It Could Be A Good Time For Adopting Rescue Pets

[mso489]

Since some of us are spending more time around home for a while yet, this could be a good time for adopting rescue companion animals. County SPCA's, plentiful animal adoption rescue groups, and even pedigree rescue groups provide good sources and enough choice for even specific pedigrees or hybrid vigor animals that are mostly collie, beagle, Maine Coon, American shorthair, etc. This is a good time because you are around the animal more of the day and that helps socialize them. If you don't adopt a four-legged friend, one may adopt you. It's a big decision, but a good one. My two Maine Coon look-alike rescue siblings approved this message.

 

[lraisch]

There's a rescue group that takes animals from overcrowded shelters in Texas and brings them here to Washington state where there's considerable demand for adoption.
My daughter fosters some of them in her barn office and posts pictures of them on social media to help find permanent homes. So far she's been able to get all of them adopted to approved homes.
She will also tell you that now is a good time to consider adopting a rescue animal!

 

[anotherbob]

Every cat I've had is a rescue and one thing man they really seem to understand how things could be. My first cat my dad found in the woods starving where some cursed asshat asspony (yeah they're a double ass, like a double chin but worse) just dropped him and seriously that cat always purred when he ate. He knew food didn't have to be there. And no we couldn't put him on a diet. Recue animals rock. And it is good for the soul to see a sad animal get so happy.

 

[Chasing Embers]

My girls went to an aunt's house for Thanksgiving and brought home leftovers.



My animal buddies have always been rescue or offspring of those rescue.

 

[mso489]

When we adopted our two rescues, at a Pet Smart pet store adoption day, I filled out the forms, and was asked if I would declaw the cat(s), I wrote a short diatribe against it, like cutting off fingers to me. Yes, it is cruelty to furniture, but the cats think it is an art form. These guys, compared to past cats, aren't too bad about this. Anyway, the rescue crew huddled and were greatly approving of my ardor, and we did a deal, after I agreed to take two. I was working, and they were afraid one kitten would get neurotic ... so two brothers came home. The round little gray kitten jumped right out of the carrier, and his brother huddled in their a while and slowly slid out, seeing as his brother seemed to be doing fine. They checked out the real estate, and it was pretty good from their point of view.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Well, apparently a lot of rescues are out of adoptable pets which is a positive unless those who adopted are selfish pricks after covid dissipates. We adopted our dog over a year ago, and is hard to imagine life without him. It's very satisfying to see how much more at ease and confident he is in a relatively short time. I really find it hard to understand why anyone would purchase a pet when so many need homes (under normal circumstances).

 

[kcghost]

Nothing like a rescue animal!

 

[BarrelProof]

I really find it hard to understand why anyone would purchase a pet when so many need homes (under normal circumstances).

Keep in mind that not everyone is buying a dog just for companionship. I’m not opposed to rescuing animals, I just prefer to buy my dogs. I’m looking for a very specific set of character traits in a dog as well as verified assurance against specific genetic diseases. My dogs work. My dogs hunt with me, retrieve for me, and at the end of the day, are also companions.

I’ve seen some incredible animals come out of rescue situations. However, for what I’m doing, I’m not willing to make the investment into a rescue dog. No offense to rescues whatsoever, it’s just I prefer to go see the parents of a specific breeding, see how they act, how well they hunt, how well they’re trained, their temperament, and their test results for various health conditions. By doing that research into a breeding and then purchasing a pup from that litter, it gives me peace of mind that a 10+ year investment into training and hunting and everything else that comes with owning a dog will stack the odds in my favor that the dog will be able to do the things I intend to ask of it.

Again, I’ve got nothing against rescues and we send some money off to some with regularity. It’s just that, for my situation, it’s not the best choice.

 

[username]

My cat is a rescue and is super affectionate. When I was a kid all our pets were rescue animals I continued this as a adult. I always joked that my rescue chihuahua was a chiwedontknow as I never bothered to get him dna tested. It’s also a lot cheaper to adopt.

 

[anotherbob]

Keep in mind that not everyone is buying a dog just for companionship. I’m not opposed to rescuing animals, I just prefer to buy my dogs. I’m looking for a very specific set of character traits in a dog as well as verified assurance against specific genetic diseases. My dogs work. My dogs hunt with me, retrieve for me, and at the end of the day, are also companions.

I’ve seen some incredible animals come out of rescue situations. However, for what I’m doing, I’m not willing to make the investment into a rescue dog. No offense to rescues whatsoever, it’s just I prefer to go see the parents of a specific breeding, see how they act, how well they hunt, how well they’re trained, their temperament, and their test results for various health conditions. By doing that research into a breeding and then purchasing a pup from that litter, it gives me peace of mind that a 10+ year investment into training and hunting and everything else that comes with owning a dog will stack the odds in my favor that the dog will be able to do the things I intend to ask of it.

Again, I’ve got nothing against rescues and we send some money off to some with regularity. It’s just that, for my situation, it’s not the best choice.

I kind of hate the don't buy a pet get a rescue for one little reason. Everyone of the rescue animals I've had comes with issues. Sometimes pretty severe ones that require more then a passing knowledge of animal psychology. I mean my cat thought we were going to murder him for a while, he'd go for the eyes. He wouldn't be doing well with a house that didn't have a lot of patients and experience with cats.

