I Added Up My Puppy’s First Year and It Came to 1,300 Dollars. Here Is the Breakdown.

When we brought our puppy home in March, I told myself the shelter fee was the big cost and everything after would be pocket change. Then I actually wrote it down. Kibble. A crate. A checkerboard of pee pads that ended up in the trash by the hundreds. An enzymatic cleaner for the weeks when … Read more

I Threw Out 85 Dollars of Dog Boots Last Winter. A 16 Dollar Tub of Wax Fixed What They Could Not.

Last December I threw out the third pair of dog boots my dog refused to keep on. A $30 set with velcro straps, a rubber pair with drawstrings, and a clearance pair that was supposed to be the charm — about $85 in boots, total loss. She would walk like she was stepping on LEGO … Read more

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