Consider shelter animals, senior pets
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November is National Adopt a Senior Pet Month from the crowded shelters all around our area. Senior pets are often turned in to the shelter after a death or a severe illness wherein the owners can no longer manage to care for the animal anymore. They are already trained and usually loving and sweet, having been through the “terrible twos” and their teenage years.
If you are looking for a loving pet to be your best friend and keep you company, please consider a shelter dog. The shelter employees will be able to give you a rundown on the animal’s personality to see if it will fit your household and family members.
There was a sweet story in a cooking magazine I recently read about a mama dog and puppy just a week old tied up in a plastic bag and dumped in the trash. Makes you wonder about these cruel folks, doesn’t it? The puppy was rescued and grew up to be a lovely little dog with a loving caregiver to whom she was devoted.
Have you felt and known the love of a dog and known what it’s like to love a dog so much that you think of him/her as one of your children? If not, it is one of life’s greatest joys possible. Sometimes our dogs can be a little rambunctious, but we love all seven of them and are proud to say they were all rescued from shelters. They all have different personalities and routines; two sleep on the bed with us, and the others have beds on the floor in the bedroom and under our bed. Mostly we all get along famously in our family.
The featured dog of the week was adopted before she could be featured. We hope Queenie is enjoying her wonderful new and loving home. If you would like to see any of the pets at the Elmore County Shelter, just complete an application. You can call for information: 334-567-3377. When it is approved you can get a date to visit and see all you care to see in the way of adoptable pets and maybe take one home with you.
Adoption fees are still $100 for dogs, and that covers the mandatory spay/neuter, microchip, rabies shot, basic vaccination, heartworm test, and the first vet visit. Go ahead; the cards are in your favor. What more could you want?
Be kind to animals where you see them, and keep fresh water for your pets.
The Dog Lover
Rosie Morgan in Nixburg