My boys!
If you are thinking about giving a pet for a Christmas Present I highly recommend, strongly encourage, wholeheartedly suggest, ok, you get the picture to look into your local animal shelter. These are lost pets or pets that the owners are simply not able to care for anymore for one reason or another.
They are well taken care of, seen by a veterinarian, and are waiting for a good home. Unfortunately, the shelters can only care for so many animals at one time so if they are not adopted they are, as you know, euthanized. It breaks my heart to hear of any animal being put down.
We have gotten all of our pets at animal shelters and have had 100% positive experience. The shepherd mix shown above we adopted when he was about 4 months old. We named him "Joey" after my husband's childhood dog. He is the best and I love him like he is my child. Though, I think he adopted us at the shelter. We had an instant bond.
The adorable corgi mix we named "Little Bear". My daughter found him on the side of the road in the country. He was around 4 weeks old. I can't believe someone could be so cruel to dump him in the middle of no where. When she brought him home he drank water for 30 minutes straight. He has turned out to be another great pet that I couldn't imagine not having in our home and being part of our family.
(The animal shelters only charge $15-$25 to drop off a pet)
We have also adopted several kittens/cats from the local shelter and couldn't be happier. Did you know some shelters also have bunnies, guinea pigs, reptiles, birds, etc.
Here is a great website that many local animal shelters use to register their animals waiting to be adopted. It has one site with thousands of pets listed. Simple put in your zip code and your criteria.
PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!
I swear the animals know that you have rescued them and they are forever grateful and shower you with love!
ps - okay, I had to add the pictures of the dogs with my favorite baseball team's hats! GO GIANTS! And Merry Christmas!
No comments:
Post a Comment