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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." 
This is also why it's important to support Rescues who truly make an effort to *match* the right animal, to the right home! |
That statistic is largely in part the majority of animals given up are due to behavorial issues. Dogs do not just become great pets by themselves...they have to be trained.
Other times people don't see beyond....the cute puppy.