About Dog Adoption
If you want to feel like you've made a real difference as a dog owner, adopt a dog from a shelter or rescue group. There are few other ways to make such a huge difference in another creature's life.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) estimates that six to eight million dogs and cats are surrendered to shelters each year. Of those animals, about half are adopted, and half are euthanized. There are simply more dogs than there are good homes for them (one reason why spaying and neutering is so important).
Dog Adoption
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For 25 years, Stockton, Calif., resident Theresa Lagorio has wrestled with regret, unable to forget the little Pekingese she met at a local animal shelter more than two decades ago. Lagorio was visiting the shelter, looking for a dog to adopt, when she came across the black-and-white female Peke....
March 20th, 2013
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March 14th, 2013
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January 31st, 2013
"Save Our Roadie!" Residents of Hemet, California, are devising a plan to capture a homeless Pit Bull dog named Roadie, get her adopted, and into a forever home.
December 3rd, 2012
The St. John’s Humane Services had received several calls about the Beagle dog and devised a way to catch him using tranquilizer and a piece of chicken.
May 10th, 2012
Bringing home a companion animal? Where to go, what to look for, and what to ask if you're thinking of adopting a dog or puppy from a shelter or rescue group.
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It's funny when I ponder the word "own" to describe my place in my dog's life. I can't imagine telling someone that I own a child - biological, adopted, or otherwise. And I feel that the word "own"...
March 31st, 2011
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