While most dog foods provide adequate nutrition, the premium foods offer more bioavailable nutrients, so the animals need less food. You can, however, save money by feeding dry food, rather than moist or canned, which costs as much as ten times more than dry. I'll take care of yours if you take care of mine. You can avoid the high cost of boarding your dog or hiring a pet sitter by trading dog care with a friend or neighbor when you go on vacation. If you do need to board your dog for more than two weeks, ask for a break in price.
Many facilities offer discounts for long-term boarding.
Go to a vet school. If you let your dog serve as a guinea pig for a vet in training, you may be rewarded with lower bills, without compromising the care your animal receives. Call animal control. Not to turn in your animal, but to ask about free or low-cost rabies shots and other vaccines. Many counties subsidize the cost of certain vaccinations.