i have no idea what what the cost of community college, but Univ of penn vet school is 42k a year, probably more than tripple. I have an apt in NYC and while most of NYC is dog friendly and they dont care if you bring your dog to bergdorf, saks or duane r I assure you its not like that in most places. I am also not sure I agree that puppyhood is the most expensive part of owning a dog. My dog fife needed hips knees replaced, had a collapsed trachea when he was 4, it was constant vet bills, If I added it up i probably spent more than 20k on just vet bills for him, not food grooming toys or anything else, my shaffer is 7 pretty healthy but just had his teeth cleaned thats was almost 900.00. I rescued Copper in july,he is 2 years old he needed to be fixed, teeth cleaned,and baby teeth removed that was 1000.00. He also started to have trouble with his eye, i have been to the reg vet and an eye specialist with him 11 times since july that has also been over 1000.00 he will be on meds the rest of his life. I guess the choice is yours but a dog is a long term commitment and not knowing part of the next few years may not be fair to a dog. I agree not everyone is at the same level, I was always a great student I grad 1st in my class in undergrad at duke, and at harvard medical, i have always been an
overachiever, but no way would I have been able to take care of a dog during college or med school, but that is just me being honest with what was on my plate at the time. |