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Domesticated animals are one of the strangest consumer purchases one can make.  A rational human is agreeing to pay up to thousands of dollars for dogs, cats, and exotic animals.  For my own dog, the initial costs (dog, food, dishes, etc.) were about $600.  But he was such a cute puppy.  And we had a great time.  Five or six times a day, I or my girlfriend would take Mossimo outside for anywhere from five minutes to half an hour till he did his business.  That’s 25 minutes to an hour and a half just taking him to the bathroom.  We lived in an apartment, so taking him out involved going to the elevator, walking two blocks around the building to a grassy area, then picking up poop twice a day.  So I paid an initial cost of $600, plus $30 a month for food, $200 a year (if I’m lucky) on the vet, and an unmeasurable amount of time cleaning up poop (which, in a way, I paid for).  Yet some how it is quite worth it.