Adopt an animal – Refuse buying them

There is one major problem where i live when it comes to getting dogs or cats. This probably happens around the world but i am going to adress the problem here.

I have seen around Facebook and other social media sites people raising certain breeds of cats and dogs to sell and they are quite expensive also. Pure breeds are expensive. The thing is we have a animal shelter full of abandoned animals. Some are pure breed, others cross breed and some are just simple dogs without a breed. They are dogs (or cats) just like any other.

Why would you try and go out to find a dog to buy that is so expensive, when there are so many abandoned animals that you can go and adopt. You could change their life forever.

Yes, it is nice to have a pure breed dog but if people stop buying them, they will be forced to stop breeding or just giving the animals to people who really want them.

There was a time where my female dog would have beautiful Albino puppies, all whie, blue eyes and pink nose. I would show them around to people and they would ask me for how much i would be selling them.

Do you know what my response was? And note i could have been smart and get some cash out of selling them because it was one of a kind albino retrievers.

I told them that if they wanted one, then to go to my house and pick them up, i was giving them away. I am gald i did. I still see pictures of people with these dogs and they are in some of the best homes. Sometimes the people that have no money to buy the animals but decided to adopt are the ones that take better care of them.

I don’t regret for a minute giving them away and not selling them.

We sould have more people in the world like this. I wish to have so many pure breeds but they are expensive, so if i want a dog i am going to the kennel and adopting because they are the ones that need a home more than those that are being sold.