| When you first get a dog, basic vet costs for health check including heartworm test and ProHeart injection (and all dogs in HK should always have yearly ProHeart injection or monthly heartworm tablets), other vaccinations, including rabies and license, and desexing typically run between $1000 - $1500. If you get a pet store puppy and it has kennel cough or any other number of illnesses that are common with store bought puppies in HK your expenses can run into the thousands. Some pet store The above, minus the desexing and heartworm test if the dog has been on preventative medicine, should be repeated annually. Any illness can cost between $350 and thousands for vet visits and medicine. Food and other necessities (treats, toys, etc.) can run between $300 and $1000/ month depending on the type of food you are feeding your dog. I think that average is HK$400-500 for a medium size dog eating something like Science Diet. | 
