PuppaCosts · real dog costs
What will your dog actually cost?
Pick your region and breed — we'll show every cost in one place: buying, food, vet care, spay/neuter, vaccinations, grooming, insurance and the lifetime total. Built on real country pricing and breed-specific health risks.
300 breeds
Every cost, one place
Choose a breed above, then drill into any category — each is breed- and size-aware.
01
Buying & lifetime
Price to buy the breed, new-puppy setup, and the all-in lifetime cost to own.
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02
Routine vet
Spay/neuter, vaccinations, dental, microchip, parasite prevention and checkups — by size.
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03
Care, surgery & end of life
Food, grooming, boarding, training, diagnostics, surgery, insurance and euthanasia.
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Methodology
Where our numbers come from.
Our baseline anchors come from Tier-A sources — AVMA Sourcebook, NAPHIA State of the Industry, Morris Animal Foundation lifetime studies, PDSA PAW Report. We do not publish single-point numbers; every cost is a range with provenance.
The parametric model multiplies those baselines by size, region, age, and condition factors— so a Bulldog in NYC and a Lab in rural Iowa get different, honest answers from the same engine.
Each estimate carries its source tier and last-verified date. See the full methodology page.