About Pawdget

Pawdget answers one question: what does a dog of a given breed actually cost to keep, in your state? Not a national range copied from one page to the next — a figure built up from calories, dosing bands, vet price surveys, the government's regional price index and retail prices we recorded ourselves.

It is a data tool, not a blog. Every number carries a source and the date we last checked it; formula-based figures are labelled as estimates and the formulas are public on the methodology page. Breed pages are published only when every required field has a source. When we lack data — for example, treatment costs of specific conditions — the section says so instead of quoting a guess.

Who is behind it

Igor Zagorodnyi is a web developer who builds data-driven tool sites — among them CostTrek, which compares the cost of living between cities, and CalcLumen, a collection of everyday calculators. Pawdget applies the same approach to pet ownership: publish the model, show every input and its source, and let people adjust the numbers to their own dog or cat.

Pawdget is not affiliated with any breed club, veterinary chain, food brand or insurer. The data comes from the public sources listed on the methodology page; partner links are disclosed on every page where they appear.

Corrections

Found a figure that looks wrong or a source that has been updated? Write to [email protected]. Corrections are applied to the dataset, so every page that uses the figure updates at once.

Pawdget is free to read and pays for itself through partner links and advertising, both of which are labelled where they appear — the how we make money page sets out the arrangement, and no advertiser has any say in a number. If you would rather support it directly, there is a support page; sharing a page you found useful helps just as much.

Pawdget is not a veterinary service. Nothing here is veterinary, medical or financial advice.