Dr. Liz Walker

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Australian Finance Podcast · Real cost of pet ownership in Australia · 31 Jan 2022 podcast

And things that you might pay for, like if you can, you don't have to pay for someone to walk your dog, just walk your dog yourself.

Yeah.

It's good for you too.

It's great.

And, you know, it's great for your cardiovascular health, great for your steps, great for your mind.

And there's some wonderful data that, you know, shows that people with cardiovascular disease that have a dog live longer and recover better than people who don't.

So walk the dog.

So I think there's some really, really good tips.

Make things, do the prevention stuff really well.

and use your networks to help care for them if you need to go away.

So if they've already got an animal and they're struggling with the expenses?

Yeah.

Look, I really encourage people to speak to their local shelters, especially RSPCAs.

We will do whatever we can to help and we will help people find

You know, if you're experiencing some hardship that's temporary, we will help.

We do that through our community outreach programs too.

There are other organisations in just about every state that I can think of, especially Melbourne and Sydney, where there are charities that will help with some veterinary services at reduced fees, like Wilkins Smith Animal Hospital in Melbourne.

in Melbourne as well as we will help as well.

The other thing that you can do is if it is getting really, really hard and you don't know what to do in life and you're overwhelmed by life in general, and that does happen, is you can consider surrendering your animal and that's a heartbreaking decision.

But you can do that in the confidence that we'll, you know, we'll get your animals, you know, and your home, you know,

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