Sentences with phrase «stray puppy or dog»

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Prior to being able to attend class, they advised that puppy owners not walk their pups in public parks or around the neighborhood where stray / unvaccinated dogs travel until after the 4th vaccine, but to meet the need for socialization by inviting lots of kind, gentle people of all ages to their home and carry the puppy everywhere: the video store to rent videos, the fringes of a summer soft ball game, the grocery store to sit outside with the puppy on your lap and watch people and carts and kids go by.

If you bring home a puppy or dog, take the necessary steps to protect your kids with dog bite prevention: supervise them when they play with the dog, teach them dog etiquette to keep the family pet from biting unexpectedly, and show them what to do if they come across a stray dog.

Transfer was the most likely outcome for a stray adult cat, whereas adoption was the most likely outcome for a kitten, puppy, adult dog, or owner - surrendered adult cat.

If your puppy is very young and has not completed his series of shots, you want to avoid taking him to places where many dogs aggregate such as dog parks, pet supply stores or even your front yard if frequented by stray dogs.

Some of the dogs we save are in danger of being euthanized in shelters, others are released from puppy mills, come in as strays, have medical or behavior issues or are from homes where their owners are not able to care for them anymore.

Slowly, over the past five or six years, university studies have put forth a different picture: it's not the puppies, they say, it's the adult dogs that are picked up as strays or surrendered by owners that populate shelters and die for lack of a home.

Until your puppy is four or five months old, try to prevent any contact with other stray dogs or sick dogs.

No one gets a new kitten or puppy, rescues an older dog from a shelter or gives a home to a stray cat planning to give their new pet up to a pound or shelter because of behavior conflicts.

NEUTERING POLICY: There are thousands of stray and unwanted cats and dogs in the UK without homes to go to, simply because too many people allow their pets to have a litter of puppies or kittens.

A puppy may not have full immunity until after the four month shots, so be especially careful about contact with stray dogs, or even going where strange dogs have been - like the park or a «doggy park»!!

Dogs are also rescued from puppy mills and hoarding situations or may be strays that someone finds and can't keep.

Adopting a shelter animal not only gives that dog or cat a new home, but can help break the cycle of homeless puppies and kittens that adds to the problem of stray animals in the county.

On the other hand, there are indeed good Samaritans out there who will rescue a pregnant female dog from a life of being a stray or foster a litter of puppies in the hopes of finding them good homes once they are ready.

When you adopt a dog from your local animal shelter or humane society — whether the dog you pick is a true «secondhand» pooch or a stray puppy — the odds are you'll not only be gaining a fine companion, you'll be saving his life in the bargain.

ARF does not pick up stray dogs, cats, puppies, or kittens.

She gave birth to a litter of puppies and all of them, except for one, were killed by workers at the junk yard, or by a roaming pack of stray dogs.