<prompt> Human: I havent ever bought a dog of my own, but always had a family dog. Im currently making 41,000 a year and have only been at this job for a month and a half. I have about 3,000 saved up for emergencies. My rent is 450, will be 470 for pet rent with a 200 deposit for the initial pet fee at my apartment. No health issues that would qualify me for a support animal.My question is- how much should I have saved up specifically for buying a dogvet costspet insurance? And how much should I be putting aside each month?I havent even decided whether to get a dog from a breeder, which is what my family has always done, or get one from a shelter. How can I best budget my money for such a huge change? Assistant: You are all so helpful! I do plan on pet insurance, itll cost me about 10month! Any opinions of things like chewy or bark boxes? My older sister does it for her Labrador lol and its about 20 less for his big bag of food! I have a roommate with a dog as well 4.5 months old and wont be more than 30 lbs and he is a free feeder to an extent, which is what I would prefer to do.  <response>: FYI: Id stop the free feeding if youre getting a dog. Its not really ideal with multiple dogs. One dog might eat two meals, you could have resource guarding that could come about and escalate, and it can make house training harder initially because your dog isnt on a schedule of eating. 