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1 Originally trained to find live game, their temperament makes them an ideal family dog Labrador Retriever Lifetime costs: 20,648 Annual costs: 2, Purchase price: 681 Feeding costs: Insurance: Joint, obesity and skin German Short Haired Pointer Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 765 Feeding costs: Insurance: Joint, tumours, skin Hungarian Vizsla Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 915 Feeding costs: Insurance: Joint, tumours, skin Irish Setter Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 791 Feeding costs: Insurance: Hip dysplasia, allergic skin, epilepsy, bone tumours, gastric torsion Italian Spinone Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 843 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 300 Hip dysplasia, allergic skin, epilepsy, gastric torsion Pointer Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 739 Feeding costs: Insurance: Hip dysplasia, back, gastric torsion, cataracts Flat Coated Retriever Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 843 Feeding costs: Insurance: Many types of cancer, hip dysplasia, heart, epilepsy and eye s Golden Retriever Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 818 Feeding costs: Insurance: Joint s, allergic skin, heart, cancer Cocker Spaniel Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 685 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 264 Ear, kneecaps slipping, hip dysplasia, auto-immune s, allergic skin, pancreatitis and epilepsy Springer Spaniel (English) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 533 Feeding costs: Insurance: Joint, eye, ear infections Weimaraner Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 751 Feeding costs: Insurance: Hip dysplasia, bladder stones, eye

2 Used for hunting, hounds can be dignified and aloof, but make trustworthy companions Basset Hound Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 699 Feeding costs: Insurance: Joint, back, ear and skin Beagle Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 583 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 52 Heart, skin, hip dysplasia, epilepsy Dachshund (Miniature long -haired) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1293 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 180 Back, eye and heart Dachshund (Miniature smooth -haired) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1293 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 180 Back, eye and heart Dachshund (Miniature wire -haired) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1293 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 194 Back, eye and heart Dachshund (wire -haired) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1118 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 194 Back, eye and heart Whippet Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 488 Feeding costs: Insurance: Eye and heart and increased risk of some tumours

3 Typically larger dog breeds that take part in active, physical work Bernese Mountain Dog Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 971 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 390 Joint, heart, tumours, gastric torsion Boxer Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 792 Feeding costs: Insurance: Heart, hip dysplasia, gastric torsion, cancers Dobermann Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 844 Feeding costs: Insurance: Bone cancer, spinal, heart, blood clotting, hip dysplasia Dogue de Bordeaux Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 833 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 90 Heart, cancers, joint, gastric torsion, eye, renal Great Dane Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 827 Feeding costs: 959 Insurance: Grooming: 80 Heart, cancers, joint, gastric torsion, eye, skin Newfoundland Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1059 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 420 Joint, heart, gastric torsion, bone tumours Rottweiler Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 722 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 80 Joint, heart, intestinal and cancers Siberian Husky Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 479 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 330 Multiple eye Saint Bernard Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1040 Feeding costs: Routine vet costs: 312 Insurance: Grooming: 390 Joint, heart, eyelid and gastric torsion

4 Hardy dogs bred to be brave and tough, they can be feisty with other dogs Airedale Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 958 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 345 Heart and skin Border Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 628 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 205 Slipping kneecaps, epilepsy and cramping syndrome English Bull Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 890 Feeding costs: Insurance: Heart, neurological and kidney, deafness, skin and dry eye Cairn Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 550 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 205 Slipping kneecaps, glaucoma, liver, skin allergies Fox Terrier (wire) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 749 Feeding costs: Insurance: Eye, hip (Legg- Perthes ), allergic skin Jack Russell Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 327 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 55 Eye, kneecaps slipping, hip ( Legg perches ) Norfolk Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: 2323 Purchase price: 1128 Feeding costs: Insurance: Hip dysplasia, skin, eye, kneecaps slipping Staffordshire Bull Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 729 Feeding costs: Insurance: Skin, BOAS, joint, cataracts, cystine bladder stones West Highland White Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 631 Feeding costs: Insurance: Allergic skin, bone of the jaw, kneecaps slipping, dry eye and hip (Legg Perthes )

