National Adopt a Dog Day!

Wow. That dog sure looks like it got caught made one serious mess on the carpet.

I would adopt a dog but I have two already, plus this hamster (not to mention two kids and a husband), and I feel my menagerie is quite complete at the moment.

ours is adopted and we just rescued a stray in july and found her a home.

They both are so loving and sweet and bring so much joy.

poor thing. I am glad you have him now.

Get your pups and pets microchipped! a nice little story about a cat who was found far from home

I don't really know if they can chip hamsters. Sorry CaroGirl.

We were early! We adopted our Ol' Mindy Girl about a month ago. She was dumped at a shopping mall - and for the life of me, I can't figure out why. She's a perfect dog.

Well.... except for that cat thing.

But...but...I did that last year!

Can I haz poni instead? plethxbai!

We adopted a dog back in January. She's great. She's a shi tzu named Rosie. I swear she has the patience of a saint.

That's what Mindy is, Capt. So... knowing her and knowing Haggis, my one bit of advice: watch out for the attitude. Dey haz it.

Sorry, I don't do dogs. They make me itch and break out in hives. However since kitties only make me sneeze and interrupt my sense of smell, I take them in when people leave them behind. Like the gorgeous Zeus in my avatar. Could you say no to that face? I can't, so if you can please let me know. I'll hire you to discipline him

We've put in an application to adopt a retired racing greyhound - is that close enough?

We adopted Bella in March. Once the Christmas holidays are over, we'll be adopting her a roommate.

Shadow_Ferret said:

Today is National Adopt a Dog Day.

DO IT!

Plz taik me hoem.

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Aww...

I've never been a "dog person." It's not that I don't like them. I do, very much. But I know I don't have what it takes to take care of them. So I have cats, all adopted from folks who got them as kittens, then couldn't take care of them.



And is that our wonderful SF, speaking LOLspeak?????




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Awww, sweet face. I love beagles.

I have a friend who just adopted her second greyhound. What a couple of characters. Talk about personality...

In March, I found a small pointy-eared black mutt at the local shelter. Apparently a nearby farmer had spotted her on his land all winter, but he didn't feed her in the hopes that she would go away. (I picture Mr McGregor from the Beatrix Potter books). One morning, he went into the barn and found her nursing five puppies. So he brought the little family into the shelter, at least.

By the time we adopted her, all the puppies had found homes. When we brought her home, she was skinny with a dull coat and patchy tail, probably from a combination of poor nutrition, pregnancy and nursing. Five months later, she is glossy, with a tail like a plume, and she rockets happily around the backyard with our basset hound mix, sleeps on the foot of the bed, etc.

She likes to sit on the couch with Mr Rima watching Cubs games and so her name is, yes, Cubby. This is after I talked Mr Rima out of Derosa, Theriot, and Fukudome which IMO sounds like a Japanese porn flick. The name had to be something I was comfortable bellowing out in the backyard with earshot of our extremely conservative Muslim neighbors.

I'm a week and a day early! I adopted a chihuahua-terrier mix puppy from a couple who took the litter in after another family foreclosed their home. I hear there are more animals in shelters now due to all the foreclosures going on.

She's cute as a button and all members of the family (even the cat, surprisingly enough) love her!

Shelters are full of marvelous cats too. I got the sweetest cat ever from there.

Currently holding at 7 furry housemates, mostly dogs, all but two of which are former strays.

Ask me about my carpet.

Carpet! 'Tis but a memory here in the Ol' Household. We discovered the oak floor under it and tore it all out!

we have hardwood floors. the dog fur balls sometimes get big enough I think they may be sentient.

I hate to tell you this, Sass, but if they're like my cat/dog hair mix, they are sentient... and they're smart, too.

Good thread, Ferret.

You know what drives me absolutely batshit? A buddy of mine has a house in the woods. You know--"the woods." Where assholes go to abandon the pets for whom they once took responsibility. Last time I checked she was taking care of nine dogs, all abandoned. Probably it's more now.

To anybody out there who's considering doing something like that, let me take a moment to disabuse you of the notion that you're doing the dog some kind of favor. They don't learn to hunt. They starve.

If it's inconvenient for you to fulfill the responsibility you once assumed for another living creature, the only honorable alternative is to find your pet a new home. If that's too much trouble your only other option is to find a no-kill shelter staffed by your moral superiors, donate generously, and drop the pet off there.