«Every year, people dump
their dogs at shelters right before the holidays.
Not exact matches
Right now, more than 200
dogs — most of them rescued from a life of dogfighting and now
at our temporary
shelter in Ohio — need your help.
RAPS offers free educational materials available
at the Richmond
Shelter, including information on how to care for rabbits and cats, the benefits of spaying and neutering, and the «
Dog's Bill of
Rights.»
Everyone's pitching in to connect thousands of beautiful, fun - loving, homeless
dogs and cats in our
shelter with the
right families,» said Amy Johnston, Director of Outreach
at YWAC.
The State of Connecticut considers
dogs as personal property; thus, they may not be left
at our
shelter without proper transfer of the legal
rights to the animal.
Although picking a
dog at a
shelter can be impulsive, remember its okay to wait for the
right one.
Staff
at the animal
shelter commonly notify Sgt. Wally Antoniuk, with the Winnipeg Police Department, about
shelter dogs who show the potential to become police canines and the homeless
dog in the
shelter's care appeared to have «the
right stuff» to make the cut.
There are millions of loving animals waiting
right now
at a
shelter near you for their happy ending (over 1.5 million
dogs and cats are euthanized in U.S.
shelters every year because they don't have a home, so this is more important than ever!).
If your
dog is only going out to relieve himself and then coming
right back in or will be exercised by walks with you or games
at a
dog park, then you do not have to be as obsessed about proper
shelter.
He is a model citizen here
at our
shelter and we thought with his cuteness and his youth that he would fly
right out of here, but he has been here for about three months — a long time for a young
dog.
She had spent most of her life in a
shelter cage, and was living
right next to all of the barking
dogs at the
shelter where I was volunteering.
Right now, nearly 100 cats and
dogs arriving
at RDU from Puerto Rico to be distributed amongst area
shelters.
It is frustrating to me to see rescue groups and adoption - guarantee
shelters pulling
dogs from other counties, states, and even other countries while there are thousands of
dogs in need
right here
at home
The attorney described the breed identifications going on
at shelters as «essentially guessing,» and he says putting more responsibility on adopters to make sure they can take a certain type of
dog home is the
right thing to do.
Dogs not quickly adopted that spend more than one week
at the
shelter get very excited to come back to Nose Works and they get
right to work on finding the chicken or hot
dog prize.
Whether you want a mixed or pure - breed
dog, you can often find the
right pup
at an animal
shelter or breed rescue group.
I chose to go that route because I couldn't find a tiny
dog right for me
at any
shelter I could drive to.
Thursday is a day for all of us to remember those who died without a home as well as to refocus our efforts on finding homes for those
dogs and cats that are sitting in our
shelters right now who need homes or are
at risk for becoming another statistic.
We try to set the
right expectations about anything that we know about the pet before you adopt (
dogs / puppies need training and possibly housebreaking, separation anxiety is possible in
dogs abandoned
at shelters, puppies tend to cry the first few days,
dogs / puppies need regular exercise to be good
dogs, etc...) but if you are experiencing a problem, we want to help you fix it.
It's easy to find a
dog or cat who's
right for you
at a
shelter or rescue group.
This simple exercise you can try
right now can make all the difference to the
dogs at your
shelter.
PETA, considered by many to be the highest - profile animal
rights group in the country, kills an average of about 2,000
dogs and cats each year
at its animal
shelter here.
To find the
right match
at a
shelter, adoption center, or rescue organization, it is helpful to find out as much background information about the
dog as possible.
Dr. Emily Weiss shares a simple exercise you can do
right now that'll make all the difference to the
dogs at your
shelter.
In addition, online services, such as The
Shelter Pet Project, Petfinder, Adopt a Pet and All Paws give you tools to do regional and breed specific searches to help you find the right dog up for adoption at a shelter or rescue group in your
Shelter Pet Project, Petfinder, Adopt a Pet and All Paws give you tools to do regional and breed specific searches to help you find the
right dog up for adoption
at a
shelter or rescue group in your
shelter or rescue group in your region.
However, to really get a better sense for the bigger picture, we have to look
at other information to fully understand why adopting a
dog from the
shelter is the
right choice for many people.
Our experts believe the best way to find the
right shelter dog is to volunteer
at local rescues and work with the
dogs for many sessions before taking one home with you.
We can see it
right in front of us when we look
at those webcam shots, and imagine how the
shelter workers have to shut their eyes to the terror of the
dogs they drag down that hall.