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- redcolumbine, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7Yes! This sets an important example - I was really hoping they would.
- tiffanyjm, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6This site is an easy way to find a pet that needs to be adopted near you.
http://www.petfinder.com/ - jodimcmullen, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5Both of my dogs are from animal shelters. I even have a shelter cat. Support a shelter with a donation or old blankets, towels, dog food, cleaning supplies. It is good work to help critters and the folks who shelter them..
- gerardmclean, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1As Rufus said on http://www.dogwalkblog.com ...please go to the Humane Society and pick out a mutt. They make the best kind of dog, especially the skinny ones whose ears are a little uneven and stick out just a little bit more than they should...
- wherearemymeds, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Alright!
- bananasluggy, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2All the animals I've had were shelter or rescue pets. They were just as fluffy and loving and a joy to watch as store-bought pets, plus, I didn't have to worry that some pet-mill was making money breeding mother animals to death for profit.
I had a friend who worked at a shelter. His job was to help "put down" the animals. He's normally this big burly guy, but he'd break down crying when talking about it. "The dogs were so happy when I put the leash on, they thought they were going home..." Some of the dogs would be wagging their tails and licking his hands and face, even as he was holding them down so his assistant could stick the needle in that would kill them.
They had garbage bins out back where they'd throw the bodies of the cats and dogs that no one wanted. They'd be incinerated later. They were perfectly healthy pets. It was rare, at that shelter, to put down an animal that had serious problems. Most were happy pets that were abandoned by selfish people who skipped out on their duty as caretakers. Most of the time, if dogs had issues, it was because their owners had never trained them properly, not because they were "bad." Sadly, an owner's failing nearly always cost the dog his life.
Unless you find a home for your pet that you know will care for him the rest of his life, you should have the animal put down. He loves you. Your his family. Would you want your family to leave you in a cage surrounded by barking and depressed animals? That'd be like your parents dumping you in a prison when you got troublesome as a child. If you're going to give him up to a kill shelter, have him put down yourself. Hold him while he dies. Let the arms of the person he loves most in the whole world be the ones he takes his last nap in. You owe him that much. If you feel squeamish at the thought of doing that, good. It's unfair to the pet that loves you to skip out on doing the dirty work. Chances are, if you've surrendered a pet to a kill shelter in the past, your pet died surrounded by strangers and strange animals, wondering why you never came back. Wondering why his family abandoned him. Wondering why you don't love him anymore.
Frankly, doing that to your pet is far crueler than having him put down in your arms.
A pet is family for life. Plain and simple. You don't abandon family. - dailydoglick, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0The Obamas would set a great example by rescuing a dog. Millions of adoptable dogs are killed each year in shelters for lack of homes.
- itstodd, on 10/05/2008, -6/+1that poor dog. too bad it isnt black. I hear it can only drink from the white dog bowl and it has to sit in the back of the car. I hope its not a girl. The ignorant bitch comments in that house would just get too confusing.
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