Sentences with phrase «adopt older shelter»

Iaquinto plans to start two voucher programs: One giving the poor the ability to have their pets spayed and neutered, and the other, which will enable people to adopt older shelter pets who often are left behind in favor of puppies and kittens.

«I would recommend adopting an older shelter animal to anyone - they need homes, too.»

Please consider adopting an older shelter cat.

Not exact matches

The student decides to conduct research on the problem and presents a plan to update the shelter's website to feature weekly profiles of the dogs along with incentives, which include free shots and supplies when you adopt an older dog.

I incorporated the CPSP steps into an existing research project that involves the students attempting to assist older dogs at the local animal shelter in getting adopted.

It's not just young pets that are shaking up the cyberworld — meet Marnie, the 16 - year - old Shih Tzu that was adopted from a shelter at 10 years of age.

Stevie Wonder, a 6 - month - old German shepherd mix, was adopted by Isotopes pitcher John Ely, who met the pup when the team volunteered at Watermelon Mountain Ranch, an animal shelter in Rio Rancho, N.M..

She's a two year old mix that I just recently adopted from a shelter.

The program, sponsored by Ralston Purina Co., enables senior citizens, age 60 or older, to adopt a dog or cat from the shelter for free.

Tiger is a four - month - old Chow Chow mix adopted from the local animal shelter.

Animal shelters often rely on foster parents to take care of young kittens until they are old enough to be adopted.

We adopted Baylee from the animal shelter when she was about 2 months old.

I adopted a dog from a shelter at 9 weeks old.

Two - year - old Daisy was adopted from the Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin, Illinois, and today, thanks to Pathway To Living's signature See Spot Retire program, she calls the Victory Centre of Bartlett «home.»

Around 4 years old, Tahoe was adopted from the local kill shelter and returned the next day.

FILE - In this Dec. 18 photo provided by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ASPCA, shows Melissa Morgan, a kennel attendant and adoption counselor holding Josie, a terrier / poodle mix, about 4 - 5 years old arriving at St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison, N.J. Josie was one of the last of 45 Tennessee dogs to be adopted, after the dogs were rounded up at overcrowded shelters in Tennessee and brought to St. Hubert's, which had enough open kennels for all the dogs.

I adopted two dogs from shelters when they were about a year old, and had them till they passed away at 13 and 14 years old.

She adopted all three from the Aiken County Animal Shelter (ACAS), including Boots, a young, scrawny black cat; Footie, an 11 - year - old, chunky Tuxedo cat; and Nutmeg, a six - month - old, blind Siamese kitten.

We adopted a 5 year old Norfolk or Norwich Terrier Mix 2 weeks ago who is barely 5 lbs and refuses to eat the Science Diet the shelter gave or any of the prescription i / d, a / d diets the vet suggested.

She is a 13 months old, has all of her vaccinations (including parvo, lepto, and the rest of the usual suspects) as of 6 weeks ago, and was adopted from a rescue shelter at 10.5 months so her previous medical history is unreliable.

Without help, she could end up in a shelter, where it is often hard for older pets to get adopted.

The WCGHS has a Senior Cat Adoption Initiative program, that allows the shelter to provide a decreased adoption fee for adopters 65 and older when they choose to adopt a senior cat.

Once they're old enough to be sterilized and adopted, the kittens may come into the shelter for adoption, though «some people fall in love and either find them a home or end up keeping [them],» says anti-cruelty investigator Adrian Diaz, adding that either way, they're still provided with free vaccines and sterilization.

A small, stray dog adopted from the Aiken County Animal Shelter is making a huge difference in 20 - year - old Max Conger's life.

Rescue by the ASPCA from a hoarding situation, Cinderella, now about 4 years old, went on to be lodged in a New York City shelter before being adopted by a New York City resident.

Central Florida — The search for a permanent home for Maxwell Smart, an 11 - month - old Catahoula leopard dog who survived an animal - shelter fire this year, ended Thursday when a couple offered to adopt the dog.

At Christmas 2011 we adopted Henry, who was 10, from a high kill shelter as Jenny had died the previous October at 16 + and who had been with us since she was 4 months old.

Tommy was rescued from a crowded shelter as a young puppy and was adopted from us in March of 2017 at 4 months old.

July 1, 2016, I adopted a 4 month old Rottsky pup from a local animal shelter.

If a newly adopted puppy is returned because it was too much for the small children in the household (jumping, chewing, etc), then the shelter can find a home with older children only.

But there are at least as many dogs and cats at the shelter who are more than a year old - animals who were obtained by people who didn't think through the responsibilities of pet ownership before they adopted the animal.

Originally adopted from an LA city shelter years ago (note the old ID number) Daz was again impounded on 10/2/2010 as an abuse case.

Unfortunately, Martin's work schedule did not allow him to make it down to the shelter that day, and his daughter feared she might lose the opportunity to adopt the eight - year old feline.

Adopting a pet from a shelter, particularly an older pet, adds to that sense of fulfillment.

During kitten season (running from late spring through the summer), the Mackenzies and volunteers like them help the shelter by taking the tiny kittens into their homes until they are old enough to get adopted out.

I adopted Echo from the Mendocino Coast [California] Humane Society when he was 5 months old and immediately began taking him to the shelter's drop - in obedience class.

We got Hollie our Bassador from a shelter 9 years ago when she was 8 months old & I would adopt another.

Kito is a 3 year old, neutered male, brown smooth - coated Chihuahua / Dachshund mix who was adopted several years ago from the shelter, but on January 9, 2014, was returned by his owner because they were moving.

Goji had been spayed at two months old because she was a kitten adopted from a shelter.

One of the few shelter pit bulls to survive is Sassy, a 1 1/2 - year - old pit bull that was adopted by Hank Verhovec, director of the West Volusia shelter.

I recently returned to the shelter where I previously adopted 2 of my cats and the end of July 2010 was fortunate to have the opportunity to adopt 2 precious little kittens who will both be 6 months old very soon.

My 10 year old female lab / chow mix (shelter adopted at age 2) starts whimpering pretty much whenever she's kept in a restricted area.

Others choose to adopt an older cat from the shelter.

«The Vet Pets program places them in view of the public at about five weeks old, so it not only takes them out of the shelter and decreases our euthanasia rate, but it also gets them adopted more quickly once they do reach eight weeks.»

Dusty, a 3 - year - old shepherd mix, was among more than 300 dogs and 200 cats looking for homes through the SPCA or Orange County Animal Services during the annual Adopt - A-Thon to encourage people to consider shelter pets.

If, like us, you adopt older pets from shelters or rescues, they come with one or two health issues, and you need to be prepared to take care of those health issues.

I encourage every prospective dog owner to adopt a dog who is 1 + years old from their local animal shelter or rescue group.

Older cats are less likely to be adopted and run the risk of living out their lives in a shelter or foster home, or even being euthanized if they don't get a home.

In memory of Misty who at 2 12 years old was adopted from a shelter in Michigan 2 days before she was to be given up on because they had her too long.

And for every story of a successfully socialized adult feral cat, we hear 20 stories that went a different way: a feral cat who is miserable and unmanageable after being brought inside; a caregiver who adopted out a community cat she thought was friendly enough, only to hear that the adopters brought him to a shelter because he wasn't a good pet; a well - meaning rescuer who doesn't know what to do with the cats he brought indoors at three - months - old and was never able to socialize.