Monthly costs

[Lizmo]

Main thing is $120 food bill each month for 60lbs of food. Beyond that, we have the various heartguard/flea medication that doesn't happen each month, but is purchased.

For the summer months of April/June/August, we've been active in Dock Diving, so...

$60 bucks a pool rental x2 = $120.
April competition = $100.
June competition = $100.
August competition = $150.

And then add in a herding lesson generally once a month in the fall/winter/spring at $60...


So generally about $100ish dollars a month, then the food bill.

[Lyzelle]

I spend $50 every other month for food. 30lb bag of Acana lasts about 2 and a half months.

Treats/chews...maybe $30 once a month.

That's it.

[Toller_08]

Right now without training classes my dogs are pretty inexpensive.

Keira costs my mom $70 per month. She just needs one bag of food. It lasts her about 4 or 5 weeks.

Ripley and Dance combined cost me roughly $150 per month, maybe a bit more. That's just for food. Was cheaper when Dance just ate kibble, but not by much.

Oh, and I probably spend an extra $20 for raw bones and chews collectively for everyone monthly. But I get an awesome deal at work, otherwise it would be more. Or they'd just get less yummy chews.

They don't really get new toys aside from new chuck-it balls or soft frisbees when they die or get lost, and that happens once every few months or so. We don't do flea/tick/worm treatments monthly here. And, nobody is in training classes right now.

ETA: This month is a very expensive dog month though. I bought Dance new treats and toys while away on vacation and all three of them also have a blood panel and checkup appointment on Saturday. That's easily $600 gone! Thankfully that's not a regular occurence though.

[monkeys23]

Yeah lets just say last month was ugly given all the unexpected vet bills for cat wormer and putting Scout on behavioral meds plus getting a bunch of elk offal and tripe in bulk... its a rough life for animals here!

[Lizmo]

Originally Posted by Lyzelle

30lb bag of Acana lasts about 2 and a half months.

That is utterly disgusting. That last 2 weeks here. Major jealous.

[AdrianneIsabel]

Nope. No way.

[PlottMom]

Originally Posted by Red Chrome

No way in hell am I doing this. It would make me cry. LOL

THIS. hahaha

[speedydogs]

Originally Posted by Red Chrome

No way in hell am I doing this. It would make me cry. LOL

Yes. I don't even want to think about it.

[elegy]

Oh, man. I don't even want to think about.

Luce's meds alone cost me like $120/month and that's with my discount. And I'm currently paying $80 every 1-2 weeks for Steve's rehab.

And that as much math as I'm willing to consider.

[Laurelin]

Too much. Drop in classes, agility for two dogs. food, vet stuff. Toys. Treats. Chews. Clickers because I always lose mine,

Heck I spent $150 this month on just agility equipment. And I bought them a pool too.