Responsible pet ownership

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:34 pm

I've been searching petfinder.com (a national classified for shelter/rescue organizations with dogs/cats that need homes) for the past few days for a new puppy and am appalled at the number of unwanted dogs and cats there are. In Allen County alone there are probably 500 or more listed at various shelters, pounds, rescue groups, etc... Spay and Neuter unless you are planning to INTENTIONALLY breed RESPONSIBLY! That means picking ONE breed you love and breeding for the betterment of the breed, NOT for a profit or so your kids can see the miracle of birth. If you do get a puppy or kitten, plan on keeping them for the rest of their life, not dumping them because that cute little 4 pound puppy has turned into an 18 month old 75 pound dog who still acts like a puppy. They do that you know.

Steps down from soapbox...

No breeders for me this time. I do want another boxer, because I love the breed, but we're going the rescue/shelter route this time.

deek · Post by **deek** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:17 pm

Just read an article the other week about the gross overpopulation of pets in this county...it is pretty ridiculous...and the numbers are climbing and getting worse!

I can't find the link, but it was in the News-Sentinel or Journal, online version, a Saturday or two ago...

bwohlgemuth · Post by **bwohlgemuth** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:26 pm

All pets we have now are from the pound. My wife put out the $$$$ for a foo-foo dog who was a complete pain in the ass. We only parted ways after he started to regularly attack my four year old. We found him a home...and it was not in the bottom of a garbage can.

Pound dogs seem to be smarter and more easily adjusted....

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:51 pm

mixed breed dogs are generally healthier and live longer too.

MrSpall · Post by **MrSpall** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:20 pm

The shame of all this is that Bob Barker's gonna retire this week. Now who will remind us to help control the pet population? Please everyone, have your pets spayed or neutered.

poopstains · Post by **poopstains** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:17 pm

We have 2 cats, both were from a farm and the one (which is now the biggest) was the runt and surely would have died. We had them neutered, I think thats it, whatever you do to boys. We only did this because they meowed non forking stop and were trying to bone each other.

=^-..-^= · Post by **=^-..-^=** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:39 pm

MrSpall wrote:The shame of all this is that Bob Barker's gonna retire this week. Now who will remind us to help control the pet population? Please everyone, have your pets spayed or neutered.

I can think of some PEOPLE that should be spayed or neutered . . . .

Krieves · Post by **Krieves** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:44 pm

Yep. Both our dogs came from FW Animal Control. Great dogs with great personalities.

boxcarbooks · Post by **boxcarbooks** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:38 pm

bassjones wrote: No breeders for me this time. I do want another boxer, because I love the breed, but we're going the rescue/shelter route this time.

Way to keep it real!

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:09 am

On the other end of the spectrum are the people who have dogs but don't walk and overfeed them. It's no wonder the major pharmaceutical companies are looking to see how many human obesity-tackling meds can be transferred to the animal domain.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:51 am

I got my pup from an amish farmer for $50.

He breeds them as work dogs on the farms.

What does that make me?

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:27 am

Oliver's Army wrote:I got my pup from an amish farmer for $50.

He breeds them as work dogs on the farms.

What does that make me?

An underwriter of mustache-free facial hair.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Mon May 21, 2007 7:07 am

Oliver's Army wrote:I got my pup from an amish farmer for $50.

He breeds them as work dogs on the farms.

What does that make me?

A responsible pet owner from what I can tell.

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