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How much do you spend on your pet(s)?

Last Updated: July 14, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Here’s a great graphic displaying what the average person on Mint spends on their animals.

We spend around (this is yearly and for both of our dogs):

  1. $500 on food
  2. $400 on vet bills (shots, yearly check-up, plus medical bills for my smaller dog)
  3. $200 on toys and treats

We don’t have pet insurance.  Any thoughts on pet insurance?

How much do you spend?

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Filed Under: Budget, Pet Tagged With: Pets

About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

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  1. Stephanie says

    September 7, 2011 at 3:22 am

    I'm not sure how it all breaks down by category, but we probably spend about $1500-1800/year on our pets. We have a dog, two rats, and two degus. No pet insurance though. I'd rather take the money that would otherwise go toward pet insurance and save it up so we could cover any medical expenses with cash.

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  2. Sharon says

    September 7, 2011 at 5:34 am

    What a great pic!Let's see, we spend about $45.00 a month on food, and about $150.00 on yearly visits and shots. Dog treats and toys…hmmmm about $50.00. So, not so bad.

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  3. DC @ Young Adult Mon says

    September 2, 2012 at 7:32 am

    We are planning on getting a dog soon after we get our house in October. I plan on looking into pet insurance as it is offered as an add-on to our health insurance. I have not looked at the details, but I'm guessing it will be worth it since I'd rather make small payments over time than the big lump sum bills.

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  4. Lindsey says

    April 21, 2016 at 11:53 am

    We have one rescue cat named Midnight. Currently her costs are the following:

    Food-60
    Vet-120
    Toys/Treats-30

    This is for an entire year 🙂

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