Where do you get your pets from?

Question

If you viewed the video at: http://www.mypetnanny.info/PD/index.htm

If you realized that each year, in this country alone, millions of healthy, adoptable cats and dogs are killed because there are not enough homes for them all. Read the article on The Crisis of Pet Overpopulation. Too many companion animals competing for too few good homes is the most obvious consequence of uncontrolled breeding. Living creatures have become throwaway items to be cuddled when cute and abandoned when inconvenient.
You can help solve the crisis of pet overpopulation by spaying and neutering your pets. Did you know that one female dog and her offspring can give birth to 67,000 puppies. In seven years, one cat and her young can produce 420,000 kittens.


With that knowledge, would you change your mind?

25% of the animals that enter shelters are purebreds. There are many puppys and kittens that enter the animal shelters every year.

At some shelters you can ask them if they get a certain breed to give you a call.

There are many specific breed rescue groups and animals shelters that need all the help they can get.

Top 10 reasons why people give up their pets: http://www.petrescue.com/library/relinquish-pets.htm

Important to do your research before you get any pet!! Make sure that it is the right kind of pet for you.

These are beautiful answers you guys have given. Thank you

To Twisty196: Yes, that is one of the downfalls of country living. I sometimes wonder if some of those pets are the missing pets taken from their families. There are free/low cost spay/neuter clinics. http://www.mypetnanny.info/Link_Pages/Lost_Found.htm

See if you can find a rescue group in your area: http://www.mypetnanny.info/PD/index.htm

For pet store buyers: Do you know where that puppy in the window came from?
http://www.mypetnanny.info/PD/Laws/Laws.htm
Click on Pet Store/Puppy mill

View this petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/621738786
Read what people are writing; about their experiences and knowledge.

Many shelters/rescue groups across the country are overcrowed. North Carolina and other states still uses gas chambers. Look a petition for NC: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeactio...


Petland:
http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/petland/campaign.html

Answer 1

Animal shelters. They are animals that have been given up as trash by someone else, through no fault of their own. I have 2 dogs and 2 cats. all from different shelters. When you apply for adoption around here, they check out your application, make sure you do not have a record for animal abuse,etc. The animal also is spayed or neutered BEFORE they let you leave with it. They are not pure bred, but what does that matter? I want a pet to love not show off.

Answer 2

When my husband and I bought our house out in a rural part of our county a year ago, we took with us our one dog and three cats. Our elderly neighbor gave us his dog, so that made two. Last March, a pregnant stray took up at our house. Not long after she arrived, another stray appeared making the total of dogs four. The last one ended up getting ran over and killed. The pregnant one had four puppies, making the total seven. One of the puppies disappeared, we gave our neighbor one plus he took back the older dog he had given us because we had so many. During all of this, another stray appeared. As it stands today we have five dogs, three are females. We have had them spade. We are not wealthy people. We have two children to provide for, so animal healthcare at our house only consists of rabies vaccinations and spaying of the females, which is on average around $200.00 where we live. This is a lot of money to us. It would be easier to take them out back and shoot them but we don't have the heart to. Where we live makes it easy for idiots to throw off their unwanted animals for someone else to deal with. I am not an animal activist, but I don't agree with cruelty to animals either, but it is too expensive for most people to have them spayed. I understand that veterinarians have to make a living, but it should be mandatory for there to be someplace to take stray animals for spaying or euthanization at no cost or at lower cost.

Sorry to stray from the question, but over the course of time, when my children wanted a pet, we always go to the local vet to get our pets. They always have strays there. I don't see the need to buy pets when there are so many needing a home. But like I said, where we live we would be glad for anyone to take one or more of our collection of dogs. I'm sure now we will never have the need to go to the vet or an animal shelter to find a pet since we get regular stray donations.

Answer 3

with that knowledge would I change my mind from what????

my dos was found wandering / running in blind panic down a road with some injuries and severe lack of food and water.........took her in to at least NOT see her body after being hit by a car and take her to the shelter asap....that was almost two years ago and had no intention of actually getting a dog let alone keeping this one BUT found that the local shelter at that time had a kill policy and knew this dog was more than worth being kept safe and sound with as much love and care as we could give her............she was already spayed but since then had her chipped and numerous vet bills to get her back to full health

regards

Answer 4

I completely agree with you. I wasnt aware of those figures, they are truly disturbing. I think that now people have been made aware of these figures they will (hopefully) heed your advice and spay/neuter their cats and dogs. Its beyond tragic that so many beautiful and loving animals are put down every year. So thank you for highlighting this. If only everybody were as intelligent and big hearted as you are.

Answer 5

Mine have all come from the shelter or were just strays that we picked up here and there. ALL spayed and neutered and I agree 100%.

Answer 6

I have only adopted one cat in my life and I got her from The Bangor Humane Society.I worry about the pet over population too.My cat is spayed.

Answer 7

you are so right! too many pounds and hymane societys are bad reputations that keep people away from them. my dog, for example was about to be killed when we rescued him. now 3 years later, it is very clear that he would never hurt a soul, and we constantly get compliments anout what a beautiful bred he os even though he is a mutt. please, please save these poor animals from dying even if you can only save one animal, you are making a trumendous difference in the lives of that animal.

Answer 8

I already adopt my animals from shelters and pounds so it wouldn't change anything for me.