Now Is Not an Easy Time to Adopt a Dog

Robert59

Robert59

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Dog adoptions have been booming since 2020, as people dealt with the prospect of staying home for weeks, then months, on end amid the COVID-19 pandemic—and, as you might have noticed if you were one of the people who recently applied to adopt a rescue animal, getting your hands on a pup has not been particularly easy.

https://www.newser.com/story/308788...art&utm_medium=playwire&utm_campaign=longform
 

Another option is to let your veterinarian, or if you live in a city several of them know you are interested in adopting, people who neglect to spay/neuter pets often end up asking their vet if they know of potential adopters, especially if litter is mixed breed, even tho some people prefer 'mutts'. Also keep your ears open, if you overhear people talking in public about trying to find a home for an abandoned or 'dumped' pup speak up and ask to meet it. I found my beloved now deceased pittie, Jinx, that way. One the best, smartest and most loving dogs we ever had.
 

Sad thing is the people who gave up the dogs when they returned to work.

I have been giving it some thought, and think that after the holidays (I will be doing a lot of traveling) I would like to adopt a cat. I want to wait until I am home from travels before I do. To give us a good chance to bond. =^..^=
 
This is interesting, I would never have thought about it. Good for the stray dogs I guess.
feywon said:
Also keep your ears open, if you overhear people talking in public about trying to find a home for an abandoned or 'dumped' pup speak up and ask to meet it
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Good advice, that is the way we got our last 2 dogs. One was amongst a litter of puppies abandoned in the woods, a friend found them and managed to place them, we got one. The most recent dog was found on facebook, someone desperate to get rid of her, I think we got her the day before abandonment. Both turned into great dogs.
 
Other than for mandatory mask wearing (which ended here months ago) I've seen no evidence of a "pandemic" nor know of anyone who has died from Covid-19. Granted, I live in a town of around seven thousand, but very little has changed here since the beginning of this back in January, 2020.
 
Yes, we were looking for a new pup last winter and had a very hard time. Very few were available and most were not breeds we wanted, either really big or really tiny. I've had Shelties for decades but I could not see spending $2000 for a pup these days. So sad. So we got a ranch pup (mom works cattle), Border Collie / Australian Shepherd mix. He is nearly too much for us, always on the go, quite the handful in so many ways. Good thing we have a couple of acres for him to run.
 
Granny B. said:
Yes, we were looking for a new pup last winter and had a very hard time. Very few were available and most were not breeds we wanted, either really big or really tiny. I've had Shelties for decades but I could not see spending $2000 for a pup these days. So sad. So we got a ranch pup (mom works cattle), Border Collie / Australian Shepherd mix. He is nearly too much for us, always on the go, quite the handful in so many ways. Good thing we have a couple of acres for him to run.
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Haha! I would think so, I love those breeds but they want to be busy all the time, don't they? I'm glad you have a few acres. If we had lots of room I would have an Irish Setter or two.

The first time I heard someone say they were denied an animal for being too old (a cat!) I was shocked. I told her she should look around McDonalds late at night. When my last cat was still alive I fed her in the garage with the small door cracked. We had so many strays stop by for food I called it the 'Open all night Kitty Cafe."

Now my 80 year-old neighbor has told me she is too old to get a dog. I don't think I could live without one. When my dear Dachshund dies, my son will just have to buy me a dog and pretend it's for him.
 
Della said:
Haha! I would think so, I love those breeds but they want to be busy all the time, don't they? I'm glad you have a few acres. If we had lots of room I would have an Irish Setter or two.

The first time I heard someone say they were denied an animal for being too old (a cat!) I was shocked. I told her she should look around McDonalds late at night. When my last cat was still alive I fed her in the garage with the small door cracked. We had so many strays stop by for food I called it the 'Open all night Kitty Cafe."

Now my 80 year-old neighbor has told me she is too old to get a dog. I don't think I could live without one. When my dear Dachshund dies, my son will just have to buy me a dog and pretend it's for him.
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Yes we kind of knew what we were getting into with a mix like this, lol...well, but not to this extreme. I love herding breeds and that's what we had to choose from. As a dog groomer for a few years I did have some experience with these breeds, but never encountered one as rambunctious as this.

I, too, can never live without a dog for long. That's why when my last Sheltie died I waited as long as I could, figuring out my choices, before I just had to have another dog asap.

I hope your Dachshund has many years ahead. And sweet of you for your "Kitty Cafe."
 
Also we don't buy from from breeders. We adopt from shelters, private rescue groups or individuals. We've exactly 2 purebreds in my adult life: An elderly (11+) Irish Setter advertised 'free to good home' who had clearly been passed around a lot. Why i don't know cause she was a smart sweetie. Looked at death's door when they brought her to our house. My then 13 yr old boys were at school but 5yr girl was at home. As soon her previous people, whom she made no move to follow, got back in their car she started looking from me to my daughter. We told her she was part of our family now and she perked right up, grinning goofily. She lived another 2 yrs playful as a pup for much of it, good with our cats and the kids. Died peacefully in her favorite nap spot under a tree in back yard. i called her for meal and she didn't get up, and my heart sank but she was curled up like she always did to sleep.

Our other purebred was a gift to my daughter from the grandparents of her best friend when she was about 8 or 9. They had two elderly Pekinese who gave them an unexpected litter of 11 pups. Esther Rene got her pick, tho really Miss Meja picked us. She was runt of the litter but bold, walked right up to us when we went to side of playpen they had the pups in ...and we fell in love. Having grown up with hunting breeds i'd never really thought of small breeds as 'real dogs' but Meja was so smart. When my Dad was terminally ill and we went to care for him, he fell in love with her too. She had a relatively long life but died from kidney issues at about 14-15 yrs old. But at least taught me to appreciate smaller dogs. Tho i've had big breeds since.
 
We have a nice animal shelter in a nearby town, and we sometimes donate items we no longer use over there. Usually, there are several dogs running around in the outdoor pens. I took an item over there a couple of weeks ago, and I only saw 2 dogs. The lady working there said that they have takers for dogs as fast as they can get them....especially puppies.
 
Don M. said:
We have a nice animal shelter in a nearby town, and we sometimes donate items we no longer use over there. Usually, there are several dogs running around in the outdoor pens. I took an item over there a couple of weeks ago, and I only saw 2 dogs. The lady working there said that they have takers for dogs as fast as they can get them....especially puppies.
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Puppies and kittens always go fast but we've taken older ones over the years (in part so they wouldn't be euthanized just for being old) and all of them have been wonderful additions to our family.
 
All my life I
ve had dogs of one size or the other.

After we married hubby came in with a tiny Boston Terrier,,' can we keep him?'
That became the our dog of choice after that,, even bred Bostons back in the 80s.

Our 12 year old Boston died in Oct of 2020.
We started looking for another one at shelters , breeders.

Agree with several that the price for small dogs is outrageous.
We did buy a male Boston Terrier puppy this spring.

At age 79 what were we thinking?
He has lots of energy,,keeps me busy.
 
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