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Pick a size to load starting figures, then replace each line with prices where you live. Costs vary enormously between countries and cities.

Starting figures are rough illustrations in US dollars, not quotes. Not included: one-off first-year costs (adoption or purchase, spay/neuter, microchip, crate and bed), and emergencies, which can run into thousands. That's the gap insurance or an emergency fund is meant to cover.