Ever since I was a small child I always wanted an Aussie. I adopted Lacy, my six year old red merle Australian Shepherd from a kill shelter just before it was her time to get euthanized. When I went to pick her up from the shelter, she would act all sweet when she was towards the front of her kennel and growl and nip when she was in the back of her kennel. She even bit me when I was filling out the paperwork to adopt her, but that didn’t stop me from doing so. The way I see it, save a dogs life: Opt to adopt. I have six dogs right now, all but one were rescues. The best thing about adopting a pet from a rescue shelter is that you are saving a life. An estimated 60% of animals who enter the system at shelters are euthanized. Riley, is my blue merle Pomeranian. He’s a purebred, bought him from a breeder for 600 bucks. I love the little boy, but if I could do it all over again I would adopt a Pomeranian from a Pomeranian Rescue. The cost of a rescue cat or dog is significantly less, even if you're adopting a purebred. Quite often the animals have all of their vaccinations and are spayed or neutered, so you don't have to deal with the recuperation period either. I guess what I’m trying to get at with this blog is that I find it much more satisfying to save a dogs life rather then keeping the breeders in business by buying puppies.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Saving a Life
Ever since I was a small child I always wanted an Aussie. I adopted Lacy, my six year old red merle Australian Shepherd from a kill shelter just before it was her time to get euthanized. When I went to pick her up from the shelter, she would act all sweet when she was towards the front of her kennel and growl and nip when she was in the back of her kennel. She even bit me when I was filling out the paperwork to adopt her, but that didn’t stop me from doing so. The way I see it, save a dogs life: Opt to adopt. I have six dogs right now, all but one were rescues. The best thing about adopting a pet from a rescue shelter is that you are saving a life. An estimated 60% of animals who enter the system at shelters are euthanized. Riley, is my blue merle Pomeranian. He’s a purebred, bought him from a breeder for 600 bucks. I love the little boy, but if I could do it all over again I would adopt a Pomeranian from a Pomeranian Rescue. The cost of a rescue cat or dog is significantly less, even if you're adopting a purebred. Quite often the animals have all of their vaccinations and are spayed or neutered, so you don't have to deal with the recuperation period either. I guess what I’m trying to get at with this blog is that I find it much more satisfying to save a dogs life rather then keeping the breeders in business by buying puppies.
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It is very nice to adopt animals this way. That is how they are guarenteed a great life and a loving home. Why someone would buy an animal and not want it in the end is always a mystery. Shelters are not a good home, a loving new family is.
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