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Have you ever figured out how much money
Submitted by hezzbullies on April 20, 2010 - 11:36pmyou spend on your bulldogs, from exhibiting to dog food and vet bills? I only showed 5 or 6 weekends last year and showed 2 bullies and I am hovering around 10k dollars! Of course this is food for all of them and vet bills, etc.
I think I have an expensive hobby! Seriously, do you all set budgets for showing, etc.? I think that I will have to start being very selective about where I go and who I take. Any tips that you all would like to share to make my hobby more affordable? LOL.
~Heather
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people have gone into bankruptcy over it ....
Honestly, I know of people who keep going when they can't afford to.
I was handed my reality check when I spent $6,000+ on vet bills in one year, for one darling Bulldog girl. (I'd do it again ... she was worth it.) But I knew the days of extensive show travel from the middle of Montana had ended for me ... and that was before the big gas crunch. When I added entry fees, lodging, and fuel, they became "Four Hundred Dollar Weekends". My last show was in 2000.
Unless you live in a metro area with plenty of shows or have buddies to share the travel costs, it's a sport limited to the elite. From any angle, it leaves me out. I'll have to root for pals from the middle of the Rockies.
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I was told when we got into this-not to go here LOL.
nm
Laura
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To those who understand no explanation is needed. To those who don't no explanation is possible.
If you figured it out....
you probably wouldn't continue! lol.
Re: Have you ever figured out how much money
Well...here in Canada, entries are $25-28/day and we show fri sat and sun. In Ontario I live an average of 2 hours or less from a show every weekend. So without gas and hotel and taking time off for Christmas and a couple fun weekends = 49*76.5 (I averaged the entry costs)= $3748.50 and after that add the cost of gas, hotel, food and advertising if you wish.....I have a friend that campaigned a dog (owner handled) for 44 weeks and ran an ad monthly in Canine Review and thier total for just showing was $48 925...now add food and vet etc LOL so like was mentioned earlier....dont count and just enjoy the ride LOL
There is no way I would ever want to add it up
what you don't know doesn't bother you lol
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