 

[peregrinus]

this could be a good time for adopting rescue companion animals.

Great Post.
The shelters are under tremendous pressure currently due to diminished donations and increased demand for space.
Adopt if you able and please consider donating if you can manage.

This is Betsy and Alfie, two “community cats” we were able to coax inside and have recently placed with new families.

 

[anotherbob]

My girls went to an aunt's house for Thanksgiving and brought home leftovers.

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My animal buddies have always been rescue or offspring of those rescue.

AHHHHH what a cutie. I just want to snuggle it and tell it that I am going to put it in some dough and put it in the oven cause they're a cutie pie.

 

[Chasing Embers]

AHHHHH what a cutie. I just want to snuggle it and tell it that I am going to put it in some dough and put it in the oven cause they're a cutie pie.

He's a little bitey, but he's a good little fellow. My big boy Oreo has claimed him as his puppy!?

 

[sasquatch]

Our shelter here in town couldn't keep up with demand in early summer, many people looking for companion animals while spending more time at home. We're just hoping we don't see an influx if/when things get back to normal.

I was sure glad to have Rocco around this year (I took him for a walk from said shelter last November and never returned him. Muhahaha.), he was a support and a source of sanity in a crazy world for me. Rescue is always a two-way street, they say.


And I joke about stealing him from the shelter - the night I took him home, no one was around, and I got a message on facebook the next morning saying "Do you have Rocco? He's missing." Missing indeed!

 

[anotherbob]

Our shelter here in town couldn't keep up with demand in early summer, many people looking for companion animals while spending more time at home. We're just hoping we don't see an influx if/when things get back to normal.

I was sure glad to have Rocco around this year (I took him for a walk from said shelter last November and never returned him. Muhahaha.), he was a support and a source of sanity in a crazy world for me. Rescue is always a two-way street, they say.
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And I joke about stealing him from the shelter - the night I took him home, no one was around, and I got a message on facebook the next morning saying "Do you have Rocco? He's missing." Missing indeed!

I've always tell my little guys that they don't need to be so thankful cause they've done plenty for me too. Especially on the sanity front. It's hard to focus on your bad day when the moment you get in the front door there is a little fellow telling you how great it is that you're home again.

 

[anotherbob]

He's a little bitey, but he's a good little fellow. My big boy Oreo has claimed him as his puppy!?

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I love seeing the animals having paternal feelings with the pups and kits.

 

[sasquatch]

I've always tell my little guys that they don't need to be so thankful cause they've done plenty for me too. Especially on the sanity front. It's hard to focus on your bad day when the moment you get in the front door there is a little fellow telling you how great it is that you're home again.

Yeah they don't care about anything else, it's really a good way to stay centered.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Great Post.
The shelters are under tremendous pressure currently due to diminished donations and increased demand for space.
Adopt if you able and please consider donating if you can manage.
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This is Betsy and Alfie, two “community cats” we were able to coax inside and have recently placed with new families.

Is it wrong for me to say I want to snuggled your cats?!

 

[milehighpiper]

Keep in mind that not everyone is buying a dog just for companionship. I’m not opposed to rescuing animals, I just prefer to buy my dogs. I’m looking for a very specific set of character traits in a dog as well as verified assurance against specific genetic diseases. My dogs work. My dogs hunt with me, retrieve for me, and at the end of the day, are also companions.

I’ve seen some incredible animals come out of rescue situations. However, for what I’m doing, I’m not willing to make the investment into a rescue dog. No offense to rescues whatsoever, it’s just I prefer to go see the parents of a specific breeding, see how they act, how well they hunt, how well they’re trained, their temperament, and their test results for various health conditions. By doing that research into a breeding and then purchasing a pup from that litter, it gives me peace of mind that a 10+ year investment into training and hunting and everything else that comes with owning a dog will stack the odds in my favor that the dog will be able to do the things I intend to ask of it.

Again, I’ve got nothing against rescues and we send some money off to some with regularity. It’s just that, for my situation, it’s not the best choice.

I agree. A few years ago, we wanted a dog that would help “guard” the place so we rescued, what we thought was a Belgian Malinois but turned out to be a docile German Shepherd mix. It is all good since all we ask of him is to show himself to strangers that come to our house. He is a polite greeter with good instincts but looks a little mean so it keeps the uninvited away.
However, last year I decided to get serious about upland bird hunting so I did a bunch of research and zeroed in on a German Shorthaired Pointer. I looked around and found one from a working/field/hunting line and bought him. Since then, I have spent countless hours training for hunting situations and manners. I could not take the chance on a rescue since I wanted a hard-charging-bird -busting-retrieving S.O.B. Which is what I got from this maniac.

They are great dogs that remind me of Brenna Huff and Dale Doback when left alone. In summary, both avenues are great and rescuing pups is an awesome adventure. I just hope that we do not get the opposite effect when the covids are gone...

 

[kcghost]

That's important. If you are two mature adults and can stand the occasional bites from an animal you shouldn't shy away from adopting them. You can't have a biter around children though.