1 Good Reason Not To Get A Dog

MY BIGGEST PIECE OF ADVICE TO FUTURE DOG OWNERS WOULD BE:

If you don’t have enough money to finance having a dog in your life… PLEASE DON’T GET ONE!

If you were stopped in the street and somebody asked you ‘what do you think a dog would cost on average across his/her lifetime?’ Would you know the answer? Baring in mind most dogs live to a ripe age of 10 years old. So go on hazard a guess, roughly how much do you reckon a dog would cost to insure, groom, medicate, feed, walk, book in kennels, train, entertain etc? £4K? £8K?

On average a dog could cost you at least £12K across a lifetime, especially if you have a big dog breed like the breed I have - a Rhodesian Ridgeback.

This estimated cost of £12K doesn’t take into consideration any of the following additional costs such as… whether your dog gets poorly and needs an operation; he has an ongoing illness or seasonal allergies so needs allergy tests and medication; damage to your furniture and house, upgrade to a bigger car, the loss o…