might want to do the research into all that before looking at the animals

Too many people jump into dog ownership without any consideration as to what is actually involved. Worst thing we did as a country was get rid of the dog lisence

CraigJ

im no stranger to animals or keeping them i used to run a pet shop bout 6 years ago. just cant remember how much dog food is as we used to specialise in exotic animals. and only sold dog food in small quantities.

Oranoco

Fair enoughski mate. Seeing as our place has become a bit of a rescue place for unwanted pets I get shirty about people not going into pet ownership with proper consideration.

CraigJ

Thats understandable mate i was the same with the animals i used to sell. woulndt sell them unless the people new what they were talking about, and had the proper equipment to keep the in. Theres a lot more to keeping reptiles than people think. you'd be supprised at how many people think they can keep a Boa in a 3ft fish tank now matter how big it was.

89xr2

ALOT. And springers need to be walked at least twice a day. and want to be played with ALL the time

st3v3

right ive just bought 12 cans ot tinned meat from asda £4.70 so 39p per tin per day.
Plus you might want the mixer £6.00 a bag so at least 3 of them a month.

39p x 30 days=£11.70
plus 3x mixer=£18.00

total=£30 a month(thereabouts)

Our insurance for the Rottie pup =£13.00 a month.

Injection cost us about £50 for all puppy inoculations for one year.
Leads x1 =£6.00
beds x 3=£30.00 (old duvets from kids beds,we renewed thiers then)
collars x 3=£9.00
flea controlx 3=£6.00

Grand total as we stand to date =£617 per year approx

kaplaybunny

ah its worth it

BUK

id say about £700 a year would cover it to be honest, well worth the money if you love them

Nikki

Well you've got the buying of the doggy in the first place! Unless your going to a rescue home! Then its always nice to make a donation

I've got a shepard!

He can get through 2 x cans a day or more if his pekish
I buy complete biscuit also, but I go to the big suppliers for that and buy it in bulk, much easier then tesco's or alike, cheaper also and 95% of the time he loves it

Insurance his with Tesco's £13 a month covers him for everything and his had a few op's etc now and each time only costs me £60 which is of course the excess

You can never really judge on an amount a dog is going to cost you!
Toys, balls (mins forever munching his way through them ), blankets, pillows, leads, collars, harness etc etc etc.

You'll see something and think arrhh I'll just get that

Dogs are bottomless pits but worth every fooking penny
Love mine to bits

xxx

Staffi

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Springers are the most energetic dog ive seen,

you`ll need to walk about a million miles to tire those fookers out

get yourself a nice Staffi,

James

a 15kg sack of dog food biscuit will cost about £20 from a farming type outlet which would easily last a month for one dog if not more.

Injections are about £30 a year, never bothered with insurance, although over the last few years it would probably have paid for itself as probably paid about £2k in operations, although my family have had dogs for 30 years and none have never needed a op soo i guess it's just one of those things.

The big expense will be if it has an expensive taste for shoes & furniture!

Ad4m RST

My bullmastiff vin costs me around £20 a week in food alone

Insurance £17/month

On his 4th leather collar (around £40 each) because his neck keeps growing

And he cost £1200 as a pup because of the pedigree. Overall has cost an absolute shitload but wouldn't trade it for the world, wicked dog

philc

we have a springer, great dogs. need a fair bit of exercise though. luckily he is up the stable twice a day, so that save me a job

as for money, i have no idea. thats here department

CraigJ

Cheers for all the replies. just got a quote off tesco it will be £10 per month for pet insurance. wish me car insurance was that cheap with them. Not been able to see them tonight so will see them tomoz.

steve211

wouldnt be without my dog now but do get insurance......poor sod has had £4000 spent on her now on cruciate ligament surgeries for both legs within last 2 months
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Ginge !

my old GSD was destroyed last month buyt has to be said pet insurance is a fucking must

my dog had eplepsy and fuck me that cost,,,,, 75 quid a months for is mediation cause i never had insurance so then igot insurance and about a year later he killed a neighbours dog and so the insurance payed out on that,,,, fucking shame they charged me 200 quid excess, so just like car insurance check the excess details and sometimes things like this happen

as for food i used iams which cost i think 30 quid a month but he wsas a fussy eater adn so could keep that in his bowl and he could eat when he liked,,,, also aitn a paind to clean the old meat off too as that was a fucking mare


as for collars,,,,,,, my little baby hada louis vitton dog collor,,,,,,, 125 quid and you couldnt even see the fooker due to his long white hair

hes lead i got a policce/army training lead which i think was about 50quid or around that,,,,,, but that was the best thing i ever bought as i NEVER neeed a new one and it NEVER stretched either ( my gsd wighed in at 54 kilos so he wa a big cunt)


the main thing to think of mate is holidays ect, you cant go out on the piss and hope he will be fine and you are always tied down when you own a dog, not like a goldfish or a snake that can go without food for 3 weeks, a do needs feeding and s just like a child, needs attention ect

i personally wont be gettign another dog,, just cause of the WORST thing about owning a sdog is making that desision to get him destryed,, itsfucking awfull and i NEVER wanna go through that again EVER

i used to get noghtmares and also got dreams that i never got him destroyed and it really dod feel shite in the morning when you realise he ISNT there


also you may wanna look at the dogs temperment, staffs seem to be the worst and take alot of time befoe they settle down,,, some never either and that can be embarresing/anoyng when you got a dog that wont listen to ya


size of dog is also a consideration too,,,,,,,, my GSD was too big for my flat so had to leave him at my parents house yet a mate of mine has a yorkshire terrier small toy size one and im forever standing of the little shite,,, hes just TOO small


in a nut shell i dont thinkl dogs cost that much that you activly notice there costing you cash and they do give alot of rewards for it too so they are PERFECT pets


unlike fucking cats,,,,,,,,, im gonna buy a cat but fuck me there crap pets

Adrian

Sister goes through a bag of that a fortnight for her New Foundland. then the frozen chicken on top of that.

insurance is £25/month

All in I would say it costs them about £100/month.

But, as others have said, they wouldnt be without him.

RigPig

pet cover is a must!!! winston had a cancerlump removed total cost 2476 quid thank fook he was covered cost me 50 quid as the excess

christianh3

Totally agree, makes my blood boil when idiots get pets on a whim and dump them soon afterwards.

christianh3

oh and make sure you get a pitbull or 'staff' lol if you're hard

Ginge !

cant get pit bulls anymore i thought ove here as my mate had to get his bollocks chopped when they had a spate of biting people,,,,,,,, ironic that hes dog had the most laid back temperment so technically he would have been the best option to breed from

but there fucking tails are like whips,,,, the fucking marks that dog used to make on my leg