Acquiring Pets - Rethinking Costs & Responsibilities

In many families, a pet is high on the wish list. On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with it. In some cases, the purchase of a dog, cat, or other animal is premature because the kittens are so cute, the puppies are so cute, and the hamsters and guinea pigs are so cuddly.

But many do not care about the responsibilities and costs associated with buying a pet. For a dog that can already be several hundred euros. However, one should also consider the possibility of giving an animal or shelter animal a chance. We did that with our dog.

Costs & Tasks

There is the food, the vet, insurance (dog owners), dog tax, puppy or dog school, scratching posts, cages, etc.


Quick comes together a lot. Pets need care, exercise, play and employment, which should be guaranteed in any case, even the accommodation of the animal when going on vacation.

Children promise very quickly, to take care of everything, but with us it was so that our son has also lost some of the interest in our pets with age. Sure, then my husband and I took over everything.

I do not want to advise anyone to buy a pet, I just urge them to be aware of the responsibilities and costs before bringing an animal to the shelter later.

I am writing this for the current occasion, because last week a neighbor had to hand over her dog after 2 years because she could no longer finance his attitude.

Nevertheless, I wish all pet owners on FM a lot of fun with their four-legged friends!

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