Living expenses

by **saxitoxin** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:03 am

How much should a 40 pound dog living on its own budget for living expenses? I'm thinking like $35 a month? Basically food and vet insurance?

by **mrswdk** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:25 am

Poor doggy. You expect it to love you and you won't even fork out to give it proper food. An extra portion of whatever you had for your own dinner, at a minimum.

by **waauw** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:57 am

You don't feed your dog water? And in case you live in the city, those bags that allow you to pick up the dog shit.

by **saxitoxin** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:32 am

I don't have a dog. I said budget for a dog living independently.

by **mrswdk** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:07 am

Oh, is [OT poster's name]'s sister moving to Santa Barbara?

by **Dukasaur** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:09 am

saxitoxin wrote:I don't have a dog. I said budget for a dog living independently.

A dog that's truly independent is off the grid. He's out there catching rabbits.

A failed dog that's become corrupted by city living and no longer catches rabbits probably can't be said to be truly independent. He's gotten entangled with The Man.

by **mrswdk** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:11 am

Good point, Duk.

SAXI YOU THINK YOU'RE FREE BUT NO ONE IS

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:41 am

It would be good to have a $1000 reserve fund for extraneous medical problems. Vet insurance isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's better if you can find a vet that offers in-house comprehensive, rather than going through a national insurance provider. Don't forget about things like training, toys and treats (although treats can be replaced with table scraps if you eat real food). Don't forget the time cost! Being a dog is full-time work, and you can plan on spending at least 2 hours a day playing and walking, or you will get depressed

by **saxitoxin** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:49 am

Great feedback so far from everyone except mrswdk and waauw.

Basically, I have a business idea. It seems a lot of dogs don't live independently right now. But, I bet some might like to? What if I offered a service that would handle things like purchasing food and other stuff for dogs who were living independently? I would make money off a 5% commission of their monthly costs. So, let's say it cost a dog $50 a month to care for itself, I would make $2.50. Not much money, right? Okay, now, multiply that by a million dogs and then multiply THAT by 12 months and I'm pulling in $30MM a year with little overhead.

by **mrswdk** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:51 am

Good luck buying groceries for a million dogs every month, Santa.

by **waauw** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:49 pm

Good luck telling a million dogs they're a 'good boy', every day.

by **saxitoxin** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:57 pm

So mrswdk and waauw disagree on everything except how much they hate my business idea. Jerks.

by **Dukasaur** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:54 pm

Is the program only open to full-blooded dogs? Or will you allow mongrels?

by **mrswdk** on Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:07 pm

saxitoxin wrote:So mrswdk and waauw disagree on everything except how much they hate my business idea. Jerks.

Look at you. You're like Trump uniting Israel and Palestine.

by **DirtyDishSoap** on Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:35 am

saxitoxin wrote:So mrswdk and waauw disagree on everything except how much they hate my business idea. Jerks.

It's a pretty shitty business plan.

by **betiko** on Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:23 am

You need shampoo, shit bags, dog food, vet care and a person taking care of them to give them a bath, ration food, bring them to the vet, and pick up their crap. You should be looking for an entire salary for that. I m starting to dig your business model. I'll copy that and make it 3%.

by **demonfork** on Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:39 pm

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/221712

by **Thorthoth** on Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:54 pm

demonfork wrote:http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/221712

There's a follow up story to that. Leona's disinherited grandkids got themselves a lawyer and snatched back most of the pooch's dough.

Starting at 0:50, ''My only crime is that I am Leona Helmsley''.

by **notyou2** on Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:58 pm

Don't forget flea and tick medicine

by **saxitoxin** on Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:19 pm

DirtyDishSoap wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:So mrswdk and waauw disagree on everything except how much they hate my business idea. Jerks.

It's a pretty shitty business plan.

at least I'm trying to think of a legit business idea instead of being a professional whore like you

by **DirtyDishSoap** on Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:35 am

What's wrong with that exactly?

by **waauw** on Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:10 am

saxitoxin wrote:
DirtyDishSoap wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:So mrswdk and waauw disagree on everything except how much they hate my business idea. Jerks.

It's a pretty shitty business plan.

at least I'm trying to think of a legit business idea instead of being a professional whore like you

Don't be jealous. Whores have a more solvable business plan than yours.

by **notyou2** on Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:36 pm

I expect there is more to the business plan:
1. Fatten up the dogs
2. Befriend a chinese person
3. Sell dogs to chinese person to ship them to China

by **DoomYoshi** on Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:38 pm

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by **2dimes** on Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:12 am

notyou2 wrote:I expect there is more to the business plan:
1. Fatten up the dogs
2. Befriend a chinese person
3. Sell dogs to chinese person to ship them to China

Interesting theory.