Walking past the lines of crates waiting to find the perfect dog for you or your family. In that time you probably past a lot of dog’s. Of those dogs about 60% were over the age of seven or a senior and weren’t even considered the right fit for you. The main problem is that people judge why the dogs are in shelters and jump to conclusions. People mainly think that the dogs were troubled or sick so they came in. Dogs usually come in as strays or from a family issue. In my opinion people looking to adopt a dog should seriously consider taking in a senior because they think he/she won’t be as energetic and loving as a puppy. Really, as dogs age, they grow a longer attention span, making it easier to teach them new things or for them to learn their surroundings.
The majority of the dogs in a shelter all want the same thing-a loving family. When you adopt a senior, you’re not just giving that dog a loving home but two other important things, you’re also saving a life from being euthanized. Most importantly, you’re letting it live
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out it’s life to the fullest with the time it has left. Dogs at shelters are sometimes euthanized just for room, and the older ones are more likely to be killed. Dogs who have had a loving family know the values of being loved and cared for, and they’ll sometimes be more affectionate towards you. Getting a dog that is older can put you at a benefit because they are already house trained and also don’t need constant attention. Every dog in a shelter has to wait before they can get adopted by their perfect match and for some it’s a lot longer just because there older. Most people are quick to adopting puppies because they want to be able to play fetch with them, play tug-a-war, and have a life long companion. People think a dog has to be young to have that, but they don’t think about everything. People overlook dogs over the age of seven putting seniors at a euthanasia rate. Senior dogs wait five times as long as a dogs under the age of five to be adopted, just because of their age. 80% of all dogs euthanized in shelters are healthy or treatable and of those euthanized 53% are seniors which could of been adopted if the right person just even considered them. Why should you not adopt a senior dog?
Others say that with adopting a older dog that there are going to be more medical bills and costs. Every now and then a dog will need a supplement/pill for their health and people worry that he/she is going to need more of a constant monitoring on their health. Dogs can be more prone to getting arthritis if they were really active as a puppies- causing pain and or weakness in there joints. A few ways you can stop a senior dog from draining your bank account, and let you save money, if those cost come up you should get pet insurance. With pet insurance instead of putting the entire cost of the vet bill on your shoulders pay a copay for that visit, check up or even bigger costs like surgery instead of paying the full amount. The only thing you will have to do is pay a copay for when you visit and a monthly payment usually ranging from ten to 98 dollars, depending on which plan and company you
choose. In my opinion people looking to adopt a dog should seriously consider taking in a senior because they think they won’t be as energetic and loving as a puppy. Really, as dogs age, they grow a longer attention span making it easier to teach them new things or for them to learn their surroundings. People should adopt senior for these main reasons. When you adopt a senior you giving that dog a loving home and saving its life from being euthanized. Seniors are already house trained and know the value of being loved. Most importantly, your letting them live out the time they have left as he/she gets older to live out their life to the max capacity instead of in a crate just waiting. So if your looking to adopt or considering getting a dog then adopt a senior and make the biggest difference anyone could make in his/her life, give them a loving home for so many reasons.
The little girl and Mom saved the puppy from the Puppy Shop, right? Yes, they did save that ONE puppy, but they only added to the fuel of the Puppy mill industry. They could have adopted the same breed of puppy at a local animal shelter or rescue. In fact, the Humane Society estimated that each year, 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States, simply because too many pets come into shelters and too few people consider adoption when looking for a pet (2018). Making it very important to know that the number of euthanized animals could be reduced dramatically if more people adopted pets instead of buying
Year after year people buy puppies from big breeders. Have you ever wondered where that puppy grew up? What kind of conditions the puppy lived in? Most puppies that someone would buy from a pet store are raised in puppy mills. Puppy mills are well-known for their “inhumane conditions” and the endless breeding of “unhealthy and genetically defective” dogs only for income. People should adopt rather than buy from a pet store or breeder. By adopting from a shelter, one could give a dog a second chance at a happy life.
To show, from A Closer Look At Puppy Mills, “To maximize profits, female dogs are bred at every opportunity with little to no recovery time between litters. When they are physically depleted to the point that they no longer can reproduce, breeding females are often killed” (ASPCA 4). According to, Caesar Milian and Melissa Peltier, animal experts, “lifespan of the breeding dogs is often cut in half.” To add on, the animals are in pens and cages that are not large enough for them. ( What is a Puppy Mill? 6). In the mills the puppies are overcrowded in small spaces. Puppies need the room to exercise and have to room to be comfortable. Moreover, “ In some cases, their matting and confinement are so extreme that their fur actually grows into the cage, pinning the dog in one spot.” Dogs can’t live just sitting in one spot. They do not have room to lie down, exercise, eat, etc. If the dogs even try to move, they can pull their fur out or cause pain. As well, the puppies are removed from their mothers when they are only about 7 weeks old. Then, ten or more puppies are crammed in a small cage to be transported causing the puppies to be scared and have many illnesses or conditions caused by neglect and stress (Puppy Mills, Pet Shops, and the AKC Basic Facts 6). When the puppies are 7 weeks old, they should be with their mother and their littermates. The puppies are still learning at 7 weeks old and they miss out. When they go home with their owners they could end up being nippy or not socializing
Secondly, some people struggle with disabilities or severe mental illnesses and need a service dog because adults may draw attention away or even not focus on the problem at hand.
