Don’t buy a pet - adopt a dog
When you buy a pet, you are promoting the greedy live animal trade in which animals are often housed in filthy conditions and/or killed if they don’t meet the sale-able requirements. (Read about Puppy Mills here . > Help us stop Puppy Mills )
There are many animals at your local SPCA / animal shelters awaiting adoption. The sad thing is, once past a certain period, these animals would have to be put to sleep.
To find animals up for adoption in your locale, google or type “SPCA (your City)” or “Animal Shelter (your City)” in your search engine to find your nearest shelter. For residents of BC, here are some beautiful animals (dogs) waiting to be adopted by loving and responsible owners. Most of them were given up because their owners had to move. How sad to be left behind by the ones you love most. I wish I could adopt all of them. ( > Update: The Obama Family WILL Adopt! )