Cost/lurcher/year.

[ginger beard 4,652]

i read in the paper that the average dog costs there owner £2000 /year for a pet.i just tried working it out and i get a bag of food that lasts a month £20 and about £250 in the vets a year.i make that about £490 a year.what am i missing.?

[Saltmoon 2,208]

That is probably done on pampered rats

 

 

Armani handbag to carry the dog £800 the dog of there choosing plus food plus vets

[Dinosaurs 2,044]

Unfirtunately i spent more than that last season ( oct - feb) on injuries ? Atb

[Jax13 251]

Seems a bit of a high example to me even if you did a top end workup

 

 

Monthly

 

Sack of James wellbeloved £50

Lifetime insurance policy £50

Toys / treats / bedding £25

 

Annual

 

Boosters £40

Random problem dealt with by vets / insurance £ excess.

 

 

That still only comes to £1620 a year but I suppose if you factor in 3 or 4 grooms a year at £60 odd for a designer breed or a mongrel with a stupid name (usually containing 'oodle' in it) then you won't be too far off.

 

You may also have a couple of weeks of kennelling to pay for if you go away on holiday

 

Some people are also paying up to £10 ish a day for dog walkers Monday to Friday while they are at work. This is going to cost them nearly £2 - £2.5k alone!

 

 

 

Typically, I'm paying £45 a month to feed 3 (£540)

 

Vets bills probably total no more than £250 - £300 between them unless something really bad happens

 

Never need to kennel mine if I'm away as family look after them, but let's call it another £60 a year in beers / whisky.

 

With l that, mine probably work out to about £300 a year each as an average.

[Shovel shy 4,033]

Funk that. Get meat from the knackery 20a week. Does my pack. Only have vets bills occasionally. I keep 12 hound types. Beagle/foxhound etc. I keep the dogs wormed and can pick up sheep dip handy. So some them prices are madness

[TOMO 26,115]

ive got short arms and deep pockets,,,,i like my dogs to be in profit,,,or im "sweating like a blind lesbian in a grimsby fish market"

[shaaark 10,737]

ive got short arms and deep pockets,,,,i like my dogs to be in profit,,,or im "sweating like a blind lesbian in a grimsby fish market"

 

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Edited May 26, 2017 by shaaark

[breeze 1,305]

@ Tomo.... Where you had that one from ?

[Silversnake 1,099]

I know people who spend a lot more than that, vet checks monthly, every worming, vaccine and medication known to man, the most expensive dry food, shampoos, vitamins, etc. If you add in pet grooming, toys, outfits for dress ups and and God only knows what other meaningless crap people spend on their dogs the bills can be extremely high. I feed my dogs raw which costs me feck all just a bit of time preparing, the odd worm tablet and that is it for me. If you include diesel and vet bills that is another story.

[poxon 5,731]

I'd say my 2 come in at about £450-500max a year to maintain

[grompz 703]

i dont give a damn how much it costs a day or a year,to keep my 2 dogs,they are not pampered or spoilt but are out and out working dogs, idont smoke or hardly drink these days,the dogs are worth there weight in gold to me and cost doesnt come into it, always try and put abit aside evey week to help out with vet fees bit of extra dog food,not a wealthy man by any standards,would go without myself, to look after my dogs welfare.

[northern lad 2,292]

PMSL @Tomo....Conjures up all sorts of mental images.....

[dogmad riley 1,343]

maintaining a lurcher doesn't cost much, but if your working it all over the country the bill soon adds up.

 

Worth every penny though IMHO.

[mattyg 1,862]

Quid a day to to feed 2 mutts (barf) then whatever other bits they have including sardines and stuff.

Then the vets who book a holiday every time I walk in! Lol

Just kidding , my vets are reasonable and just let you drop the cash in when you're passing.

Matt

[Wales1234 5,509]

Yea my fuel bill smashes me money wise !! I get free food of one the boys that rents a kennel of us ! But no matter how much I spend it never stops me going lol