5 Friendly and affectionate dogs with a herding background Border Collie Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 531 Feeding costs: Insurance: Hip dysplasia, eye, epilepsy, deafness Collie (Rough) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 731 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 222 Eye, hip dysplasia, blood disorders German Shepherd Dog (long coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 746 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 330 Joint and back, gastrointestinal s, allergic skin, anal furunculosis, epilepsy, gastric torsion, multiple cancers German Shepherd Dog (short coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 746 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 90 Joint and back, gastrointestinal s, allergic skin, anal furunculosis, epilepsy, gastric torsion, multiple cancers Shetland Sheepdog Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 806 Feeding costs: Insurance: Eye, hip (Legg- Perthes and hip dysplasia), kneecaps slipping, blood clotting

6 A mixed bunch that have each been raised for a specific working purpose Boston Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1099 Feeding costs: Insurance: Severe BOAS, slipping kneecaps, allergic skin, hormonal (Cushing s syndrome), eye Bulldog Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1691 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 162 Severe BOAS, slipping kneecaps, joint dysplasia, allergic skin and skin fold, eye, intestinal and spinal Chow Chow Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1368 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 330 Joint, eyelid, skin Dalmatian Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 602 Feeding costs: Insurance: Deafness, bladder stones, allergies, epilepsy, liver French Bulldog Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1642 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 150 Severe BOAS, slipping kneecaps, hip dysplasia, back, heart, intestinal, eye Lhasa Apso Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 545 Feeding costs: Insurance: 117 Slipping kneecaps, eye, back, allergic skin Miniature Schnauzer Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 818 Feeding costs: Insurance: Bladder stones, skin, hormonal (Cushing s syndrome), pancreatitis, eye Poodle (miniature) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 742 Feeding costs: Insurance: Slipping kneecaps, epilepsy, dental, eye Poodle (Standard) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 740 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 390 Slipping kneecaps, epilepsy, back and joint, eye, hormonal (Cushing s syndrome, Hypothroidism and Addison s ), gastric torsion Poodle (Toy) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 805 Feeding costs: Insurance: Eye, diabetes, ear, bladder stones, hormone ( Cushing s syndrome), epilepsy Shar-Pei Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 816 Feeding costs: Insurance: BOAS, joint, eyelid, skin, allergic skin, slipping kneecaps, eye (eyelids, glaucoma and lens luxation), kidney Shih Tzu Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 625 Feeding costs: Insurance: BOAS, slipping kneecaps, back and joint, eye, hormonal (Cushing s syndrome), allergic skin Tibetan Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 799 Feeding costs: Insurance: Slipping kneecaps, eye, hip dysplasia

7 Small with friendly and loving personalities, these make great lap dogs Bichon frise Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 503 Feeding costs: Insurance: Min exercise time: 265 hrs Slipping kneecaps, eye, bladder stones, allergies, diabetes Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 679 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 225 Heart, Syringomyelia (spinal/brain ), hip dysplasia, allergic skin, epilepsy, BOAS syndrome Chihuahua (long coat) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 703 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 150 Slipping kneecaps, eye, tracheal collapse, heart, allergic skin, bladder stones, neurological Chihuahua (smooth coat) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 703 Feeding costs: Insurance: Slipping kneecaps, eye, tracheal collapse, heart, allergic skin, bladder stones, neurological Maltese Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1058 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 192 Slipping kneecaps, eye, heart, syringomyelia (brain/ spinal cord ), dental Pomeranian Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 1282 Feeding costs: Insurance: Slipping kneecaps, eye, joint, tracheal collapse,syringomyelia (brain/spinal cord ) Pug Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 954 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 150 Severe BOAS, joint and back, skin s, eye, epilepsy, intestinal, bladder stones Yorkshire Terrier Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Purchase price: 552 Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 168 Slipping kneecaps, tracheal collapse, dental, bladder stones, eye, diabetes, syringomyelia (brain/spinal cord )

8 Non-pedigree, highly individual dogs with parents from different breeds Mongrel (small, short coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Feeding costs: Insurance: They can get any condition but Mongrel (medium, short coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Feeding costs: Insurance: Grooming: 52. They can get any condition but Mongrel (large, short coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Feeding costs: Insurance: They can get any condition but Mongrel (small, long coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Feeding costs: Insurance: They can get any condition but Mongrel (medium, long coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Feeding costs: Insurance: They can get any condition but Mongrel (large, long coated) Lifetime costs: Annual costs: Feeding costs: Insurance: They can get any condition but

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