changes. but tune in at 2:00 for that news conference at 2:15 p.m. let s talk about how we spend our money. let s getting expensive to take our pets to the pet. very expensive. if you have a pet, you know this. the average household i have an australian bearded dragon and he s cost me an arm and a leg. the average household spend $655 on routine vet and surgical visits for dogs last year. that was up 47% from a decade ago. and spending for cats soared 73% over the same time frame. and that, believe it or not, is on pace with human health care cost increases. all of the innovation that is we see on the human side have come over to the vet side. you have mris now, cat scans, chemo, radiations.