The Animal Shelters Are Full...

[Zee09]

The economy, the cost of vet bills etc. If you're looking for a pet, now is the time to save a pet.

I see so many beautiful dogs available. It's a shame.

 

[Passport1]

Agree. My daughter desperately wants a dog and I am a dog lover. However I inherited my brother's cat and she is completely incompatible with other furry friends. She is elderly and when she shuffles off this mortal coil I will rescute a needy pooch.

 

[Zee09]

I'm 3000 miles away but this poor guy is 4 years old and beautiful. He has been at the shelter for 1 year because he is depressed because he was removed from another dog and his family. He doesn't sell himself well in this state.
This is a picture of my TV but you can see.

 

[D1sc]

We are dogless for 6 months but are going on vacation so we’re waiting until we get back. It’s painful for my wife because she looks at the availabile JRTs in our area every night.I’m staying neutral,its so quiet.

 

[walterjay]

My sister had to put down her adopted dog today.

 

[JGmazda]

Sad... And very true. We have four rescue pets at home. In fact, all of my animals have been rescues. It's equally sad to see "Designer Dogs" being advertised where I live... (Doodles etc.) People with major money and seeing them choosing to NOT rescue makes me sad. Soooooo many abandoned animals....

 

[Zee09]

Rescues make the best pets. My avatar was a rescue and a phenomenal dog. She passed about 4 years ago

 

[Danno]

I'm 3000 miles away but this poor guy is 4 years old and beautiful. He has been at the shelter for 1 year because he is depressed because he was removed from another dog and his family. He doesn't sell himself well in this state.
This is a picture of my TV but you can see.

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Its hard to watch Rocky's channel at times.

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

Wish I had more space. Good point about the vet bills. They are insane these days. Low cost clinics I bet would help the problem. We had to pay $300 for an ear infection. Medicine probably costs $20. It's getting as bad as human treatments

 

[k1xv]

My present cats were adopted from a shelter as a "bonded pair", meaning they grew up and lived together in a household and both had to be given up at the same time. It is clear that they are the best of companions, and their adjustment to their new home (my home) was near instantaneous and they are confident alone and when visitors they have never seen before come to visit.

Consider a bonded pair when you seek to adopt.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Wish I hadn't read the Title to this thread.
Very Sad Indeed.

 

[Cheetah-kins]

Sad... And very true. We have four rescue pets at home. In fact, all of my animals have been rescues. It's equally sad to see "Designer Dogs" being advertised where I live... (Doodles etc.) People with major money and seeing them choosing to NOT rescue makes me SICK. Soooooo many abandoned animals....

There, fixed it for you. we've always had rescue animals and and it disgusts me so many die so people can buy doodles and other trendy animals. It's humans at their worst.

 

[Hermann]

Wish I had more space. Good point about the vet bills. They are insane these days. Low cost clinics I bet would help the problem. We had to pay $300 for an ear infection. Medicine probably costs $20. It's getting as bad as human treatments

 

[spasm3]

Wish I had more space. Good point about the vet bills. They are insane these days. Low cost clinics I bet would help the problem. We had to pay $300 for an ear infection. Medicine probably costs $20. It's getting as bad as human treatments

I think vets are worth more. Human physicians only have to learn one set of body systems. Vets have to know every system of lizards, to fish, to farm animals , to dogs, to hamsters etc.

I've heard that if you cant make it as a vet, you become a physician ( just kidding).

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Wish I had more space. Good point about the vet bills. They are insane these days. Low cost clinics I bet would help the problem. We had to pay $300 for an ear infection. Medicine probably costs $20. It's getting as bad as human treatments

An animal hospital wanted to charge us $2.4k for a CT scan on our cat.

 

[Danno]

Its hard to watch Rocky's channel at times.

From the YouTube comments, looks like he was adopted.

 

[AZjeff]

Danno beat me to it by 2 minutes.

 

[D60]

Never understood pure breds. As I recall English royalty tried that....kids wound up with six toes and worse.

Not that there's not pure breds who need rescue, too.

I volunteer for a wolf/wolf-dog refuge and some of the abuse we see is unspeakable.

A big part of our message is that if you want a canine in your life, please go to your local shelter and adopt. Try vet bills for ~53 animals. That said, our vet is amazing in her skill and she lets us float a balance. Credit allows flexibility, fortunately, and kind donors allow us to provide excellent lives and health to animals that would otherwise be dead.

ANYWAY.....yeah, go adopt at your local shelter

 

[daves87rs]

My 14 year old is still doing ok, but not sure how she would do with other dogs right now.

I think many folks are struggling with the costs more than anything…….

 

[4WD]

Lots of sanctimonious remarks in this thread …