Dog Shelter

Please listen to this short video about my experiences working in dog shelters. When 5 million dogs, cats, and rabbits are euthanized every year in pounds, it just seems so wrong to support puppy stores - especially knowing they buy from cruel, overcrowded puppy mills!

Adopt a dog or cat! Thank you.

http://www.PetFinder.com

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• dog
• cat
• shelter
• pound
• euthanize

[124yuppers]

What shelter are you volunteering at? Have you heard of Pawsh Puppies? They opened a store in a mall in my neighborhood, but they always insist the puppies arn't from puppy mills. Do you know anything about Lamb's farm? My neighbors got their dogs their.

The dogs are also often sick at those stores. My parents bought their first dog from a pet store, the poor dog has epilepsy and died at six :(

[peepchick101]

@124yuppers Yeah, actually we're doing weekly protests at Pawsh Puppies. The owners are not fans of ours to say the least :P Lambs Farm gets their puppies from Amish puppy mills.. I looked into it, as we used to go there a lot to look at the animals. They always seemed sickly, not surprisingly :/

[wigglelikeaworm]

My family and have adopted 2 cats and rcently 2 rabbits from our local spca :) we lovethem to bits . Next week i'm starting my volenteer work there ! It's true, adopting makes a huge difference .

[peepchick101]

@wigglelikeaworm

Awesome to hear :) Thank you for not only saving the lives of four beautiful animals - your cats and rabbits - but also deciding to volunteer to continue this amazing work! I hope it goes well for you and I'm sure it will be very rewarding.

[Annnabef9]

My Mom has allergies and we were able to find a hypo-alegentic dog at a shelther near us :)

[124yuppers]

@peepchick101 Yeah, I heard they sued the people protesting outside our mall. Something about slander... I'm not suprised about Lamb's farm, my neighbor's dog blew a disk in his back, he needed major surgery and weeks in physical therapy :( but he's doing alot better now! I'll let my neighboors know, in case they are planning on getting another dog.

[OrcaDefender14]

I got my cat from an animal sanctury :)

[FreedomForOrcas]

@marcluc1988 - Adding on to the German Shepherd bit though, being within the dog club for a few years, I never noticed how strict their rules were about displaying dogs. It's all a very self-important atmosphere. Long haired dogs aren't allowed to be put on show. The more preferred type of Shepherd is the one whose back is more sloping for the look, which results in back and hip problems also. The whole thing is just pathetic.

[FreedomForOrcas]

@marcluc1988 - Yeah I agree.. my parents got our dog and she was purebred. I was very young at the time and didn't realise this kind of thing is bad, but our dog is still very valuable. I've been trying to convince my parents to adopt but they refuse.

I know that Beagles are prone to hip problems, pugs to breathing problems (all due to selective breeding to achieve "desirable" features..).

Oh really? That's a bit of a shame though. Dogs are wonderful animals.

[marcluc1988]

@FreedomForOrcas On a different topic, my mum now refuses to have another dog because she finds it too upsetting when they die.

[marcluc1988]

@FreedomForOrcas Okay. I can accept that some people may prefer a dog with certain qualities so you have a good point. E.g. an elderly lady couldn't 'cope' with a large dog etc. but pure bred dogs are more likely to have congenital disorders due to inbreeding (brothers & sisters breeding together is not uncommon).

It's not a perfect world but my family have had 3 dogs, all of which came from a shelter and 'cross-bred' and all three became 'a member of the family'.

[FreedomForOrcas]

@marcluc1988 - Not to support pure breeding or anything but specific breeds actually have specific traits... for example, smaller breeds are more likely to bark/yap all the time, are prone to more aggression (not sure why). Larger breeds require a lot of exercise, so I guess it depends, if you would like to have a dog in your life, it's best to get one that would better suit your lifestyle. I know my parents wanted a German Shepherd and she ended up being the best dog we could have gotten.