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Has any one ever adopted a dog? If not, you may want to consiter it! Before you go to the local pet store and buy one, keep in mind you are only contributing to the puppy mill fortune. There are hundreds and thousands of un homed dogs that would love to live in a family envirment. They would give so much back to you in love and loyaltie, so visit your local shelter! ↓
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| Name: doglover | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 4:26 AM |
| I havnt adopted a dog but I hav adopted an abondened kitty ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 4:28 AM |
| Thats cool i love to see animals get good homes. ↑ |
| Name: Terri | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 2:31 PM |
| Every dog I've ever gotten is through rescue! www.allbreedrescue.org to be exact, I was also a foster for them. I will NEVER go out and buy a dog (although they need loving homes just as much). ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 2:49 PM |
| Terri i agree pet store puppies do need homes to. The only thing is with pet stores is they purchase thier puppies through puppy mills. I dont know if you are aware of the touture the dogs go through in thoes mills. They are kept in kennels barely big enough fit them, some cat even lay down thats how small they are. They are not fed properly, their cramped spaces are full of excriment! They develope dieses due to thier lack of care! The female are bread and bread where they dont even have time to recupatate in between litters. Over half the pups born to these females eather are dead at birth or will die to poor conditions and lack of neutricion. I feel terrible for these animals but if we keep purchasing from pet stored we provide a demand. When there is a demand the people who run these mills will keep abusing and over breeding to supply the demand. We can help stop the poor abusive treatment by adopting our dogs! There are so many out there that need homes. ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 3:22 PM |
All of my dogs and cats are from rescues or shelters. I found both of my dogs on www.petfinder.com You can look for specific breeds (they are all crosses but sometimes there is a dominance in the mix) and find the locations nearest to you. I have found some pretty great animals on there!
http://search.petfinder.com/pet
note/displaypet.cgi?petid=6691288
That
link is to my latest addition...although they were wrong about the breeds. He is a Yellow lab X Rhodesian Ridgeback...He just didn't get the ridge or coat until later... He has always had those ridiculous face wrinkles though! ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 4:03 PM |
| Adorable pup! they said he was a Lab/ German shepard mix. He does look like a German shepard, you can see why they would have thaught that. He is a real cutie! he is what about 3 month old now? ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 9:52 PM |
| He is 4 months now. He has a flat coat and the wrinkles. The rest of the little looked like yellow labs. He is already 55 lbs!! ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Oct 15th, 2006 9:55 PM |
Here is an updated pic of him.
http://www.babycrowd.
com/jr/homepage/photoalb.html
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| Name: lindalu | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 1:42 AM |
| Randi he is a cutie, I looked at the picture . I do wonder if he is a Shepard mix. The reason I say that is he has the markings of a shepard he dosnt look like a Lab mix. If he is indeed a Rhodesian Ridge back like you said, he should have a strip of fur down his back that grows the opposite direction from the rest of the fur. It will look as if it is standing up, only in the opposite direction. ↑ |
| Name: charla | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 1:51 AM |
| i often wonder why these "mills" are not elligal and shut down?? i have gotten dogs from rescues and the spca before and they were all wonderful loving dogs i also donate money to our local spca every year for care and supplies for there clinic. ↑ |
| Name: charla | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 1:52 AM |
| oh also if you go on any rescue or spca web they will have a list of supplies that you can donate that will help them they really do appriciate it and it is a great feeling to help them out. oh and volinteering is also a great thing to do as well they need so much help and support!! ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 2:05 AM |
sorry here is the updated pics...i had the wrong link before
http://www.babycrowd
.com/jr/online/randi02/photoalb/
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| Name: Randi | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 2:10 AM |
| Not all ridgebacks are born with the ridge. it is even more common in crosses to not have it. He is a solid red colour now (no more black and tan) and has the wrinkles on his face. The yellow lab comes from the fact that the rest of the litter looked just like yellow labs. We are just going on what our vet has told us she figures his breed is and he looks just like the pictures we have seen. He also has many of the characteristics we learned are common of ridgebacks, after we started doing research. He is definatley stubborn, has food agression and is very sensitive to any raised voices...he will cry and pout. Our other dog is a shepherd lab and you could hit her in the face with a bag of bricks and her feelings would not be hurt! I guess it doesn't matter what he is. We love him anway! ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 2:28 AM |
| No matter what he is, he sure looks like a sweetie! Good luck with him. ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 2:44 AM |
| Thanks! I sure love him! ↑ |
| Name: WhatsUpWithHiddy? | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 7:12 PM |
| i agree with you lindalu. rescuing is usually the best way to go. ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Oct 16th, 2006 8:51 PM |
| My Doberman was adopted he is wonderfull! You really can find some great dogs in the shelters. Many have training already and others are so easy to train, with basic training they can make nice obediant family pets. The animals I feel most for are the cats, there are so many of every age. Most will not be adopted and if they are unlucky enough to end up in a kill shelter they really wont have a chance. ↑ |
| Name: antoine | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 9:06 PM |
| i would like to adopt one but they spay them ! i feel they are trying to kill all pitbull breed so them want be no more ↑ |
| Name: Randi02 | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 9:08 PM |
| They spay most rescue animals regardless of breed. It's to control the pet overpopulation problem. ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 9:31 PM |
| Personally I would much rather have a spay or neutered dog, they make for better pets and training is much easier. ↑ |
| Name: LadyB | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 9:44 PM |
All of my pets are rescues...1 from a shelter, 1 from an unwanted litter (both of these are cats) and my pit is a rescue from an unplanned litter of a bad owner.
And, if nothing else, go to a reputable breeder. Seriously, pet store dogs are bad news most of the time. Many of them have health issues.
But, not all pet stores buy from mills, either. I will say that the majority do, but not all. ↑ |
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