The pet culture in Brazil

Sure my dog is family. He always is following and loves attention. Everyone knows him because when I can he rides with me driving and sticks his head out the window. People always say "I saw you and your buddy today."
Great fun and will get my attention if something is going on outside.
To date I do not have friend or family which own a cat, so not sure as to ownership of them. They would make a nice pet in an apartment or condo.
Cost to keep my dog: (There are many vets and pet shop in our city.)
R$60 for grooming per month.
R$130 for flea pills . (3 months)
R$70 for food, plus a few extra R$ for chicken to mix with food.
Annual shots and check up $R$200.
Love from him "priceless".

Well depends on the dog you own, I have a dog for security for the house. Cane corso - everyone is terrified of my dog but is what is intended. Most dont know shes a big couch potato.

When we initially got her as a puppy, she was very sick, upon a trip to the vet. after bloodwork was done on the spot ( few hours wait ), she turned out to have a super rare tick disease. I wont go into the details of the symptoms as it is grim, but now she is healthy and happy, consult for Recife's top tier vet was about 350,  including bloodwork and all necessities for finding out the problem. puppy was basically put on a type of chemotherapy for dogs ,  all the medications total bill was about 1,500 but worth every penny, now if this was in north america you would be looking at about 20k USD or more.

As for food, she eats raw or infamous " sache " lol its cheaper to feed her cooked or raw food then buy kibble as your looking at anywhere from 7 - 10 reais for low end kibble and the price will just spiral upwards at that point.

If you have a large dog people will avoid you as it usually means you have it for a reason. which is nice.

I brought my poodle from America and it worked out for me.  He has since passed.  Where I lived in the U.S. we did not have flees and ticks.  In Brazil I have found that where I live they are a big problem.  My dog had a constant problem.  The ticks have a virus that kills the dog's if they don't have constant care.  They need tick medicine each month.  They need to be inspected often for ticks. My neighbors cannot keep dogs for long.  The ticks kill everyone that they have.  We used to have stray dogs in the streets.  Not so much now.  It is a very sad situation.  I have four dogs now.  I check them everyday.