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So, you are thinking about taking a pet to the pound?

!!!Find out what really happens!!!

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   All of us have heard the happy stories of a pound rescue. So many stories that we tend to think that most are adopted into loving homes. When a pet is brought to the pound, we have these happy thoughts of someone walking through the pound hallway of animals and suddenly stops at your pet with an instant bond and just has to have him/her. Your pet goes to a new loving home that loves him/her just as much as you do if not more. Your pet is even given a better home then the one you could have provided And all because of the unselfish act on your part. You even find yourself looking for that pet, running in the park with his/her new master or even in a car with his/her new family, chances are, that didn't happen.

   The reason why we tend to think this is because all we hear are the success stories. We don't hear about all of thoughs who are not successful. We don't hear about how most of the animals in the pound don't get the homes that they deserve. The death that they indure is not peaceful when it isn't their time yet. If you walk through a pounds freezer, you will find that most of thoughs lifeless bodies are not sick and are not old. Many of them are just babies and young adults. Most are adaptable, all wanted to live. When you hear someone say that they had to give a pet up for adoption for what ever reason, truth is, they killed their pet. Their animal hardly had a chance. Even if they were told when dropping off the animal that it will be put to sleep (a nice way of saying murdered) right away, they leave the pound thinking that someone will save their beloved pet.

Taking your pet to the pound, puts blood on your hands!

You can turn your back on this but it doesn't make it go away.

   Rabbits have a less of a chance then dogs and cats because most people that come seeking for a new family member have a dog or cat in mind. Most rabbits that end up at the pound are pet store bunnies that were bought on a whim and Easter bunnies that had already out lived their purpose to give that extra bit of excitement on Easter mourning and the babies that were bred by parents that just wanted their child to see the birthing process. If they aren't taken to the pound, then they are dumped along the road side expected to live on their own. A domesticated bunny is just that, domesticated. They don't know how to live on their own.

   90% of Easter bunnies are abandoned the first year of their life. If you are a rabbitry that sells to pet stores or even if you sell Easter bunnies from the rabbitry you run, please stop. Easter is every rabbits nightmare. Don't breed pound bunnies.

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Many of the pets given to the pound could work out!

   Many pets could work out in the home they are already in. The owner just doesn't know that or doesn't care. For those who don't care, there's nothing we can do about them. But for those who do care, all they need is education about their pet. When we get pets, it is our responsibility to understand them and seek advise from those who have experience with them. I can't go through them all, but I a lot of excuses are like these,

   No longer matches my new furniture. When shopping for decor in your place, you really have to match the decor with your pet, not the other way around. If you can't figure that one out, you have no business having pets. There are solutions to this. Use covers on your furniture and teach your pet that it is no longer acceptable to be on the furniture, or maybe good outside care is needed. Even cats can live in dog pens with lots of running space up wood ramps and across tree branches put in for her.

   Sprays all over everything or keeps getting pregnant. This can be a simple thing to fix. Spay/neuter is the answer. If you don't want to do this then keep your spraying animal outside with good outdoor care, keep your pregnant animal away from the boys. Learn more about your pet and why this happens.

   Chews on everything. There are ways to keep pets from chewing on things. Most have a good reason for it. Learn more about your pet both by breed and state of mind to learn to break this habit or to deter them to something they can chew on.

   Meds., shots cost to much. If you didn't find out what it cost to take care of your pet before you got him, that's your fault. So, now he has to die for it? If you truly can't afford your pet, please don' kill him. Find a good home for him yourself.

   boyfriend moving in doesn't like him. This is an easy one. DON'T LET BOY FRIEND MOVE IN! If you are giving this up for him, what's next? Your family? Your freedom? I don't think so, keep the pet, take the boy friend to the pound and drop him off:)

   My place is to small. Did your place shrink after you got your pet? You should have thought about that before. If you gave your pet the choice between being killed and living in a small place, what one do you think s/he would pick? These things can be worked out. Lots of walks, car rides, what ever. Talk to someone who can give you good ideas.

   Had a baby. Sometimes this is a good reason to not have certain pets. A dog who is mean and could eat the babe is not something to have around. Also, there are so many things that could go wrong with new borns that a pet may not fit in a life of constantly going to the hospital and spending night after night there and when the babe is home, tubes to take care of and stitches and what ever else would be just to much to have going on and still take care of that pet. We don't know what situation the parents are in. Maybe they are teenagers who have just had a reality check and realize that they are doing good just feeding the baby or is a teenage mother moving in with mom and mom says "no pets". So, what do you do? Please don't kill him. There are ways of finding good homes. There are also many times when a pet with a new baby can work out if only the couple knows how to work it out. If you know ahead of time that baby and pet won't mix, please find a home before the babe arrives.

