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How Not To Adopt a Pet: Removing Barriers to Pet Adoption

01•08•19

Several years ago, a friend of mine wanted to adopt a specific breed. She reached out to a number of breed-specific rescues who all told her the same thing: Sorry, you don't have a fenced-in yard.So, what did she do? She contacted a reputable breeder in her state and … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare Tagged With: animal adoption, animal shelters, pet adoption

Pets for Christmas: Should you gift a dog or a cat?

12•11•18

Should you give a dog or cat as a Christmas gift_

I've been researching a post about adoption barriers, and I have a whole huge situation--with footnotes!--coming on that in the new year. For now, though, one thing I've encountered over and over again in my research: Limiting adoptions for the holidays throws up yet another … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare Tagged With: animal adoption, pet adoption

Let’s get some dogs into homes!

10•10•14

BarkBox Rescue Month

BarkBox Hosts Rescue Month All October So, here's the summary before I get into the details: BarkBox is hosting several initiatives to get homeless pets adopted. One of them is through folks like me who are set up with an affiliate link. For the month, they've raised … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, OMD!, Products and Reviews Tagged With: animal adoption, BarkBox, National Pit Bull Awareness Month, shelter animals

Should pet adoptions be free?

08•16•13

Last week we had a discussion on Facebook about whether it's a better use of your donation to sponsor an adoptable dog or to pay the adoption fee for a dog in advance.A single theme emerged: If someone adopts a dog simply because the adoption fee is free, then that person … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, OMD! Tagged With: animal adoption, animal shelters, animal welfare

Unexpected ways to help animals get adopted

11•26•12

We all want to help animals find loving homes. One way, of course, is to adopt your next pet! But if you're not currently looking to add to your family, there's still a lot you can do to help place dogs and cats with their forever families. Here are five ways you can help animals … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, OMD! Tagged With: animal adoption, animal welfare, pit bulls

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