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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Another sad statistic:
"The national average: Only one in ten animals remains with its adoptive family for life. The remaining nine get tossed around through multiple homes, taken to the pound, lost, or worse."
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WOW! I knew it was high, but I had no idea that only 1 in 10 says with its adoptive family for life.
Three years ago I adopted a 6-year old Westie of Craig's List. I have never regretted it. I often wonder about what she thinks about the move. Does she remember her original mama? Does she miss her? How would she react if she saw her again?
When I bought Edie, my Yorkie, in Maine in 2000, I first did some checking at the Humane Society. I wanted a SMALL dog, but not necessarily a Yorkie. The thing was, the small dogs never lasted more than a minute in the shelter there! So I ended up buying Edie.
If I had been living in Arizona back then, there would have been plenty of small dogs to choose from. But in Maine, they don't have ENOUGH dogs to go around. They end up trucking dogs up from the South for adoption. It's good because they really don't have to euthanize dogs, unless they are dangerous or cannot be socialized for some reason.