My 9-year-old daughter is doing a math project, comparing the ongoing cost of her dog to mine in 1968. We've Googled this every way we can think of, but we can't find out what vets charged for things like annual exams, shots, etc. for a dog. Her teacher said she'll accept someone's best memory, even from an anonymous source like answers.yahoo. The purpose is to do the math.

Does anyone out there remember? Or have a parent or grandparent who remembers? Thanks!

I remember paying $2 for a rabies shot and $18 to have the dog spayed. I don't know if that's any help to your daughter's math project but I did have another idea. The vet I'm going to has been our family vet since 1984. Before that, it was his Dad's practice. Maybe you could check the phone book and call around to some of the vets and ask if any of them can remember.

The only thing that comes to mind to me is that my parents payed $30.00 to have our little female spayed in 1965. I believe this fee included the Rabies Vaccination that, back them, was given to dogs at 6 months old, not like today at usually 16 weeks. I don't remember how much an office visit was or booster vaccines, because back then, not that many people even bothered with any vaccines except Rabies. I know I'm not the oldest poster on this site, but I guess I am showing my age. (53) Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I was only 10 at the time.

Yes shots were $2. Neutering was $10 spay was $25.
A visit by the vet to the stable was $10 plus any work that was done such as shots.