price of jabs etc for a dog.

emmaroids

ok the kids have finally persuaded me to buy them a dog after months of nagging i gave in lol

so we went to gerry greens and saw the cutest little mutt i have ever seen and we instantly all fell in love with it she sat wagging her tail when we went up to the enclosure and just sat there with puppy dog eyes.

sooo i can get pet insurance for 2-3 quid a month which is fine, so how much is the yearly jabs? and is there any other things i need to look out for that will cost money?

im on a tight budget so i need to make sure i can incorporate a doggy in our finances (im sure i can)
thanks.

notsoskintnow

hi,
i got my dog last year the main injections were £45.00 this included a free check up every 3 months untill the pup was a year old ,the booster injection is £26.50 which they need every year defo needed if you intend the dog to put placed in kennels at any time ,they are the main costs but you need to think about worming tablets which i always buy from the vets as i think they are better than ones sold in the pet shops also flea treatment which cost about £25.00 from the vets and my biggest shock was the price of placing the dog in kennels i am going away in august for 2 weeks and its going to cost £180.00 hope this helps and i wish you and your family many happy times with your new family member :j

pboae

Boosters are about £28 round here, and then there are worming and flea treatments too. It's cheaper to buy them online than at the vets though. She will also need dental checks, though not all vets charge for them.

What insurance are you looking at for £2-£3 a month? That sounds extremely cheap. There's no point buying cover if it is going to be inadequate. There is also the policy excess to consider, you will need to pay that whatever policy you have.

She'll need chipping and spaying (if she's not been done). Other things you need are bed, collar, lead (or better still a harness), toys, especially chews, and preferably training classes as well.

emmaroids

cheers peeps

this is the cover i googled.

edit nvm it looks too messy lol but this is the site.

http://www.healthy-pets.co.uk/step3.php

edit#2: also is it a good idea to get a dog from a rescue center? or should i try for a puppy?
i have 2 kids (6 and 3)

pboae

At the price you are quoting I assume you were looking at the Bronze option. That gives you cover of £1,000 per incident/illness over the dog's entire lifetime (plus a £50 excess per claim). It is unlikely that that would not be adequate if your dog had an accident that required surgery (e.g. was run over, or broke her leg), or if she developed a long term illness.

For example, my dog has arthritis, his medications are over £100/month. That's just for the pills and doesn't include things like the vet's consultation fees or the blood tests he needs for long term NSAID (Rimadyl) use. With the bronze policy his cover would run out by the end of the first year, and from then on I'd have to find the money myself.

Now, he is a very large dog, and as medication is done by weight, his are particularly expensive. But even for an average sized dog, arthritis would put you back £15-£20 a month, just for the meds. So you'd get 4 years worth of medication on that policy, but your dog might live to be 10, 12 even 15 years old. (And again that is only considering the price of the medication, not the consultation fees).

pboae

Personally, I'd always go for a rescue, if it's a good rescue who assess their dogs and do their best to ensure they are going to the right home. With a slightly older dog you have a much better idea of what you are getting, (plus they are more likely to be house trained, and maybe even past the chewing stage, which is a bonus).

But even if you want a pup, rescues do get puppies in as well, you just might have to wait a little longer.

emmaroids

this particular rescue dog `cookie` is 5 years old, about the size of a large jack russel, good with kids and housetrained.

she is a scruffy looking dog but thats a very endearing quality.

we have seen some springer spaniel pups in the local paper but we have to go through the whole toilet training bit :eek:

i hear there are some dodgy rescue centers out there but im assuming that gerry greens isn't one of em?

WeirdoMagnet

There was another recent thread here about things to think about when getting a dog that you may find useful too.

foreign_correspondent

gerry greens is fine. Get a rescue dog, please dont buy one and encourage people to keep breeding dogs when thousands are put to sleep each year because people dont ant them.
I have had two rescue dogs, both of the have had fabulous temprements. If you get an adult dog it will be more sensible and a lot less work and stress than a pup!

emmaroids

gutted.

just had an email from gerry greens, cookie is getting picked up tomorrow.

gah now i gotta tell the kids

there was some more smaller dogs but we really liked that one.

Sagz_2

Theres lots more rescue dogs waiting for you emmaroids!

http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/

If you get a Dogs Trust dog it will already be vaccinated, wormed, defleaed, id chipped and if old enough be neutered (or they give you a voucher to get the pup done when mature). They also offer life long behavioural support should you (or the dog!) need it.

A full course of vaccinations costs £55 in my area.