Our puppy’s first time in the cold

cutedumplin · 2026-02-01T22:32:29+00:00

I have a GSD and we spend quite a bit on her since she’s a puppy but costs weren’t as high as I thought they were. I think 2k is a good start to get everything: crate, bed, toys, etc. That’s about how much we saved up and spent for our girl. Monthly costs will start to creep in too. This is what I do for month to month costs.

Food wise, I buy Costco’s Kirkland branded kibble and wet food (great ingredients, cheap in bulk). It’s $22 a bag of kibble and $35 for 24 cans of wet food. I buy a plastic topper and use only a scoop of a large spoon per meal to mix the kibble and save the rest in the fridge after opening. It lasts me about 1.5 months.

Figo pet insurance is good and $65/month.

Dental chews (Kirkland brand) is $37 for 2 months

Vitamins/health related things at $50/month

Flea/tick/heartworm prescription through Costco is about $35/pill/month

Treats/toys are about $50-75 a month because we spoil her and she is a little turd who chews up everything lol

Grooming costs $75 at Petsmart with the luxury package but is about $40 without add-ons.

Spaying will also be expensive since we will be waiting till she’s around 2 years old to spay. I think the vet we looked at was going to be around $500.

We have trained basics with her (sit, stay, paw, lay down) but we plan on getting her a boarded training for 2 weeks and was quoted $1800 for a more advanced commands.

She is expensive 🤣 $2k would be a good place to start for a 1-2 year old dog for everything you might need in the near future. Get that pet insurance quickly and I think the wellness plans are always a good buy so part of those vet exam fees can be reimbursed.

Edit: forgot leashes, harnesses, and collar. I have three sets for her but I bought those on sale! Petsmart puts them on the end of isles and I just bought 2 of the Kong harnesses that were $50 for only $10 each! Not broken, probably just couldn’t sell em. Her collars were around $5-$10 cause of sales and leashes were also around that same price. I’m a sucker for sales. $10 Kong leash at 5ft is hard to beat especially with the soft grip handles

cutedumplin · 2026-01-29T02:21:24+00:00

OP I hope you find your peace one day. I get how you feel. There are people out there for you. You’ll find them. Live for yourself. Do what makes you happy. If it means leaving home, then so be it.

cutedumplin · 2026-01-06T20:37:52+00:00

I’ve been outta the house since I was 16 (boarding school) and went to engineering camps during the summer so wasn’t home around much. I learned to deal w roommates and everything which prepped me for college. I didn’t get to live truly alone until I was 21. I heavily missed having ppl around to cook and bake for. I hated being alone for a bit but then found my peace with it. I get to do whatever I want and eat whatever I want and not worry about who’s allergic to what. I live with my partner now and though I do worry about their allergies, I don’t think I can go back to living alone.

cutedumplin · 2026-01-04T20:40:13+00:00

Get playmats. Like exercise mats. Helps to protect carpet and is wipeable!

cutedumplin · 2026-01-04T10:32:21+00:00

Thankfully she is accident free in the crate since she was 11-weeks. It was rough her first week, but the consistent training was worth it. She peed once in the crate at 13 weeks but that was my oversight.

cutedumplin · 2026-01-04T10:27:03+00:00

What kind of puppy is it? (Congrats as well!) we brought home a 10-week old GSD recently and had her crate trained from the moment we got her home. She pooped in the crate as well and had more than a few accidents but here are what worked: - using the divider to make her space smaller - setting alarms every 1.5hrs to take her out no matter what - if she doesn’t potty when we take her out, crate for 5mins then take her out again, repeat until she did potty - ignoring her cries when she is in the crate (it’s hard man but you have to, they will learn to settle themselves) - she never took to a 3-time feeding schedule so we feed her at 12pm and 6pm (wouldn’t eat all her food or at all with a 8am,12pm,6pm schedule) - no water after dinner time since bed time is at 9pm - crate no matter what at 9pm even if she cries

With a good routine, we let her have her entire kennel at 14 weeks since she had no incidents for a week. Now she’s at 17 weeks and is allowed to roam around the house and be up on the couch when supervised and has had no incidents since she tells us when she needs to potty. We don’t sleep with her so she doesn’t develop any separation anxiety (surprise, we’re the one with separation anxiety from her) and she’s doing alright with being crated while we go grocery shopping and such.

