tigerlily46514
Honored Member
The title probably made you think i don't think humans should live with dogs. Nope, just the opposite, i think almost all humans should live with a dog, THE BENEFITS ARE ENDLESS!!!. You will smile more, laugh more, walk more, be outdoors more, relax more, excercize more, care more, and receive unconditional love, each and every day. That is just off the top of my head, the list of the benefits could fill this whole website..
I would even go so far as to say, our new dog has even improved our family bonds. We bond up over our mutual love of this dog. My family now just laffs even more together, much more to joke around about with Buddy there.
But, i want to illuminate a crisis in america that is killing 17,000 dogs every day, .....and hope that not one of you buys a dog. ADOPT a dog, off Petfinder.com instead.
We have a dog overpopulation CRISIS in the USA, (and most other countries as well, by the way). SIX MILLION DOGS ARE PUT TO DEATH EACH YEAR because no one wanted them.
If you buy a dog, you will be supporting a puppy mill or a breeder (the average humans cannot tell the difference between the two anyway) with your wallet. Thi$ is exactly what keeps them in business, cranking out litter after litter of dogs. Each dog they ‘create’ can--- within even a few years--- reproduce and reproduce, adding 1000s of more dogs to the earth that will probably end up being killed for the crime of not having a human to love it.
The dogs who are being bred and bred... and then $old, to $upport some human$,----- sort of compete with the perfectly wonderful dogs who are homeless,----- for the available humans.....
TOP REASONS WHY FOLKS “BUY” DOGS:
“I want a purebred.” Fine, go to Petfinders. Over 40% of the dogs there are purebred. Sign up for email alerts for when the breed/age/size/gender dog you want comes to your zip code.
“I want to ‘know what I am getting’ so I will buy my dog from a breeder, I can see it’s parents then.”
This reason totally cracks me up, as if anyone can “know” what they are getting when they take home ANY puppy!! Like humans, dogs can create puppies much unlike themselves. Ha ha, do ask around, some hilarious stories out there!!
“I want to know it will be healthy.”
Very very few breeders, less than 5%, even screen for health problems, and many AKC registered dogs are bred from father/daughter matings, (unbelievably, the AKC has no issue with that!?) which totally Increases your chances of health problems in your dog.
Your chances of getting a dog with health problems is higher if you buy your dog.
A mixed breed dog is SO much healthier, if it is longetivity and a life free of health problems that you want, get a mixed breed, not a purebred from a puppy mill!!
Looking at the dog’s parents is not reliable indicator of your puppy’s future personality, either. A dog’s personality cannot be known until it is an adult. Some problems do not present until the dog is a lil older.
IF YOU REEEALLY WANT TO/NEED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF DOG YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE HOME---adopt an ADULT dog from Petfinders!!
You can have the dog temperament tested, many breed clubs and rescue organizations will help you determine the dog’s personality type, if that shelter does not have personnel trained to temp test.
If you adopt a dog on Petfinders that is currently living with a foster family( this mean the dog is in a “rescue” home as opposed to a dog pound/shelter,) well, that foster family can tell you ALL ABOUT the dog you are getting!! EVERY little thing!! What he likes, doesn’t like, what he is afraid of, if anything, how much excercize he needs every day, is he laid back? or hyper?, etc etc, and how he gets on with cats?…kids?…other dogs?…does he shed much, does he bark much?, whatever you wanna know—they can tell you!!!
For those of you wanting a NO-mystery dog, ADOPTING A DOG FROM A RESCUE IS THE WAY TO GO FOR YOU!!!!!
“I want a puppy, I want to be the dog’s first human! I want to raise it from scratch.”
Fine, go to Petfinder.com, there are tons of puppies.
If one has long list of must-haves, they may need to sign up for email alerts for their dream dog to appear. But, it is often faster than buying their dream dog from a puppy mill, whose next litter might not be available for a while.
“I don’t want to adopt an adult dog, cuz he won’t latch onto me the way a puppy would.”
This is complete horse poppy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, an adult dog will be a lil reserved initially, so he will put on his very best subdued behavior as he is unsure what the rules are, and if you are trustable. BUT, once he has sized you all up, he blooms before your very eyes. He will indeed love you more than you love your own self, more than he loves his own life, if you just give him a chance.
When one adopts an adult dog, you miss out on the destructive chewing stage, the ruin-your-carpet house training stage, the biting/nipping stage, the can't be home alone-for-long stage,and all the other stages of raising a puppy that may not fit into your life…..you can take home a well known dog that can fit into your lifestyle, and how great and warm you feel from doing the right thing is undescribable.
Do consider rescuing a dog from Petfinder.com, either from the dogs living with foster families, or, from the dogs at the shelters(dog pounds)
!!!!!!!!!Discourage anyone and EVERYONE YOU KNOW from “buying” any dog, encourage them to look over the dogs on Petfinder.com.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
There just isn’t any reason to $upport a puppy mill from contributing to the 17,000 dogs being put down each and every day because no one gave them a chance.
Dogs from dog pounds cost about $50 to $75 on average, some pounds require more. Some are free, the pound/shelter is just trying to get them a chance to live and will waive the donation to help that unwanted dog get a home. Still, I would donate to that shelter anyway.
The dogs in rescue/foster families often cost about $200. There is zero profit involved here, the fosters and the rescue organization do NOT even break even, when one subtracts the vet bills, the medicines, the food, etc etc., but, they ask this fee to help them keep their mission going.
Now, put in your zip code right HERE:, http://www.petfinder.com/index.html
or here: http://www.pets911.com/ AND FIND YOUR NEXT BEST FRIEND!!
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I would even go so far as to say, our new dog has even improved our family bonds. We bond up over our mutual love of this dog. My family now just laffs even more together, much more to joke around about with Buddy there.
But, i want to illuminate a crisis in america that is killing 17,000 dogs every day, .....and hope that not one of you buys a dog. ADOPT a dog, off Petfinder.com instead.
We have a dog overpopulation CRISIS in the USA, (and most other countries as well, by the way). SIX MILLION DOGS ARE PUT TO DEATH EACH YEAR because no one wanted them.
If you buy a dog, you will be supporting a puppy mill or a breeder (the average humans cannot tell the difference between the two anyway) with your wallet. Thi$ is exactly what keeps them in business, cranking out litter after litter of dogs. Each dog they ‘create’ can--- within even a few years--- reproduce and reproduce, adding 1000s of more dogs to the earth that will probably end up being killed for the crime of not having a human to love it.
The dogs who are being bred and bred... and then $old, to $upport some human$,----- sort of compete with the perfectly wonderful dogs who are homeless,----- for the available humans.....
. Each dog who is "bought" is probably one less dog that makes it
off death row.
off death row.

