Thanks, I really do hope this post help future and even current owners. So far Kenji really doesn't like chewing on shoes.
Don't believe I'd have said (typed) that outloud. Just sayin.
Don't believe I'd have said (typed) that outloud. Just sayin.
I knocked on wood right after :p 
And we are learning of better ways to save money on Kenji. After several destroyed plastic frisbees I got him a durable fabric frisbee that he hasn't been able to damage yet. $6 well spent for that birthday present!! 
I go my local Joann's and buy fleece. There are plenty of free plans for a no-sew fleece blankets. Fleece is nice - you don't have to finish the edges b/c it won't unravel like other fabrics. it also washes/wears well. In addition to a blanket, i've braided strips and made it into a nice dog toy.
I also buy toys on sale and put them in the xmas box. All the basenjis have already gotten 2 new coats for the upcoming winter. One for the house and one for outside. Fetchdog.com was having a sale, plus I found an online coupon so for less than $100, I bought 6 coats. The down coat is now on sale for $12 and the fleece jacket (the one being advertised by a basenji) is also on sale.
hehe never thought to total up expenses. but this was Hope's expenses for a year. (just for a different view?)
Out total cost for our first year: $2,454 …. oh my.. wow!
My cost to buy Hope: $700
Crate: $50
Monthly worming $22 (Total $154)
Vaccinations total:$100 (only had to pay for 2 as first one was free through the breeder along with the microchipping)
Treats roughly $100
Toys (shop bought/ebay etc) $100
Emergency vets due to hip dislocation + care $700
Collars: $70
Dog Agility $45 ($20 to join and every time we went until the break over christmas and then Hopes accident)
Registration with the Townsville City Council (yearly) $75
Food -for a year: $360 ($30 a month)
Dont even think twice
Thanks for the website!! I've been looking for a coat for Kenji and the prices are unbeatable.
i kinda figure its your child, what ever it takes, i got a just in case credit card ,cause one never knows,never really tallied up a yearly cost,hard to figure with a big lab to lol, its like my car thing..if i added it up..id be in trouble.. lets not go there
Late to this thread
Have not tracked the costs ? Will be curious but worth it
Things we did not plan on
our well chewed massage chair
our now chewed leather couch
the other chewed chair and carpet near the door
My pressure washer that was sitting outside
Numerous kids toys our 3 year old now has a buzz light year that has no fingers
Our two large cushions are fluff pulling heaven or addiction for Hana
two baby gates we had that were net ( had them before our pup)
But the love she gives back and the joy are priceless
I think the food and vets will be the cheap part
I love this game - just to freak new people out. 
No not really, but I do think it's important to explain to people the cost of the dog is always the cheapest cost you will have.
1st Year in US dollars:
Pup: about $1300
Return flight to Prague plus puppy on board = $300
Vaccinations and first check ups= $193
Food (for the year) = $536
Collars and leashes (went through a few!) = $130
Toys and accessories (including flight carrier) = $300
Puppy Damages = $300
Adult sized crate = $130
Microchip Registration (like Home Again) = $50
Emergency Care when she became septic and was hospitalized for over a week, antibiotics, scans, plus a biopsy and evaluation for a mass found = $10,000
First year owning Lycia : $13,239
But of course my time with her has been priceless - saying that - that's definitely a few months rent eh ?
I got my first two Basenjis in November of 1991. One was 10wks the other 8wks. Maggii was the 10wk old bitch, cost 450.00 (remember we are talking about back in 1991). OJ, 8wk old boy, cost 500.00. No travel since they were both from local breeders. Vet vists for regular shots 200.00 (for both). At 4 1/2 months Maggii climbed over a baby gate, got caught in the wire, fell and broke her front leg. ER visit 400.00. Specialist and TWO surgeries later 7500.00. She needed the first surgery to set the leg with a plate screwed on and the second because her growth plate closed too soon and had to be reopened. OJ, caught the "dog show crud" from Maggii when she was spending the days with her breeder when I was at work due to the cast on her leg. Too many Vet visits to count and we almost lost him… cost 1500.00. All before they were 6 months old. So not even counting things like food, crates, toys, etc the 1st 6 month cost was $10,150.00. Take off the price of the puppies and the total was $9,200.00. So the puppy price was a bargin!!!
Would I have changed it? Not for all the tea in China!!!
For my own sanity, I've learnt over many years never to cost owning a Basenji!!!!
For my own sanity, I've learnt over many years never to cost owning a Basenji!!!!
Or any companion animal for that matter!!!!
I wish I had become a vetrinarian instead of a nurse! LOL
I haven't read the whole thread, but I understand a bit about the 'cost' of owning a basenji. It sometimes goes beyond what one might think of as 'normal' dog costs. I lost a lazyboy chair and quite a few clothes to my first fella. My second and current guy, not so much. I spent many dollars on their health; first guy had heartworm when I got him; just got past having a large fatty tumor removed from the leg of my current guy. I haven't been on the forum in a while but what I came on to say was; none of this matters…I had a pretty crappy day of a whole bunch of little things that amount to nothing individually, but taken together - crappy. When all was done and I came home, my boy was happy to see me, played with me, 'listened' to me and made me happy. That is priceless!
BTW: Mods, I like the new color scheme, FWIW.
