i do understand where the first poster is coming from. i was one of those people who people told me i didnt have enough money, they cost a lot etc etc. and the more people told me that,...the more i wanted one that day. in fact that is what happened. my partner told me no, we dont have time for one, and now we have 2, a yorkie and jack russell and i got them one by one while he was at work. and he even agrees that they are treated better than any dog he knows of. they get all the toys and all the love and 2 hours of walks a day, plus every other day we go to the dog park to play with a frisbee...(i trained them to fetch and bring it back) and they are potty trained and obiedience trained all by me, without classes, i saved money by watching dog training videos online instead of paying someone else to tell me what i could figure out, so just be careful when you start spouting off numbers to someone who is watching their budget, it might just put them over the edge. and buy one and show you all wrong! lol thats what i did. and instead of insurance...i put in 20 dollars a month per dog in a savings account so that one day when something happens. daddy has an account that will have enough money to pay in full for my babies. oh well its just me...but be nice when trying to tell someone the costs of owning a pet. it can so easily sound like a father that is controlling telling a little kid he cant afford candy...they always find a way of getting it. |