Where did your pet come from?

[manda_moo87]

My Holland Lops come from a Reputable breeder, although 2 I bred myself.

Jack was a rescue.

Both of the cats were rescues.

[jackie]

both my pups are from a shelter in the north of gran canaria. believe me these shelters would make the SPCA look like animal heaven. when you walk in there is about 30 cages with between 20 and 50 dogs in each cage (they are huge pens, not so much cages, but it looks like a prison). it is a non-profit organization, and the people there love the animals and try to do the best that they can with what they have. but still its not nearly enough.

both time we went there, i had to leave because i was crying so hard. we adopted tito when he was just under a month old (a throw away litter) and when he was one year old we went back to get him a "girlfriend" (they are both altered, don't worry, LOL). Bella was 2 or 3 when we adopted her, and her poor coat was so matted we had to have her shaved to the skin, she had at least 7 ticks, massive flea infestation, and ear mites. she was very timid and terrified of strange men. in the 6 months we had her the change is AMAZING!!!! some people dont even recognize her as the same dog.


everyday i wake up and am so thankful that i have my beautiful pup with me.

[Kfamr]

All three of mine came from the shelter, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[CamCamPup33]

Cami came from a petstore. I regret that decision but i couldn't imagine life without her.

Bennie came from our very own Logan.

[flamepony12]

Zeus came from a reputable breeder.

Mackenzie came from a breeder, too. Not sure how reputable, though, considering that Mackenzie became blind at age one.

Muffin came from a shelter--she was a street rescue.

Freckles came from a pet store. He had a very nice life at the store. We would never, ever buy an animal from a dirty pet store.

Baybi came from a breeder--though not very reputable, she was very spoiled and had a good life, riding around on shoulders all day and getting hand-fed when she was a "Baybi".

[chrissycat21]

Snowy came from an accidental litter, but still a loving home. He old 'owners' were crying when we took her home.

Taffy came from a pet store, after my hamster, Fluffy, died. (she was also from the pet store)

Buttons was from the same petstore Taffy was, Petland. I wasn't planning on getting a bird, my mom and I jus stopped in there to get some food for Taffy. I noticed that they had just gotten a bunch of cockatiels in so I went over there to look at them. And well, obviously, I did more than just looking and came home with a HUGE dent in my pocket. (The birds there were over priced, but I don't care, all I wanted was a sweet bird!)

Sushi (my fish) was from Petsmart.

[Desert Arabian]

Dudley- humane society
Sammy- side of the road
Sophie & Eloise- pet store
Peanut & Buster- humane society

[Soapets]

Sandi (mixed breed dog) came from the Humane Society. We picked her up there the same day she was brought in. She was about 10 months old at the time. She's almost 11 years old now.

Oreo was an "accident" between a co-workers two dogs: a pure-bred male Beagle and a pure-bred female Chocoalte Lab. So we call him our "Chocolate Beagle". We brought him home when he was 6 weeks old, and he's almost 8 years old now.

Angel was an orphaned farm cat that we got from another of my co-workers. She had been born on my co-worker's parents farm, and orphaned at 6 weeks when a coyote or something got the mother. We brought her home when she was 8 weeks old, but she was the size of a 2-week old kitten. For more on her story, go to the Cat General section and look on the thread that starts out as "Angel's story.."

[todd]

Shelter/rescue

[GiantSchnauzer]

Reputable breeder in Canada.

[LuvinMyAussieBoy]

Kenai came from an Aussie Rescue & Koda from a reputable breeder.