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Adoptable Pets
Do you have room in your heart and home for another pet? Shelters and rescue groups have a great selection of adult and young pets available for adoption, most of which have already been spayed or neutered!
Benefits of Rescuing a Pet
There are numerous benefits of providing a good home to a pet that needs it. An obvious benefit is the rewarding experience associated with saving an animal's life. This good act is repaid several times over by the loving and devoted nature of the canine or feline family member, who improves the lives of his/her guardians by providing companionship, loyalty, and love - to name but three things. Other benefits of adopting a dog or cat in need of a good home include:
- The cost of adopting a pet at an animal shelter is usually inexpensive compared with buying one from a breeder or pet store. Often, animals adopted from shelters have already been neutered, or there is some economic incentive to have the animal neutered. Most of these animals have also been wormed and vaccinated.
- Adopting a companion animal from a shelter means you are helping to solve, and not contributing to, the pet overpopulation problem.
- Adopting a mature dog or cat means that you do not have to go through the demanding stage of raising a puppy or kitten.
- With a mature pet you have a good idea of the animal's temperament, and you know the animal's adult size, hair coat, etc.
- Mature pets are often house-trained (although some mistakes will likely occur until the animal is used to his/her new family, home, and routine) and may even have some basic training.
- Providing that the animals get along, an adopted pet can be good company for other pets.
While there are many benefits to adopting a rescued pet, there may be a minor concern or two. Depending on how the animal has been treated, he/she may require a little more time, understanding, and guidance before being totally comfortable with his/her new family and home. However, with patience, love, understanding, and a good training program, even pets with rough pasts become well-behaved family members - if they aren't already!
There are few experiences in life more satisfying and rewarding than saving a companion animal's life and making him/her a valued member of the family. Pets, being the wonderful creatures that they are, enhance our lives tremendously and give us much more than we provide for them.
If you have adopted a pet in need, then you already know this. Take the time to educate others about the importance of giving rescued pets a good home. Until the unnecessary killing of companion animals stops, we owe them no less.
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