adopting??

**sooby707** · 07-16-2006, 10:37 PM

thank you so much luvofallhorses you were very helpfull, im going to call my shelter tomarrow when they open. thank you again

**Lady's Human** · 07-16-2006, 10:41 PM

When you go to the shelter, go with an open mind. When I went to Dog Orphans (local shelter in MA) to look for a dog, I didn't pick one. She picked me from the moment they let her out of her cage. (Okay, so I have a thing for black+white mutts anyway, but)

You never know which dog will crawl into your pocket for the ride home!

(or try to, anyway)

**luvofallhorses** · 07-16-2006, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by sooby707

thank you so much luvofallhorses you were very helpfull, im going to call my shelter tomarrow when they open. thank you again

I am glad I could help.

you're very welcome!

**pitc9** · 07-17-2006, 07:50 AM

I'm glad to hear you are looking to adopt!!!

When I adopted Sierra from a Rescue Organization, they charged $100.
Buddy came from a shelter and was $40.

Good Luck!!

**GreyhoundGirl** · 07-17-2006, 08:08 AM

At ours they spay/neuter before you get them. Dogs are 160 $$ ( CDN ) and cats I think are, like 20 $. My towns shelter has WAY TOO MANY CATS !!!!!

On the brighter side, my local OSPCA just got a free ad in the biggest paper around here. The whole front page, in colour. In the middle it said UNLOVED,UNWANTED.

The shelter doesn't have enough money or volenteers or potential adopters. We live in a small town wit lots of animals. So on the front page all around UNLOVED, UNWANTED was the photo,age, breed, and gender of over 30 cats and 5 dogs ( plus 2 bunnys ). Plus a plea for donations .

I LOVE MY NEWSPAPER !!!!

**Dot** · 07-17-2006, 08:39 AM

About why shelters charge for their dogs, besides helping to pay for their care and expenses, there is another important reason. If they were to just give the dogs away, a percentage of them would soon wind up back on the streets, or worse, be used for dog-fighting bait.

Anyone who cares enough to pay to adopt a dog is not likely to abandon it again, but will make every effort to give it a good home.

Anytime I see an ad for a dog being offered "free to good home", it saddens me because I know the chances for a happy life for that dog are not very good. Anything free is usually not valued very highly.

Dottie

**Roxyluvsme13** · 07-17-2006, 08:52 AM

My shelters vary greatly. The one nearest me charges $85 for unspayed females, $75 for unneutered males, and for Cats, $55 unneautered males, $65, unspayed females. If they're spayed they're $20 for dogs, cats, males, females. They also currently have in some bunnies, and I'd love to volunteer there, but I'm not old enough. In another shelter in the area, you pay for their spay, neuter, and as soon as the Procedure is done they refund your money! If the dog or cat is already spayed or neutered, they're FREE.