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Originally Posted by lillymae  If you believe that people who pay big bucks for dogs for them selves and those dogs don't often end up in shelters you are sadly mistaken. It doesn't really matter if a person pays big bucks or get's it for free off the nearest street corner, as you said and you are correct on this , a pet is and always should be a lifelong commitment to that pet. But Sadly more people feel ( it's just an animal ) then those who believe it's a family member. This is why shelters are full of homeless pets who the majority of will never find love and happiness again and millions will die , even the ones who were purchased buy a person for themselves and not as a gift for someone else. If Christmas time is not a hectic time for a person wanting a pet then they should by all means go for it, but that's not the case with most who purchase pets as gifts and why many are rehemmed or taken to shelters. As someone here has said and I agree, if I were a breeder I would NEVER advertise my pups for sale during Any holiday. Think about this, what happens to Most rabbits purchased for kids for easter ? It's no different for the Christmas present Puppy. If we lived in a perfect world maybe it would be different , but we don't and this is Sad reality. |
Great post!
The SPCA in Raleigh won't even adopt out pets the week before Christmas.
