Sentences with phrase «puppies at a local shelter»

After being turned off by «warranties,» puppy mills, and the high prices of the puppies at local shelters, he decided to do some online research.

Not exact matches

If you are still not sure about whether to adopt or purchase a purebred dog, please consider the puppy up for adoption at your local shelter.

The «left over puppies» from a litter are often abandoned at the local shelter or left to fend for themselves as strays.

It would also cut down somewhat on the impulse sales (no succumbing to the cute puppy or kitten in the window when you're out at the mall), and make it a little easier to get the people who want to see the puppy or kitten before they plonk down their money into the local shelters.

Volunteer at your local shelter and offer to help by walking a puppy or playing with a puppy, cleaning cages or rolling up your sleeves to help with anything else on their to - do list.

The mayor of St. Petersburg Florida is proposing an ordinance that would ban the retail sales of puppies in pet stores in the hopes that it will boost adoption rates at local shelters.

If there is any compassion at all for the animals bred and raised under these miserable conditions, we need to stop buying puppies from pet stores and instead adopt from local humane societies / shelters or rescue groups.

Every two weeks or so, Vaughan's mom makes a stop at two local animal shelters — San Antonio Animal Care Services and the Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area — and gets homeless puppies from them instead.

The bad news, according to a survey * released recently by Best Friends Animal Society, is that more than 40 percent of Americans are unaware that virtually all pet stores obtain dogs from puppy mills and nearly one in five people still chose to purchase a new dog at a local pet shop rather than adopt from a shelter or rescue organization.

New York, NY — Friday, October 8, 2010 — Despite its disappointment with the American Kennel Club's (AKC) decision to forbid adoptable dogs and puppies from local animal rescue groups and shelters from being on the premises at this month's «Meet the Breeds» event at the Javit's Center, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals says it does not want to discourage New York animal lovers from attending the event and gaining the benefits of its educational components, particularly with regard to responsible pet ownership.

If you can't find a pet you want at your local shelter or on Petfinder.com (they do nt» SELL them over the Internet, they just let you know who to contact if you're interested in adopting) then find a private breeder that will let you come to the house and meet the Mother of the puppy.

Focusing on rescuing dogs from kill shelters, puppy mill / breeder survivors and on rare occasions taking an owner surrender, but only if they have NO dogs awaiting rescue at a local shelter.

In my area, a rescue I'm involved with tells me that people will get a puppy say for Christmas, and 6 months later, dump it at the local shelter.

The Chow Chow Club, Inc.'s Welfare Committee encourages shelters to set their fees at a rate of half the cost of buying a backyard - bred puppy of the breed in the local area.

She then has no choice as to whether she gets to carry a possible litter of up to 10 or more puppies, and no choice as to then getting dumped at the local shelter to nurse her babies in a cage because the local county economy can't support better conditions for its county shelter.

If you are thinking about getting a puppy, we encourage you to consider adopting one at your local shelter or a pure breed rescue.

German shepherd puppies are found at local rescue groups and animal shelters.

These puppy store demonstrations, which are really public information and educational activities, have been very successful in ending the sale of puppy mill dogs at a number of local retail outlets in L.A. and Orange County and even contributed to a national mall chain's decision to phase out pet stores in their malls in favor of hosted adoption events by rescues and shelters.

We ask that if you are looking for a puppy to please check your local animal shelter first and save a life, their days are numbered our puppies will get a home... I am an animal lover, I want to see all animals get a wonderful loving home... From time to time we do rescue adults and we look for loving homes to place them in.Once in a while people ask us if we know of anyone looking for an adult because their mother or friend became ill and they have to find them a happy home.So we offer to post them on our website in hopes of finding them a forever wonderful happy and most of all a caring and loving family.We can't keep them here at our home because we do not have the place to keep them.We are willing to post them on our website for you.

There are several places to get a puppy, learn more about finding a puppy at a shelter, breeder, rescue organizations or local newspaper.

After falling in love with a dog that melted your heart at the local shelter or carefully selecting a puppy from the breed - specific rescue, you're now faced with some very real challenges at home.

According to a post on Imgur, a police officer was responding to a call at a local animal shelter when his supervisor pointed out a box of puppies someone had left at the shelter's door the night before.

You can also help say «no» to puppy mills by only shopping at stores who don't sell live animals, or who only feature animals from local shelters and rescues.

Puppies and kittens are treated like royalty at the local shelter, while the older generation of dogs and cats are generally overlooked.

If there is any compassion at all for the animals bred and raised under these miserable conditions then we need to STOP BUYING puppies and all other products from pet stores and instead adopt from local humane societies / shelters or rescue groups.

After doing your research, you should be able to finally find that puppy at a local animal shelter.

With support from The Humane Society of the United States, Joe Seneshale, owner of Joe's PET DEPOT, will no longer sell puppies at his stores, and has converted to a humane business model of selling pet supplies and making available homeless dogs and cats from local animal shelters.

Volunteer at your local shelter and offer to walk a puppy or play with a puppy, clean cages or anything else they need help with.

The pet shop puppy that sold for $ 800 at Christmas could easily be at the local animal shelter by Memorial Day.

A rescue puppy from a local shelter was displayed at a news conference about pet adoptions at the Capitol in Sacramento in April.

SAN DIEGO — A German Shepherd - mix puppy who was so badly bow - legged that he couldn't walk has come a long way since veterinarians began treating him at a local animal shelter, and now he has a permanent home.

The premise of their attack is based on the belief that pet stores are responsible for (1) local pet overpopulation, (2) increased population at shelters, (3) the high shelter euthanasia rates and (4) the sale of sick dogs from «puppy mills» to unsuspected consumers.

Volunteer at an animal shelter Ask your local animal shelter if they need any help caring for their puppies.