TOP REASONS WHY FOLKS “BUY” DOGS:
“I want a purebred.” Fine, go to Petfinders. Over 40% of the dogs there are purebred. Sign up for email alerts for when the breed/age/size/gender dog you want comes to your zip code.
“I want to ‘know what I am getting’ so I will buy my dog from a breeder, I can see it’s parents then.”

This reason totally cracks me up, as if anyone can “know” what they are getting when they take home ANY puppy!! Like humans, dogs can create puppies much unlike themselves. Ha ha, do ask around, some hilarious stories out there!!
“I want to know it will be healthy.”
Very very few breeders, less than 5%, even screen for health problems, and many AKC registered dogs are bred from father/daughter matings, (unbelievably, the AKC has no issue with that!?) which totally Increases your chances of health problems in your dog.
Your chances of getting a dog with health problems is higher if you buy your dog.
A mixed breed dog is SO much healthier, if it is longetivity and a life free of health problems that you want, get a mixed breed, not a purebred from a puppy mill!!

Looking at the dog’s parents is not reliable indicator of your puppy’s future personality, either. A dog’s personality cannot be known until it is an adult. Some problems do not present until the dog is a lil older.
IF YOU REEEALLY WANT TO/NEED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF DOG YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE HOME---adopt an ADULT dog from Petfinders!!
You can have the dog temperament tested, many breed clubs and rescue organizations will help you determine the dog’s personality type, if that shelter does not have personnel trained to temp test.
If you adopt a dog on Petfinders that is currently living with a foster family( this mean the dog is in a “rescue” home as opposed to a dog pound/shelter,) well, that foster family can tell you ALL ABOUT the dog you are getting!! EVERY little thing!! What he likes, doesn’t like, what he is afraid of, if anything, how much excercize he needs every day, is he laid back? or hyper?, etc etc, and how he gets on with cats?…kids?…other dogs?…does he shed much, does he bark much?, whatever you wanna know—they can tell you!!!
For those of you wanting a NO-mystery dog, ADOPTING A DOG FROM A RESCUE IS THE WAY TO GO FOR YOU!!!!!
“I want a puppy, I want to be the dog’s first human! I want to raise it from scratch.”

Fine, go to Petfinder.com, there are tons of puppies.
If one has long list of must-haves, they may need to sign up for email alerts for their dream dog to appear. But, it is often faster than buying their dream dog from a puppy mill, whose next litter might not be available for a while.
“I don’t want to adopt an adult dog, cuz he won’t latch onto me the way a puppy would.”

This is complete horse poppy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, an adult dog will be a lil reserved initially, so he will put on his very best subdued behavior as he is unsure what the rules are, and if you are trustable. BUT, once he has sized you all up, he blooms before your very eyes. He will indeed love you more than you love your own self, more than he loves his own life, if you just give him a chance.
When one adopts an adult dog, you miss out on the destructive chewing stage, the ruin-your-carpet house training stage, the biting/nipping stage, the can't be home alone-for-long stage,and all the other stages of raising a puppy that may not fit into your life…..you can take home a well known dog that can fit into your lifestyle, and how great and warm you feel from doing the right thing is undescribable.
Do consider rescuing a dog from Petfinder.com, either from the dogs living with foster families, or, from the dogs at the shelters(dog pounds)
!!!!!!!!!Discourage anyone and EVERYONE YOU KNOW from “buying” any dog, encourage them to look over the dogs on Petfinder.com.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

There just isn’t any reason to $upport a puppy mill from contributing to the 17,000 dogs being put down each and every day because no one gave them a chance.
Dogs from dog pounds cost about $50 to $75 on average, some pounds require more. Some are free, the pound/shelter is just trying to get them a chance to live and will waive the donation to help that unwanted dog get a home. Still, I would donate to that shelter anyway.
The dogs in rescue/foster families often cost about $200. There is zero profit involved here, the fosters and the rescue organization do NOT even break even, when one subtracts the vet bills, the medicines, the food, etc etc., but, they ask this fee to help them keep their mission going.
Now, put in your zip code right HERE:, http://www.petfinder.com/index.html
or here: http://www.pets911.com/ AND FIND YOUR NEXT BEST FRIEND!!
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