Does anyone know the best way to go about purchasing or adopting a puppy in the Houston area without breaking the bank? Preferably a larger breed like a golden retriever, lab, or husky. Some kind of mix would be great too!
AlaskanAg99 said:
Pets are expensive, esp big dogs. Make sure you know what the annual costs are before getting one if worried about breaking the bank. Just did a hip replacement on a 5yr old GSD, to the tune of about $6k. Followed by 4 months PT to rehab her and she's now in her final 2 weeks.
We looked into pet insurance when we rehomed our older GSD (we have 3) about 7 years ago. At that time the insurance packages didn't cover much other than routine care. So we setup a direct deposit account for the dogs and figured out their annual expenses (vet bills, food, treats, toys) and we both put into it per paycheck. Sure for 3 dogs it's up there, but our 2nd dog we picked up as a puppy had surgery on 3 of her legs before she was 1.KDubAg said:AlaskanAg99 said:
Pets are expensive, esp big dogs. Make sure you know what the annual costs are before getting one if worried about breaking the bank. Just did a hip replacement on a 5yr old GSD, to the tune of about $6k. Followed by 4 months PT to rehab her and she's now in her final 2 weeks.
Not meaning to derail but we have a Great Dane and know typically large dogs have large medical bills. We have Nationwide Pet Insurance that seems to work out well for us. Different plans cover different things. A lot of people don't know you can get medical insurance for pets. Just passing on info.
To the OP, I get FB notices from Rosenberg Animal Control and Shelter too with pet adoption available.
I'm curious on what you decide to do and share a pic of the new fur addition to the family. Good luck.
MaroonDontRun said:
We got our little guy from K-9 angels. We were actually foster failures because the little guy stole my heart within one day..
K-9 Angels
Legalize-It-Ags said:
Does anyone know the best way to go about purchasing or adopting a puppy in the Houston area without breaking the bank? Preferably a larger breed like a golden retriever, lab, or husky. Some kind of mix would be great too!
Our boy and his sister were both rescued from the pound. We took them both in as fosters but amazingly the two siblings got into horrendous fights even at 6 weeks old so we had to send her to a different foster home.Quote:
We got our boy from K9 Angels too. They save dogs from "death row".