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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I just had to refill my dog's heartworm and flea/tick prescriptions - $200 for his meds. If you have voluntarily gone on this kind of budget in order to save for the future: Do you just not get a dog, or don't get the preventative meds, or is there room in the budget for meds?[/quote]

I have a small weinerdog. Heartworm medicine is $30 for 6 months. I don't give him flea and tick medicine. A bottle of flea shampoo is $10 and I usually wash him about twice a week because he loves to get in the shower with me. 
You are spending $200 on something that can be done for $40. I would order the medicines from somewhere else  to see if it can be done cheaper. This is one of those recurring expenses that needs to be cut down a little[/quote]

This is the PP - my dog is 50+ pounds. His heartworm meds are about $200 for the year - we get them six months at a time. Our vet recommends the oral flea and tick meds that you give monthly. Ticks and fleas are very dangerous for pets - and I don't want them in my house, either. We have indoor cats they could spread to - not to mention ourselves. I had a previous dog who was very sick from a tick-borne blood disease. The $200 on preventative meds seems like a good deal compared with the cost of risking multiple pets' health and safety, to me.

I don't think that's a good place to try to save money, personally. [/quote]

Awesome. You do you[/quote]

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