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Adopting from an Animal Shelter |
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If you are looking for a family pet, you might seriously want to consider going to your local animal shelter first. Unless you plan on showing, or breeding your pet, there is really no reason to get one from a private breeder. Often the best pets for a family are not specially bred. Too often animal breeders over breed, or even in bred, creating problems. If you do your research, you will see that certain breeds are known to have certain bad traits or physical issues. By keeping a blood line “pure” they are also keeping the congenital issues going, and compounding them. You want a family pet to be just that, part of the family. There is no need to have some high brow pet if you are not a high brow kind of person. Animals that are not pure bred often have better temperaments, and fewer health issues. They make great additions to your family, and are very loyal. If you are a true animal lover, then you can also get the satisfaction of giving an animal a home that may otherwise never have had one. Animals that have been taken to a shelter are in desperate need of your love. Some may have been abused, and may not be fit for a family with small children, but they are fine with adults and older children. Given a chance, shown true love and respect, they can be much more a part of your family than a purebred. Take a trip to an animal shelter, talk with the workers, and spend some time with the animals. And when you fall in love, take one home with you. |
