“The Last Meow” by Burkhard Bilger is an article explaining how much people loves their pets and what they would do for them. Nowadays billions of dollars are being spent for the care of pets, either with veterinary care, supplies, or just with treats. Bilger’s claims are “our love with our pets has gotten out of control” and it shows with the amount that is being spent on their animals. To some extent it is true, people will go spend more about the pets then themselves because they believe they are part of the family. Pets aren’t easy to take care of and can be expensive. In 1996, only 8 billion dollars was being spent on pets. In 2003, 19 billion was being spent, with the addition of another 28 billion for medical care, supplies and treats. These treats can include grooming, pet day-care centers, “cute” clothes and expensive collars. Caring for animals can be time-consuming; one needs to clean its mess, bathe them, play with them, give them all their shots, and neuter them because puppies will mean more work and more money. With all this added together, it becomes 47 billion dollars, almost 3 times more than the government spends on welfare grants. Although, not everyone could spend that much for their pets but it doesn’t mean they don’t love them. People do love and care for them as if they were family and too many they are. When they get sick they take them to the hospital, celebrate the birthday, and hire sitters when they are away. For some, animals can be the only family they may have. Some couples that are unable to have children so they adopt pets and it would be more understandable if they spend more money for them because that’s the only “children” they have. An animal brings joy to a person which is why people are willing to spend large amounts of money on them. We have 3 dogs but only one is actually is mine.
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He is a pit-bull named Rambo, and is a lot of work. About every 3 weeks I spend $25 dollars on his food, $10 for his shampoo, about $45 for his shots. He brings me a lot of joy, every morning before I leave I tell him goodbye and before I get home from school he is waiting for me at the gate for me to come in. every year on the New Years , I buy him a giant bone from Target to celebrate his birthday, which costs about $20. Every now and then I buy him some toys such as balls or stuffed animals so he could rip up or just bury it somewhere around the house. I don’t buy him clothes because he just likes to roll around the mud anyway and it bothers him, makes him feel constricted so he just bites it till he is able to rip it off. Once a week I have to clean his mess so I have to spend money on bags, and give him a bath which usually ends up with me having to buy new clothes because he likes to go hug to stop me from shooting him with the water and it eventually rips when he jumps up and scratches it with his claws. I do say “ I love you” to my dog because when I had to choose between a family of 7 puppies, he actually chose me and was the smallest of the bunch, now he’s about 155 pounds and almost as tall as me standing up. Though animals are somewhat costly with food and supplies but
He is a pit-bull named Rambo, and is a lot of work. About every 3 weeks I spend $25 dollars on his food, $10 for his shampoo, about $45 for his shots. He brings me a lot of joy, every morning before I leave I tell him goodbye and before I get home from school he is waiting for me at the gate for me to come in. every year on the New Years , I buy him a giant bone from Target to celebrate his birthday, which costs about $20. Every now and then I buy him some toys such as balls or stuffed animals so he could rip up or just bury it somewhere around the house. I don’t buy him clothes because he just likes to roll around the mud anyway and it bothers him, makes him feel constricted so he just bites it till he is able to rip it off. Once a week I have to clean his mess so I have to spend money on bags, and give him a bath which usually ends up with me having to buy new clothes because he likes to go hug to stop me from shooting him with the water and it eventually rips when he jumps up and scratches it with his claws. I do say “ I love you” to my dog because when I had to choose between a family of 7 puppies, he actually chose me and was the smallest of the bunch, now he’s about 155 pounds and almost as tall as me standing up. Though animals are somewhat costly with food and supplies but