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brian54

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Costs of owning a dog.
« on: Aug 19, 2017, 09:23:40 PM »

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2042014/How-does-cost-dog-cat.html


You can recover more than this by setting them to work guarding your house.
Dogs also give lots of love and amusement,
Andy and Peter saves us money by coming on holiday with us.

fortyone

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #1 on: Aug 19, 2017, 10:00:20 PM »
If the dog is big enough to reach the peddles it's easy enough to teach them to drive. I used my doberman as a chauffeur for many years. He did have a problem with traffic lights as dogs are colour blind but for the most part it didn't really matter.

cheddar-caveman

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #2 on: Aug 19, 2017, 10:06:57 PM »
We got round that with our old dog and he just recognised which light was on, not what colour it was. We are thinking of trying to teach Mella as she seems very intelligent but will have to get pedal extensions as she's not very big (only in heart).
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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #3 on: Aug 19, 2017, 11:18:52 PM »
My old dog wasn't really up to it so we had to get an automatic..He was fine with that...but he did make a point of driving over every cat's-eye at night which meant we never had an off-side wing mirror for long..
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brian54

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #4 on: Aug 20, 2017, 04:09:44 AM »

If the dog is big enough to reach the peddles it's easy enough to teach them to drive. I used my doberman as a chauffeur for many years. He did have a problem with traffic lights as dogs are colour blind but for the most part it didn't really matter.


Did he have a licence and was he insured?.

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #5 on: Aug 20, 2017, 07:29:11 AM »
The best thing for most dogs are paw controls, very easy to use and no stretching (except first thing in the morning).

cheddar-caveman

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #6 on: Aug 20, 2017, 08:49:34 AM »

Did he have a licence and was he insured?.
Yes, all dogs had to have a licence back then and wouldn't think of not having insurance!!
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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #7 on: Aug 20, 2017, 11:10:07 AM »
Did he have a licence and was he insured?.


He was my chauffeur so I left details like that to him. Bullseye (my butler at the time) kept a close eye on all the staff.


No point in having a butler and barking out orders to the other staff yourself.

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #8 on: Aug 20, 2017, 12:57:01 PM »
MyCat drove until she was banned for doing 120mph on the A1M!

brian54

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #9 on: Aug 20, 2017, 01:52:29 PM »
MyCat drove until she was banned for doing 120mph on the A1M!
Who paid her fine?.

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #10 on: Aug 20, 2017, 02:13:30 PM »
Money money money - it's always money isn't it?

StephenM123

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #11 on: Aug 20, 2017, 02:25:54 PM »

Who paid her fine?.


She was taken down the police station and after accepting the ban given a saucer of milk. Due to an administrative oversight she escaped points and a fine!


BTW she thinks the emissions systems on a car should be called a dogalytic convertor as dogs are smellier!

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #12 on: Aug 20, 2017, 03:05:05 PM »
*thinks*....OK , now this is getting really silly !  ::)   ;D ;D
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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #13 on: Aug 20, 2017, 04:08:52 PM »
I agree - most here are clearly barking...

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Re: Costs of owning a dog.
« Reply #14 on: Aug 20, 2017, 04:22:54 PM »
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