Have you ever gone to Petfinder.com? I am so
in love with them right now! I had heard about them, but didn't realize
that they are a website that advertises pets looking to be adopted from
shelters, pounds, and rescue organizations. I thought it was a site to
look up dog breeds and find breeders; I was so wrong!
Petfinder.com
is such an amazing website! I stumbled upon it this weekend when I was
trying to show my Mom an image of a Chihuahua/Pug mix {currently the
top of my puppy love list}. When I went to the site through Google I
realized it's a huge adoption center ONLY for rescue animals and
animals in danger of being euthanized. There are over 300,000 listings
of sweet little doggies on there! More than one description not only
broke my heart but preceded to shred it into little pieces {so don't go
on there just to read descriptions of adoptable dogs if you are
sensitive and/or emotional about the plight of millions of unwanted
dogs in this country...you will seriously lose it, like I did, and cry
all afternoon}.
I have no ties or anything to
Petfinder.com,
as I know this may be coming off like some sort of ad, but I feel it is
beyond necessary to get the word out. Too many precious dogs get
killed, abused, and abandoned in this country every year because people
will not stop buying from breeders, pet stores, and puppy mills. It is
atrocious! The great thing I realized about
Petfinder
is that you can find the dog you want; the breed or mix you want is on
there! I always assumed that when I go get my next pup I wouldn't be
able to get the breed/mix I wanted because I refuse to buy from
breeders. I will
only get a rescue or shelter dog and I guess I always think those dogs are just mutts. But now I know from searching on
Petfinder
that there are over 200, just in my area, of the mix breed I want! The
site is really cool too because it breaks down each dog into special
needs, about to be euthanized, age and breed/mix {if known, a lot of
the times they have to guess of course on those things}, if they can be
around kids, cats, or other dogs, etc., with a handy and easy to read
key system.
There is no
excuse now to buy from breeders people! No excuse! I know there are a
lot of reputable, licensed, state and city checked breeders around but
I still don't support them. There are way too many dogs in shelters or
kill-shelters craving a home and love for there ever to be an excuse to
support breeders. They're just creating more surplus of dogs when there
are already so many here who want to be loved.
If you're looking for a doggie...go go go to
Petfinder.com!!! Oh, and there are not only dogs on
Petfinder
but cats, exotics, reptiles, barnyard animals, birds, horses, etc. It's
a pure haven for rescued animals. I am totally in love with it. SPAY
& NEUTER...SPAY & NEUTER...SPAY & NEUTER {that was my
message of the day for you}!
Some adorable pups for you to see, all available for adoption and listed on
Petfinder:
Shiloh {Pug/Chihuahua mix}
Tonka {Lab}
Merry {Pug}
Jace {Golden Retriever}
Oliver {Pug/Chihuahua mix...I couldn't help putting another one, I love them!}
Bela {Akita/Alaskan Malamute mix}
{you can go on Petfinder.com and search these dogs by their breed and name! Isn't that awesome?!}