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Originally Posted by jp4m2  Cindy, your correct in your statement in that the younger group of people wanting pets will have many changes taking place in their lives which is why they do such a huge percentage of the surrender ......The fact that they tend to be more mobile and they are adding children to their homes may account for several of the 10 reasons for surrendering a pet. The moving, landlord problems and not having time to name a few......
Does this mean that if someone in their twenties comes looking for a pet that in all probability this pet will end up in a shelter??......
The 31% of the dogs being surrendered are coming from friends was also surprising......That may fall into line with the stat that a significant number of pet owners are sadly believing that a pet should have at least one litter.....Now they have to place those pups so friends may feel obligated to take a pet when they may have not been looking.......What a terrible situation...... |
I have to admit I was shocked at 62% and I wonder how many young people would still adopt if they really understood all the changes that will come into their lives within the next 10 years. No, not everyone is going to do this but that statistic is to high for me unless this person has been heavily involved with rescue and can document this, from a rescue point.
I will also say, if I was still doing rescue and a young person has done a lot of work with a rescue organization then I might consider them but lots of other hurdles to overcome...