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The cost of feeding a dog isn't cheap (if it's done right) - A pensioner who:-
is not living in accommodation which prohibits pets,
is still agile enough to excercise it properly,
can afford vet's fees and/or pet insurance
should consider themselves amongst the priviliged few and not begrudge it
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Margaret, I agree that feeding any animal isn't cheap, and I know some pensioners who give their pets good food and go without themselves.
For some pensioners their pet is the only company they have. The cost of a licence...especially if as you request, the government makes it expensive, won't penalise the younger people who have the money for anything (or so it seems)....it may just make owning a dog too expensive for a pensioner.