Hey everybody. Welcome back to Shape by dog. I am Susan Garrett. And do you know anybody who is thinking

about getting a new puppy or a dog? maybe you're thinking of getting a new puppy or

a new dog. In today's episode, I'm going to share with you how you could save money

when getting a new puppy or a new dog. Hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars. I bet you didn't

think that was possible. I'm here to tell you it is and I'm going to share with you

five great ways you can do just that. First of all, I want to remind you. And if this is your

first dog, this is a really important podcast for you. Because you need to know that owning a dog

is mostly an investment of time. It is a massive investment

of your time. I don't want to scare you off from getting a dog, but it is a time investment.

And it's not just the things that you think are obvious. Yeah, I know, I know Susan, I'm going

to have to walk the dog. I'm going to have to feed the dog. I've budgeted, you know,

20 minutes in my day for that. You see, dogs like to be part of our family.

They, they like that engagement, as opposed to like a cat who maybe tolerates you being part of

their family. Dogs need that from us. They need that social engagement.

You know, maybe a plant or a goldfish is better if you don't really have the time to train

and engage daily with your dog. And the nice thing about this time investment is it pays massive

dividends back for you. So, of course, you need to feed them

and you need to walk them. Not just once a day, though. They should be walked two or three times a day,

ideally for a total of an hour, maybe even more. I mean, my dogs get walked two hours a day.

So the study on longevity that they've shown that

it isn't the type of dog food that dogs get fed. It isn't the breed of dog that makes a difference.

But it is, what they have found is dogs who get more exercise live longer. So there's a good reason

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