   Everytime I breed her she has to go to the vet. This is an easy one too. DON'T BREED HER! If you don't want her because of this then find a good home for her yourself that will spay so that she doesn't die the next time and then replace her with a good breeder. Or should you be breeding if you aren't breeding for the right reasons. I had to put this one down because of someone who just really made me mad years ago and I'm sure she is not the only one to have done this. I came across someone who had a female and male pug. She would breed the two to sell pups. She was not a breeder and did not show. She knew nothing about type and what was acceptable and what wasn't. Therefor was obviously not trying to improve on the breed but in her pocket book. Every time this pug gave birth, she would have problems and almost die, to the vet she would go and the pups would be bottle fed. She would brag about how much money those pups were going to make her and then act all concerned for the mom, visiting her at the vet. More concerned I'm sure about not being able to make more money off of the next litter if the dog died then she was about the dogs well being. She talked about the next breeding as though it were a good thing. I said something to the affect of when the pug got older and this continued and she kept living through this she is going to have a lot of medical problems all of the time, not just after giving birth. She says to me "Oh no, when that happens, I'll just put her down." (basically, when she is of no more use to me and has problems because of me forcing her to have pups, she will be killed.)

   barks all of the time. Dogs bark. You didn't know this before owning one? An excessive barker is hard to live with but can be worked with.

   won't house break. Please don't tell me that after a few weeks of paper training your ready to throw in the towel. If you have been working on this for years, there is help to understand your pet and get through to it. Or maybe good outside careis needed.

   Isn't a cuddle bunny. Most bunnies are not cuddle bunnies. But you can have much fun with them, find out how by getting help from someone who has worked with them.

   Don't have the time for her. You have to make time. You have responsibilities and and she loves you just the same, Make time for her. Get in touch with someone that can help you find out how to make time.

   Not good for the kids. This sometimes is your fault. You should have looked into the breed that you brought home before bringing it home and make sure that this was a kid safe animal.

   It grew up. Well, Dah!!!!!! You didn't know they grow up???? It can work out. Don't kill it because it grew up. Your pet couldn't help that.

   Moving. Take them with you. Yes it may be a long trip but that's life. It isn't all fun and easy. If you moved somewhere were you can't have pets, well, that's just not right. You need to move again to a place where you CAN have pets. When you got a pet you made a commitment to only live where you can have your pet. That is your pet and its your responsibility to take care of him/her. I know it isn't easy to find places that except pets when you rent but like I said, its your responsibility to do so and you should have looked into that before you got a pet. It isn't easy being a pet owner.

   I could go on and on and on.........

   Animals are looked at more as a piece of property then a living being. If people don't have time for it anymore or it has out lived its usefulness as a surprise present or guard dog or cost to much to have, they are thrown aside to the dump just like a dresser or old car. So many can still be a good pet in the home they are in or the owners can at least be responsible about where their pet goes to be sure that he or she, not "it", will still be taken care of in a loving home rather than killed because its just easier to do it that way. Who said pets were easy? Apparently many people think they are till they get one and now simply want an easy way out.

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!!Don't give away for free or take to the pound!!

   I have heard it said that snakes eat many free pups, kittens, rabbits, anything snake people can get their hands on to make it a bit cheaper to feed. They will end up in the pound anyway someday right? Actually that is accurate. People who take home free pets (not for snake food) get them on a whim. I mean, come on, its free! Nothing in life is truly free. What about spay/neuter, food, shots, toys, dishes, time........ When reality sets in, they find there way to the pound or dumped on the street.

   Charge an adoption fee to get your pet and call it just that. Have them set a spay/neuter appointment with their vet and make them pay in advance and show you the receipt. This way the care of your pet is thought of before taking him/her home.

   If you can find a no kill rescue to take your pet to, if it isn't already full with other unwanted pets. You may have to house your own pet till there is room for him/her at the rescue, this would also be a good alternative to the pound.

Please, if you are not going to keep your pet, don't kill them! Find someone else who will love them and look for the new owners in the right places and in the right ways. After all, your pet would do it for you.