Would you consider adopting a ....

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Would you consider adopting a stray
or unwanted pet rather than buying one?

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That would be what I considered FIRST -- before buying!

Yep, same. Shelters and rescues are always my first choice.

Of our pets, one was a rescue, 4 were adoptions, and one was the rescue's baby (she was supposed to be spayed :rolleyes: ).

You can BUY pets? :confused: Never even crossed my mind. ;):D

I'll admit it, before I joined PT we had no intention of rescuing a cat:o BUT now I know I'll be resuing from now on:) So I guess you guys have changed my mind about rescuing:D

Blueberry was from a breeder.:)

Already did. Ripley is a rescue and Trevor and Andy were adopted free of charge. Bella is the only current pet that I bought. :)

YES!! Although if I get a Great Dane, I might get it from a well-known breeder, so I know its health histroy since Danes are prone to A LOT of health problems.

Other than that, all of my animals are going to be rescues, even my horses and mules- already have started looking at equine rescues in Wisconsin. :p

All of my animals have always been rescues aside from the snakes and Teddy (pomeranian). As of right now, I don't ever have an intention of purchasing another animal. If I had a particular breed in mind, I'd take my time looking at rescues and shelters. I suppose if I really couldn't find what I wanted (which would be next to impossible), I would consider buying from a breeder again.

Of course! I would love to save a life! Actually, my family is talking about getting a kitten! I hope we can get one! We will be adopting one.

Yep, we looked there before we decided to go to Breeders. I have no regrets, either. :) Although I would love to adopt a shelter dog.

Of course. Moose was from a shelter, and quite honestly...I refuse to buy from a breeder. Why give a breeder more reasons to continue bringing puppies into the world when there are so many abandoned and alone dogs that are in a greater need of homes??

Of course! Everybody I know who is considering a dog, I always suggest to them the shelters first. :D

We checked out all the shelters in the area before going for the breeder. We didn't know about Pet Finder at the time but still...I don't regret a thing. :)

I will always get my dogs from the shelter! :) As long as there are 3 million dogs put to sleep each year :(, I'll help out all I can by adopting them!

I know growing up, we have picked up so many dogs off the street its uncountable... We have gotten many from shelters though. Just about 2 years ago at my camp my parents kept hearing the security calling for the owners of a dlamation beagle mix. We ended up taking her home. We had to get rid of her unfortunatly to my dads friend. Though about 3 times she ran from him and ended up on our front porch :) He lived quite a while away but yet she kept coming back. One day she ran away from him and we havn't heard from her since :(

i would definatly get a stray before i bought a pet. the only time i would buy a pet from a store is if the stray's and shelters ran out (unlikely)