Sentences with phrase «shelter dogs she has met»

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Spending a day at a dog shelter or a neighborhood garden is a great way to meet people doing worthwhile things, without having to step foot into a bar.

Increasing consumer demand and a diminishing availability of dogs in shelters has raised new questions about how the demand will be met.

Over time we've established protocols that meet their standards, saved more homeless dogs and cats than we could have ever imagined and work directly with 14 other shelters / rescues.

Many pet shelters, which formerly made rescued strays available at low or no cost, have transformed into pet retail outlets, charging high fees and often importing dogs from other regions or even outside the U.S. when the local supply is insufficient to meet demand.

Most of us would like to adopt every dog that we meet until we... Read More «What Does It Take To Run An Animal Shelter?»

When you met at the shelter, his soulful eyes and sweet personality melted your heart, but now that you've brought your new rescue dog home, his behavioral issues are putting a crack in the picture - perfect future you had planned.

The shelter staff was very forthcoming about both the breed and dog I was meeting (I didn't adopt her until we'd met multiple times).

We do not have a shelter, all of our dogs are in separate foster homes, and require an application to hold the dog and set up an appointment to meet the dog you are interested in.

A light bulb moment went off for Jody and Joyce and they approached Sarah Fisher, the Humane Society's mobile adoption manager, about having one featured shelter dog come out to the shop on Saturday mornings to meet customers and perhaps find a forever home.

If you are adopting a dog from an animal shelter, they often request that the dogs have a meet and greet beforehand to ensure compatibility.

I have met a few dogs here at the shelter and really want to play with everyone.

We often ask adopters to bring their own dogs out to the shelter to meet the dog they would like to adopt.

Over the last 25 years we have built kennels, an office, bathing station, isolation and quarantine areas, Little Dog Land, Happy Sutherlin's Meet & Greet Garden, exercise yards, surgical rooms and veterinary facility to help us care for our dogs and give them love and shelter while we find them their forever homes.

Every Saturday, Lana counsels families for Home Dog LA at the North Central Shelter Intervention table, and follows up during the week to be sure that their needs have been met.

Choosing a dog from a local shelter or rescue is a better idea than adopting a dog you haven't met and don't know much about.

He has been living with another dog and has met many other dogs since we pulled him from Downey Shelter.

The 300 or so dogs, overall, appeared no more or less frightened, troubled or fearful of people than the countless dogs I've met at large - scale rescue and shelter events.

They usually have shelter facilities, but may limit or otherwise manage the pets they take in so that they can better meet the needs of the animals they care for and avoid putting dogs at risk due to overcrowding.

If you suggested to the farmers and blue collar types that live around here that we should pour money into adoption campaigns and expand the shelter so that it could accommodate many more dogs in order to avoid killing them, you'd be laughed out of the city council meeting.

Note also one thing: if you already have a dog at home and want to get another, it is recommended to bring your dog to the shelter so that two future mates meet each other and get acquainted.

Dogs also end up in shelters when expectations and reality don't meet — that little Dalmatian puppy grew up into a large, energetic dog living in a studio apartment, or that lap dog that was so cute in the pet store became uncontrollable and dominant because its cuteness earned nothing but affection, affection, affection, so the dog never had any rules, boundaries, or limitations.

Sophie mostly ignores other dogs at our shelter, but we always encourage a meet and greet if you have other dogs in your home.

If their first introduction is away from the shelter, have them meet in a neutral area so that your current dog doesn't feel the need to guard his house and toys from the new dog.

Therefore, while campers will have daily opportunities to learn more about and meet with different animals (including shelter dogs and cats and visiting animals), they should not expect to spend significant amounts of time working with or handling homeless pets waiting for adoption.

We have a new «Meet & Greet» area at the Baldwin Park Shelter that makes it easy for people to meet and get to know dogs they may want to adopt in a more relaxed settMeet & Greet» area at the Baldwin Park Shelter that makes it easy for people to meet and get to know dogs they may want to adopt in a more relaxed settmeet and get to know dogs they may want to adopt in a more relaxed setting.

But the shelter often has to turn families away because of a lack of available dogs who meet their criteria.

X saw her yesterday but didn't have time to work with her at all because the shelter workers couldn't meet her until 9 A.M. and she had to pick up the 2 dogs and meet me an hour's drive later so I could make my vet appointment.

We urge consumers to adopt pets from animal shelters or find a reputable breeder they have met and screened in person instead of fueling the demand for dogs raised in puppy mills.»

Although there are shelter dogs that might even have ALL these traits, I would not know that until I got it home and had it for months whether it met my needs, and if it was not a purebred, we could not compete at all.

As far as the process, it was essentially the same as adopting any shelter dog, they held two dogs for me to meet and greet that day since I was bringing a dog — I always say that Finn's the one who made the decision because if she wasn't into this, we would not be a 2 - dog family.

But it was one dog — and is not reflective of the millions of dogs out there of this type — and I would encourage you to go to your local shelter and meet some more of the dogs that you seek to destroy.

If you're a parent, have your pooch meet the kids as soon as possible, preferably at the shelter even before you make a final decision to adopt a dog.

If you are interested in adopting Febo and Fido, but already have a canine at home, North Shore invites you to drop by the shelter and do a meet - and - greet with Febo, Fido, and your current dog (s) to make sure that they all get along.

All three of these dogs have graduated and are currently waiting at the shelter to meet their forever family!

To meet the demand created by having fewer adoptable dogs and to save dogs from euthanasia in areas where supply is still high, some shelters have begun the practice of moving dogs from areas of high supply to areas of low supply.

- We are NOT a shelter - We are a foster based rescue, so please do not ask if you can come meet our dogs unless you have been approved to foster / adopt.

Although Turbo was just a bit over two years old when Tom and Jerri met her, the sweet little shelter dog had already endured a difficult life.

After trying two shelters, and meeting with a couple dogs, we just didn't have that feeling of love that we were desperate for.»

Yet under the proposed regulations, if PETA sterilizes animals for the public (which it does), sends animals to their deaths at local pounds (which it does), and occasionally tweets about a dog (which it does), it would meet the proposed regulatory definition of a «private shelter.»

If you have a resident dog and would like to give a shelter dog a vacation, we would schedule a time for you to bring your dog to the shelter and meet with our staff so an appropriate match can be made.

Jessica LaValley, the annual fund manager of the Toledo Area Humane Society, told This Dog's Life that the Real Life Room has been a huge success: «we had several dogs that were able to meet with potential adopters walk out of the Real Life Room and the shelter altogether and right into their new homes!»

If you have dogs at home, we require a meet and greet with the shelter animal you are interested in.

At last week's HHS meeting, Council Member Mike Martinez referenced anonymous statements from shelter volunteers claiming that the staff is overburdened, that health and safety issues are being overlooked, that they'd seen one dog receive chemical burns on the pads of its paws after being returned too quickly to a recently cleaned cage.

we have many young pit bulls just waiting to curl up on a couch next to their new families:) i've met a ton of them in the shelters here that would be great family dogs.

To clarify, we're not talking about shelter or rescue dogs whose profiles are posted online; these good causes are just giving their pooches publicity, and adopters have to meet the puppers in person, anyway!

If you'd like to meet or adopt a dog we have at the shelter, please come by anytime between 11am - 6 pm Tuesday — Sunday.

If you have applied for a dog or cat in foster we will set up an appointment to meet at the shelter or at the foster's home.

You do not have to bring your resident dog with you when you are stopping by to meet available shelter pets.

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Once you've heard what shelter personnel have to say, ask to meet the dog or dogs left on the list so you can make your choice.