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[quote=Anonymous]Routinely, dogs aren't expensive. You can often find a neighbor kid to walk your dog:  we have two little girls borrow ours to play with them. Pick a nice happy mix with medium long hair that's medium size, and you will have a dog that isn't big enough to drag you around or knock the kids over, but not so little it's easy to hurt. Feed a good grainfree food like orijen or wellness---they look like they cost more, but my girlie barely eats 2/3 cup a day, and she's a 45 lb dog that runs 3-4 miles every day. They avoid a lot of skin issues right there. Vet visits?  Once a year and there are discount services if you look around. Free spay neuter is quite possible, and if you avoid a collie breed, you can give much cheaper heartworm medication. Vaccines are once every three years. Yearly is a really bad idea.

What gets you is the occasional huge injury that nobody can plan for:  my pup broke a femur to the tune of $2500. At that point, you make a realistic assessment of finances and may have to decide to put the dog down. That remote possibility is not, in my mind, a reason to deny yourself the joy of companionship. Especially knowing that the shelter dog you are adopting would likely be put down anyway. [/quote]

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