It can be a companion, an aide, or both. Pet dogs are loyal and make wonderful company, and an emotional support dog creates bountiful joy, but a service dog is much more. A service dog not only serves the same role as a pet, but creates a safer environment for its owner. Without the service dog it would be much harder for the owner to get around on a daily basis indecently. However service dogs and their owners are discriminated against because people are skeptical of the dog’s legitimacy, but instead the service dogs and their owners should be respected and treated as
Let me start with the fact that Mac is lonely. He whines all the time, you even say so yourself. Well, that is simply because, as www.dogbreed.info.com puts it, dogs are pack animals, meaning they have an instinct to live among a group. It is not natural for dogs to be alone and it can sometimes be hard for them to accept it. Yes, I’ve done my research. It would be such a help to animals if we adopted them. If we did this, we would also benefit. I have a list of the steps you need to take to complete an adoption at EDCR.
Ideally, pet supply would be equal to the demand for wanted pets. There may never be enough caring homes for all the pets as is evident by the fact that only about 25 percent of the pets in shelters are ever adopted. F...
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Call to Action: Challenge your audience to be a responsible pet consumer and not purchase dogs from pet stores or from the Internet. I encourage you to instead, adopt from their local animal shelter. At an animal shelter, you can find many amazing, healthy animals. If you do buy from a breeder, use extreme caution and ask to see the puppy’s parents. Also, please contact your congressional representative and encourage him or her to help pass the PUPS bill.
Countless lives locked away in cages and forgotten about have overwhelmed our society, it has left blood stains on our history as a species and if history has taught us anything, it’s that we have a choice to change our ways of adjusting to situations. A war which was fought in pursuit of ending such criminal means, yet we as human beings do little to nothing to end the horrific crimes of animal deaths in shelters. It is no secret that this world has become infused with problems that have extended from one side of the globe to the other. Amongst these problems lies a terrible truth: nearly every year, sums of almost eight million cats and dogs have been placed in shelters around the world. Out of these vast numbers, half will be euthanized; that equals to one animal being put down every 8 seconds. Animals that are not adopted are kept in shelters until they find a home. Most of these shelters do not have enough space or resources to care for the animal. Only 15% of dogs and 2% of cats that enter animal shelters are reunited with their owners. The majority of pets are obtained from acquaintances and family members. Twenty-six percent of dogs are purchased from breeders, 20 to 30 percent of cats and dogs are adopted from shelters and rescues, and 2 to 10 percent are purchased from pet shops. In addition, only 56% of dogs and 71% of cats that enter animal shelters are euthanized. The 10% of the animals received by shelters have been spayed or neutered, while 78 percent of dogs and 88 percent of cats are not spayed or neutered, in 2009 Statistics from animal shelters in 55 counties in WV (West Virginia) shows that nearly 54% of all animals entering shelters are euthanized, The euthanasia rates ranged from the lowest at 5% to the highe...
They say that a dog is a man’s best fried, but they don’t tell you about the overall cost, responsibility, or convenience about adopting one. Dogs are supposed to bring so much joy to a household, but sometimes they can only fill a void for a short amount of time. When a dog owner buys a dog, do they actually research the things that they are about to get in to? When I bought my dog, Skye, I never really looked into is issues; I just looked at the benefits. I love Skye to death, and I guess I could say that she also loves me to death. Even though someone rescuing a dog may think they are doing something great; they are causing an issue on how they will forever live their life.
America is a country where everyone is free to live however they like, but it is possible for some people to live a happy life, if no one is around to take care of them. Nearly three hundred million people reside in the America, and out of those three hundred million populations, senior citizens make a 12 percent of the entire population. A senior citizen is commonly known as a person who is over the age of 65 and living on retirement, or known as social security benefits (Census Bureau). Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt implied the act of Social Security in 1935, seniors are regularly provided a financial help, but seniors, along with financial help, seeks also accompany of someone who can look after them. Because of constantly growing needs of senior citizens, government as well as many non-profit organizations is working on helping seniors. Therefore I decided to research on this particular issue in my community, and I found that 64.5% of seniors are living alone in metropolitan area of Atlanta.
Dogs are wonderful creatures. They are loyal, dependable companions if given the opportunity. In recent years I have come to the opinion that we could learn something from these animals. We should also take a look at the manner in which they are being treated. Abandonment, irresponsible breeding, and neglect are only some of the ways that humans are failing the canine species.
I have seen so many great dogs and cats get adopted by so many people that I just don’t get why people buy them. What does that benefit? Nothing. I have rescued more than 13 dogs from the streets and never have I purchased one. It makes me sad and angry when I see people selling animals on the internet or in person because probably more than 50% of them do not even care about the poor animals, they just want to make money. And the fact that they do not even know who the animal is going with is worse, because the person who is taking the pet might be a bad person or someone who wins money from dog fighting, which is very common to this
This alone can run you into the hundreds if you don’t have pet insurance, especially when you own a pet from their birth. Now, be prepared for the costs that are incurred when your pet gets sick or hurt. Your German Shepherd may be just fine one day and then sick and not eating the next. Just walking into a vet will cost you for the visit, not to mention any tests, x-rays, overnight stays and prescription medication your dog might need for their illness. You’ll be looking at hundreds and even thousands in bills, and many vets need the cash upfront before they will provide