@vido I'm not sure why so many are being judgemental. I personally spend this amount x6. We have 6 animals, 3 dogs, 3 cats. We get 6 animal boxes every month ...4 dog boxes and 2 cat.... and add the extra toy and double box options for those. Our 3 dogs are quite young, are all large breeds that are rough on toys, so along with our boxes, we also order from Amazon and make routine visits to Petco for additional toys. I don't consider these toy expenses to be excessive at all.
Fortunately, we haven't had any medical expenses other than routine... vaccines, checkups, neuter/spay, etc... so far. But that alone can be pricy for this many animals. All of our animals are on monthly heartworm and flea tick preventitives.... Intercepter plus and Credelio for dogs...Revolution plus for cats.
Our pet food is on Auto ship from Chewy...I find myself adding an extra large bag of dry food and extra cases of wet food every month to my order... as my pups grow and we end up running out to buy more before the next order arrives.
Treats for training and dental treats for daily teeth care. Extra treats, bully sticks, chews, etc.
Crates, bedding, care products, personalized tag, leashes, collars, harnesses.....ha! I can't tell you how many harnesses we have gone through....they are fast growing and they chew them. We have their good "fancy" harnesses for trips to the Vet and outings and we have our rugged everyday harnesses. We have...no joke...spent over $1,000 in harnesses in the past 3 months.
Crazily.....we are probably fixing to get another...a small dog Lol!
Pet ownership is expensive...if your pets are properly cared for. No, not every owner has to spend thousands on their pets to be a good pet parent.....but if you are financially able and want to pamper your pets, I don't know why that should be anyone else's concern.
To the OP....I'm not sure why you posted this? or what you expected the response to be?
I can give you one helpful tip ....I'm not sure if this is everywhere....but our Petco has been offering a discount on pickup orders for the past few months. If you order online and pickup at the store you get either 20% or 25% off your order, it changes weekly. This can be quite a big savings on things like crates
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