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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 purchased a pup. Did I …
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 adoption barrier not founded in data. I am fully aware …
Is your family thinking about growing with a furry, feathery, or scaly member? Families find pets in a bunch of different ways: online like NextDoor or craigslist, family members, breeders, animal shelters, or even on the side of the road. We believe that all animals deserve to live in a loving home with a family …
A cat is easy to love. They’re cute. They’re so cute with soft, fluffy fur and big, beautiful eyes. They’re funny. They’re fun to watch because of how funny they can be: leaping, twisting, turning, crouching, wiggling, pouncing… all at invisible prey. They’re champion snugglers. How can you do anything but love a fur ball who …
On Memorial Day (so, I guess, not technically June…), John was driving to work and saw a little lump on the highway. A truck was coming. He pulled over, ran out and grabbed her, and that’s how we ended up with a kitten in our bathroom. She’s smaller than my shoe. So, I started thinking …
I’ve gotten a few emails asking about how to add a third dog to a two-dog house, so I wanted to put together a post about my experience. But I realized that I need to start out with one qualifier… Adding a third dog? Piece of cake. Adding a third dog who’s a puppy? Not …
Last year, I wrote about welcoming a foster pet into your family… Well, turns out I adopted that foster dog! (Can you blame me?! Do you see that face?!?) Cooper joined my other two pups, Emmett and Lucas, a year ago. He’s been a great addition, but had I known we were going to officially …
In honor of their 15th birthday, Petfinder arranged to adopt the internet today! When I received an email about the event that included a request to blog about pet adoption, how could I resist? Obviously, I couldn’t! Why? (Get ready for the biggest cliche to ever appear on this blog!) Because adopting a dog changed …
The BlogPaws challenge from this past conference was to blog about a less-adoptable pet this week. So what’s a less-adoptable pet? Dogs who struggle with getting adopted tend to be older dogs, dogs of a certain appearance (black dogs and bully breeds, for example), pups with health conditions or who are socially awkward. Here is …
I hope you all had a wonderful week! It’s been busy around here! We’re dog sitting Cady, aka Lucas’ best friend in the whole entire world. Last time we dog sat, she looked like this: Now, the little darling looks like this: My, how fast they grow! She’s bigger than Emmett (much to his dismay) …
