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I think a lot of people also, don’t appreciate how expensive a big dog can be. It means larger doses of medication‘s, more pounds of food, everything is just bi
by Forgeties79 3y ago
I think a lot of people also, don’t appreciate how expensive a big dog can be. It means larger doses of medication‘s, more pounds of food, everything is just bigger and more expensive per day.
My wife and I had a 7 pound Yorkie from our local SPCA that died pretty recently. As a little dog, especially a Yorkshire terrier, he definitely had his medical bills. But outside of those expenses, our month-to-month costs were almost negligible. A $25 bag of food would last 8-10 weeks. Any medication we got him we broke in half or sometimes even quarters, because they literally didn’t make doses small enough for him, which meant any course of any medication was pretty cheap.
I mostly bring this up because a lot of people assume little dogs are incredibly expensive because of medical issues. They are not wrong per se, and breed matters a lot here, but there are plenty of small and healthy mutts that need good homes and your monthly budget for them is going to be much lower than what you need for some of larger dogs. Plenty of breeds are hypoallergenic, only need short walks, and are overall just not very demanding. Something to consider!
- tlarkworthy 3y agoChihuahuas are old breeds, they are healthy, cross-bred Chihuahua even more so. Low feed costs, tired easily and if under 20lbs they can ride in cabin on plane trips.
- astura 3y ago>Plenty of breeds are hypoallergenic Hypoallergenic dogs are literally a lie, there's no such thing. https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/the-myth-of-the-allergy-free-dog/ https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/1...
- Forgeties79 3y agoIt would be more accurate to say there is no such thing as a 100% hypoallergenic dog. But it is well known that different dogs trigger the allergy more intensely than others, so if you get a dog that is considered “hypoallergenic” to use the common vernacular, you are less likely to have many if any symptoms. This largely depends on the individual’s allergies. I could’ve been more precise with my language I suppose.
- astura 3y agoRead the article I posted, this is "well known," but it's also, simply, a lie. No such dog breed exists. Your language is not imprecise, you are just spreading outright lies. >In fact, there may be no such thing as a low-allergy or allergy-free dog, according to a new report. The study found that the quantities of dog allergens in homes with supposedly hypoallergenic breeds are no different from those in homes with dogs widely considered non-hypoallergenic. >Previous studies have examined dog skin and hair to determine the amount of allergens they contain, and have found wide variations among individual animals, but no consistent differences by breed. >“I have no idea where this whole concept came from,” said Christine Cole Johnson, the senior author of the study, to be published online in The American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy. “It’s been around for a long time, and maybe people associated it with shedding. I think it’s just a legend.”
- Forgeties79 3y agoLook man, if you want to have a conversation about this I am down, but you need to stop saying that I am lying. I am happy to accept that I could be wrong about this, but that is not the same as lying. Just ease off the gas a little here.