How much for dogs annual booster jab?

A question about : How much for dogs annual booster jab?

My dog is 14 months old(mad springer spaniel!)& is due his annual booster jab, just phoned vets to book it and they told be it would cost £29.82!
I was expecting about £20, does this price vary from vet to vet or is it a standard price?

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• Hi Rach,
  I think it must vary as we've just had our dogs boosters done and it cost Ј26.80 each.
  There is another vets near us that charges a bit less- but we had a bad experience with them so would rather pay that little bit more.
  It might be worth shopping around as you can have the booster done at any vets.
• Before I read the responses, my gut reaction was "around Ј30". Does your vet give the mutt a once-a-year quick checkover too?
• Just to add since DFC's response-ours also had their hearts listened to, got weighed and our eldest dog had his ears checked as he has ear condition.
• Thats about what it cost for my dog and cats too but they do get a check-up as well.. My new Vets run a scheme where you pay Ј80 for a cat or dog and it gets all boosters done for the rest of their lives for no more money. I have paid for it for Speedy but not the cats yet.
  There are quite a few branches out there too. Just Google Vets4Pets and you will find them. When I moved down here last year I asked every dog owner I met which Vets they recommended and Vets4Pets came out top. They have been absolutely brilliant too..
• well have booked him in for tomorrow morning, there are only 2 vets around here & the other one is about the same, & yes it does include a thorough health check. thanks for the replies! x
• I pay Ј26 - that includes the booster and an MOT! I live in Shropshire.
• Consider yourselves lucky......at my vets it's Ј52!!!!!!
  That's what happens when you live in the Southeast (Essex) I suppose.....
• I pay Ј25 but a new place has been advertising on local radio who seem to just do jabs - start from Ј12 so will ask them for price next year before going to normal vets.
• I contacted the vets to find out how much the yearly booster was as they were going into kennels, paid Ј28.50 for dog and Ј24.95 for cat.
  Rang kennles to confirm jabs were all up to date and was asked if the dog had been given kennel cough, had to admit as this is the first year of owning a dog i didn't have a clue what they were on about so read off what was on the dogs vaccination card to be told she hadn,t had it and must get it a minimum of 14 days before they would have her in kennels, rang vets back to find out why i had not been informed of it and was told cos i hadnt asked! This then set us back another Ј20. If you are goin to put the dogs in kennels it is advised they have this and it is not an injection but a vial of medication up their nose.
• If you have a vetsavers near you worth checking it out I think it costs about £15 but that was about 3 years ago since I managed to use them due to transport issues.
  Heres a link for the site, however it appears to be loading VERY slowly indeed
  https://www.vetsavers.net/
  This years vaccinations cost £26 at our local vets.
• I pay £24.50 in Northumberland, and it has just gone up to that, last year it was £21.50 The KC stuff is £12 well worth it if you use kennel or doggy day care as it is so infectious and take ages to recover.
• I have just been quoted Ј45 by my local vet, it does include a check up but that seems to be the average price around my area, North Essex
• More to the point, does your dog really need an booster done annually?
  People don't have annual boosters for tetanus, etc vaccinations. It has never been proved it is essential for dogs to be boosted every year. Most vets will suggest they are because of the money they make. The cost to them of an injection is only about Ј3. OK kennels won't sometimes take in dogs that aren't uptodate, but one initial course of injections should cover a dog. Many people just use homeopathic products instead of visiting a vet.
• I can understand what you mean jamalfie I really can, but I couldn't take the risk of something happening to my two dogs simply because I hadn't got them their boosters. Not to mention the implications on obtaining pet insurance and insurance claims which they can refuse to pay out if not upto date with vaccinations
• I think ours is about Ј20 a year