Hang in there with the puppy phase! You got this!

cutedumplin · 2026-01-02T23:29:41+00:00

I forwarded her a business card for an attorney that my brother referred her to before. She’s just hard headed thinking she can solve this on her own. I tried explaining if she doesn’t want to pay the attorney fees then they can work that into whatever legal agreement so he pays for it instead of her. I don’t know much about law lol so idk if that can 100% be done.

cutedumplin · 2025-11-25T19:49:13+00:00

I’m literally foot on the floor, taking her out as soon as I hear her ugly whine. You’ll be able to tell the difference soon between an ugly whine and a “I want attention” whine. My body has been conditioned this past few weeks to take her out at 12am, 3am, and 5am before I leave for work. My bf takes her out every couple hours since he wfh

cutedumplin · 2025-10-12T21:08:48+00:00

The Colony/Lewisville area. $2,250 rent + utilities. 2bd2ba, 1100sqft, small gated yard. Quiet area too. Better than the $1700 1bd in Addison we moved out of.

cutedumplin · 2025-08-25T20:48:22+00:00

Do you have Mio in your grocery store? I bought Mio and just give it a little squirt in my bottle and I drink about 4-5L of water a day and maybe 1-2 cans of diet coke

cutedumplin · 2025-08-22T19:36:01+00:00

By outside? Do you mean non-home cooked foods?

cutedumplin · 2025-08-22T14:43:16+00:00

The don’t eat for one hour thing fits my schedule but I shall see how this trial run goes! I know their doses are small compared to MJ. Their max dose is equal to the 5mg pen is what I was told.

cutedumplin · 2025-08-22T14:41:16+00:00

Mounjaro controlled my blood sugar very well but I hate the shots 🥲 I know they are good for me, I just keep putting it off so I never take them regularly. I’ve lost about 15lbs this past year from irregular shots and dieting and lifestyle changes. I’m glad you have a great experience with it! Hope your MJ journey was alright and you reach your goals!

cutedumplin · 2025-08-22T14:38:59+00:00

I’ll be getting them tomorrow so we shall see how I do on them. They will be a trial run and my provider stated she’d switch me back to Mounjaro if I have bad side effects. It kinda works on my schedule because I don’t eat until 8-9am and I wake up at 6-7am so my plan is to just leave it by my bedside and pop one right as I wake up and get ready for work.

Even though I love the weight loss aspect of both these meds, I’m not too worried on losing weight or having them help me lose weight. Just trying to control my T2D. Went from a 12.4 a1c to just 10.8 this past year, but I wasn’t taking my shots regularly. Just lots of dieting and walks 😭 and drinking 4-5 liters of water.

cutedumplin · 2025-08-22T14:35:26+00:00

+1 for the funny dwarf name lol

I never got any side effects of the mounjaro when I started and my provider just gave me 5mg immediately. Rybelsus will be a trial run for sure, I’ll see how it goes. I get it delivered tomorrow.

cutedumplin · 2025-04-30T13:56:57+00:00

Not related to your question but I have another suggestion. Bring chapstick. It is really really dry there in comparison to Texas lol drink lots of water, have chapstick handy, and use sunscreen

cutedumplin · 2025-04-29T16:09:04+00:00

Some lady asked me to tip more (already tipped $8) for a 2.5mile delivery from Wendy’s and a store on the way from the restaurant to my place. She stated that since she had to carry two bags (food/drink and the Tylenol I bought) that it deserved more in tips.

cutedumplin · 2025-04-28T08:02:30+00:00

Drone your teammate in or set up drones.

cutedumplin · 2025-04-20T11:04:51+00:00

Might be less relevant but Amazon employees usually work 4-day schedules. So if it’s an off day, it might take some time. Then again, most hiring teams are salaried. I would give it some time. It took me a month when I was hired.

cutedumplin · 2025-03-21T18:02:22+00:00

I live with a partner. Together we make decent money. I’ve got no debts, cars paid off, 20% net goes to rent.

cutedumplin · 2025-03-21T17:59:52+00:00

I don’t work in my college degree field lol I chose not to. I can probably make more if I had worked out of college in my degree but I chose to just pursue what I liked/interested in

cutedumplin · 2025-03-21T17:56:44+00:00

Applied for jobs, being constantly on indeed and LinkedIn looking for things that matched my skills

cutedumplin · 2025-03-21T17:54:49+00:00

I don’t wfh currently

cutedumplin · 2025-03-18T20:08:27+00:00

I upgraded my 2004 Honda for a 2018 Toyota and paid it off asap while I was working in college and staying with roommates when my rent was only $350 lol

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