Welcome to October – National Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog month! As we get back to the real world after the summer winds down and back-to-school is no longer a novelty, it’s a great time of year to think about bringing a new furry friend home. ThePuparazzi are firm believers in rescuing pets from shelter and rescue groups, and we urge our friends to seriously consider looking in the shelters first when you are ready for your next pet.
If you think that shelters only have “damaged goods” or mixed breeds, then you haven’t been to a shelter lately. In this economy, many families have had to make the heart-wrenching decision to surrender their beloved purebreds because they can’t afford to care for them, or worse, they have lost their homes and cannot take pets to their new place. These days many shelters have strong adoption programs where the animal’s history is carefully collected and screened, and even better, they have volunteers and staff who train and socialize the dogs. Often, the dogs are better behaved when they leave the shelter than when they arrived!
Over the years, we have had our share of purebreeds and rescues, and I can assure you I have been grateful for each one of them. Here are some of my favorite photos of them. Can you tell which ones we rescued? We can barely remember ourselves, but I can tell you that we love them all beyond words. And really isn’t that why you bring a pet into your family? To share the love?
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Find your next pet at a shelter-visit Petfinder to find one near you.
