Virtual pet adoption (VPA) can become an enjoyable activity for your kids if they are unable to go outside due to bad weather. Drive for transports, evaluate dogs in your local animal shelter, or take pictures of their available animals. He was confiscated with his two brothers and nine other animals by state officials from a home in Tennessee as part of a cruelty investigation. Okay, so you have made the utterly selfless decision to be a committed foster Mom or Dad for a rescue group or for a shelter, whatever the case may be, you are or are thinking of becoming a foster parent.

The adoption process includes completing a questionnaire, following up with vet and landlord (if renting) references and meet-and-greet with all family members and other pets. It’s important to note that adopting a puppy requires patience, dedication and flexibility.

I am sure they will be able to find a nice dog or cat for your family. Not all of these animals are vicious or “bad”, some of them are simply paying the price for their owner’s carelessness or disregard. This prevents the future pet owner from looking at pet adoption through rose colored glasses.

1. Helping Catahoula Leopard Dogs, Catahoula mixes or large dogs of any breed abandoned in kill shelters… Catahoulas mostly come to us from the USA, but Canadian ones are starting to show up now and then too. But with pet adoption, giving up what you have acquired out of dedication and genuine concern doesn’t just seem to make sense.

They always have a good number of dogs available for adoption, often even having puppies and kittens as well. Whether it’s abandoned on the side of the road, left in our parking lot, a stray wandering the neighborhood, or through our life-saving collaborations with shelters and rescues in Maine and beyond— it’s where they end up that really counts.