Owning a Dog is Effing Expensive

I just want to share with you some of the costs associated owning our dogs - what they have cost us to own them up until this point in time, what we're about to spend on making sure they get to the island with us, and approximate costs on how much we'll be spending when we first get there.

So since these broads came into my life July & December of last year, this is what we've cost us, not including their crates and monthly special food (Buttercup is allergic to chicken we've been told - have you ever heard of such a thing?!) and toys and stuff. This is mostly medical related stuff: 

Buttercup - fun, energetic Beagle born 11/03/2010, weighing in around 26 pounds and 13 inches tall,  Matty's Christmas present

• $3000 - To have a pin put in her back right leg after Molly knocked her down a flight of stairs when she was a new puppy. 
• $275 - We got a great Puppy Package for Buttercup at Animal Medical Center in El Cajon. It included all of her puppy shots, three flea preventative treatments, and for her to get spayed...which we had done at the same time of her leg haul-over. 

Molly - the apple of mama's eye, English Bulldog born 04/03/2011, weighing in at a whopping 55 lbs and a couple inchess taller than Butternuts; Was supposed to be Matty's birthday present but was really a present mama gave to daddy for herself :)

• $1200 - To get this bitch a fancy nose job. Oh, did that just come out like that?! Sure did. And again Animal Medical Center worked with us to correct Molly's collapsed nostrils - yes, I mean both of them - and an elongated pallet and spay her at the same time. Bulldogs do not do well under anesthesia so we wanted it all taken care of at one time, after she turned a year old. 
• $100? - Shots 
• $180 - Random Visits for Molly throwing up, Flea Preventative, etc. 
• $500-700 to replace the fucking dining room vinyl she chewed up when we move! 
• $260 - For a photo shoot at JC Penney's with the Kids...yes, the shoot where I bought more pictures of the dog than I did the kids...Matty hated me for this.

So are you thinking what I'm thinking? Could they possibly cost any more?! Well, yes! Yes, they can! Here's what we have to spend in the upcoming month's to move our babies with us: 

• $320 - ($160 each) To get them microchipped
• $50-$150 To get new crates that can fly in. 
• $570 - Molly's plane ticket with an overnight stay at a kennel in Honolulu!
• $470 - Buttercup's plane ticket is cheaper since she's about 26 pounds to Molly's 55, 
• $120 - ($60 each) Entry Permits
• $200 - Medical visits - Well puppy check before take off and blood work to send off before we can even get those entry permits

These girls are not cheap. Once we get on the island, we need to be prepared to pay $20-40 per dog per day to kennel them. This does not include quarantine fees or transport fees to get our dogs from the airport to the kennel. If we don't get everything taken of soon, we could be looking at 30+ days of quarantine! :::fainting:::

Being a Dog Owner is a lot of work, but our dogs are part of our family. We are committed to getting them to Guam with us...though it's costing a small fortune. If you want you help us out you can donate to the Getting "the Bitches" to The Island Fund. No donation is too small. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll see where you can cash out.

On a brighter note, I can't wait to have tile floors! It's hard owning dogs and living on carpet.