Archive for the ‘Pet Adoption’ Category
Health Benefits of Pet Ownership
August 17, 2009 — by Anna P.Cats, Dogs, Pet Adoption
If you love animals, owning a pet can bring you great joy. But did you know that owning a pet has health benefits, too? Time and time again, studies have shown that pet owners suffer less high blood pressure, less stress, and often are more likely to exercise. For all the responsibility and costs, such as vet expenses and pet medications, a pet may entail, you probably will save money on doctor visits. Read on for more benefits of pet ownership.
Most people bond well with dogs and cats, and that benefit alone provides a wonderful companionship. Maybe this is why...
Hedge
July 17, 2009 — by Greg CoteMammals, Pet Adoption, Video
If you have considered having a hedgehog as a pet, this video is a great...
Fostering Takes Love, Not Money
June 30, 2009 — by Jane WangerskyAnimal Rescue Groups, Fostering, General Animals, Pet Adoption
Maybe you’re not financially prepared to adopt a pet. But if that’s the only thing holding you back – if you have a love of animals, a sense of responsibility, enough room in your home, and enough time and energy -- maybe you’re ready to foster a pet.
As Kim Croom, Director of the Pet Foster Network, said in an interview with RedPlum: “[Fostering] doesn't cost the foster home anything at all. Most people just don't know that."
Fostering is giving a pet a temporary home as an alternative to an animal shelter. This can last anywhere...
The Companion Factor
June 18, 2009 — by Ronald A. RoweCats, General Animals, Pet Adoption
It can cost a lot of money to care for a pet. They are sometimes smelly, often messy, and usually noisy. They demand our attention at the most inopportune times. So, why in the world would anyone want a pet?
Pets, all types of pets, make good companions. In a world that is increasingly isolated and impersonal, a pet can bring joy into your home when there is no one else around. The less contact a person has with the world outside his door, the more he needs a pet.
The benefits that a pet brings to an elderly person have been... Re-Homed, or Just Boarding?
March 24, 2009 — by Jane WangerskyCats, Dogs, General Animals, Pet Adoption
When re-homing a pet, sometimes the best you can do is to find a temporary boarding home – long- or short-term, formal (commercial kennel-free boarding) or informal (a friend or acquaintance “fosters” the pet).
Sometimes these temporary arrangements become permanent. A family who’d never been able to have a cat or dog because of allergies to animal hair tried fostering a “hairless” Cornish Rex cat from the humane society. (We were his previous foster family.) After a week, they adopted him, and a society worker told me, “They’d have kept him even if he needed open heart surgery.”
But we can’t count...