Pet Spending Essay

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Pet Spending How much money are we willing to spend on our family members? Now what if this “family member” happens to be your pet? “Eighty-three percent refer to themselves as their pet’s mom or dad” (Bilger pg.3) When a person loves and cares for someone we are willing to do anything for them "Sixty-three percent of pet owners say I love you to their pets everyday "(Bilger pg.3). However how much money should Americans spend on their animals. In “The Last Meow” Buckhard Bilger argues that people’s love for their pets has got out of control and every year more and more people are willing to spend larger amounts of money on their pets “$53 billion on food, veterinary care, kennels and other services in 2012. That's up 5 percent from 2011”(Jason Corey “Pet Spending,” 2013) Bilger makes some good points. For example, one of them was the excessive amount of money low income Americans spend on their pets this is irresponsible especially when the person doing it doesn’t have the money. "We're looking at spending a thousand dollars in the next twenty-four hours and between three and four thousand in the next week,"(Bliger pg.5) this amount of money could cover the necessities of a small household. Bliger made it clear in his article that Lady’s owners Shawn and Karen do not have much money to spend “He recently turned forty and makes twenty-seven thousand dollars a year.”(Bliger pg.4) Shawn even gives up his dream of fixing his car just to save the sick cat. This is typical of pet owners to do, they are willing to give up just about anything for their beloved pets. Bliger also mentions the amount of money we are spending on healthy animals that don’t need immediate medical care, has increased in recent years. Bliger mentions the outrageous procedures pets are going through “the poodles getting root canals ,the rabbits in radiation wards, were strange enough;

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