How much do you spend on your dog per month?

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Hello

I realise this will vary a lot depending on breed, health, food etc...

Just wondering on average what people spend on their dogs per month (including insurance, food, toys, treatments, poop bags, things you have to replace etc).

Thanks

Two dogs
Insurance- £180
Food £60
Vet plans £30 covers vaccinations, flea/worming treatment and health checks
£10 for skin stuff
We groom them ourselves and don't have dog walkers/day care. Maybe once a year we have a dog sitter which is usually around £150-200

@GingerFoxInAT0phat can you tell me. About the worm screening please. It's how we do our horses but my own vet was a bit cagey when I enquirer. I won't worm monthly and don't flea either. He wears a seresto collar instead.

@Mydogsnotfat, not sure which one gingerfox uses but wormcount.com/ do a dog test. They send you a kit and you post back the poo sample for results.

One giant breed:
Insurance £124
food £80
probably another £30 on flea/worming

We were thinking of getting another...might hold off for now!

For 1 staffie who is 11:

Food £80 (he has allergies)
Treats etc £10
Insurance £108
Vet plan for flea/worming £18
Pain relief £35
Vets depends on what's going on. 3 monthly blood tests at £90, consultations £36 each, he's had 2 surgeries totalling £6000 this year and that's without the after care and medication etc

Forgot his yumove - £20

Around 6 pound per month,v good quality dry food but our tiny dog eats less than the average

Oh and 10 pound per month on insurance

One year old basset hound:
Food £20-30/month (we buy dry food in bulk which lasts 3-4 months and the butchers deal of 2 for £18 boxes at pets at home)
Insurance £35/month
Pet plan £15/month

I love my dog and we've tried raw food, butternut box, but she's happy and healthy with the food she gets now

No toys as it's a waste of money as she would t play with them

And gravy bones and dentastix, so another £10/month for those. And we use nappy sacks as poo bags and I'm still using the pack of 300 I got when we first got her.

Our two dogs cost us £500 per month, broken down as:

Food £100
Insurance £120
Dog walker £200
Treats & toys £40
Vet cover (to pay for flea & worming & vaccinations £40

Small young dog. £19 insurance, £30 food, flea stuff £3.
Toys from charity shops, occasional new collar, only been to vet for vaccinations.