How do you say no?

[JuniorxMyxLove]

Oh isn't it hard?!

Yesterday, at the shelter (not petsmart, oh well) I fell in love with this grey kitten named Mittens She was soo cute! I opened her cage to give her some love and she all but leapt into my arms!

I'm supposed to be helping out at the Petsmart adoptions soon...I dunno how I'm going to manage that, lol.

[jenluckenbach]

Petsmart really deserves a pat on the back for allowing the adoption space in their stores. not only do they make no money from the adoptions, but they DONATE money to the rescue group for every animal adopted from its adoption center.

It is the rescue group in charge that keeps the cages clean and the animals fed and watered. And that means 2 to 3 times each day, 7 days a week! All volunteer.
but the animals benefit, and that is the great part.

While it may be very hard to say NO to adopting another pet, there are a lot of ways you can still help.

Donate your time or money to the rescue group in charge of your local Petsmart adoption center.

[Don Juan's mom]

I adopted Zerlina from our local Petsmart. In addition to a pretty black kitty, I got a fistful of store coupons... most of which I used.

Clever!

[orangemm]

Archy & Binky came from PetSmart, too. We decided to adopt in 2000 because our last guy was alone and we missed having multiple cats.

At first we were only going to adopt Archy, but someone called and asked us if we would take his brother Binky (who we had considered), we couldn't say no!

It was a happy day when we brought them home. And, it's still happy days here with them.

I know the feeling, though....I always go visit the adoption center.

[Medusa]

I can't even go to PetSmart when adoptions are going on. I can't go to the shelters or Humane Society either. I just can't take the heartache any more. I rescued for a long time and while I know I brought comfort to many cats, I still didn't even make a dent in the overpopulation. I still donate and do what I can to help but I can't go to those places because I want to bring every cat and dog home.

[Don Juan's mom]

I can't even go to PetSmart when adoptions are going on. I can't go to the shelters or Humane Society either. I just can't take the heartache any more. I rescued for a long time and while I know I brought comfort to many cats, I still didn't even make a dent in the overpopulation. I still donate and do what I can to help but I can't go to those places because I want to bring every cat and dog home.

I know what you mean. I have a friend who volunteers at a horse sanctuary, because if she volunteered at a shelter she'd end up taking ALL the animals home. (She wants to take the horses and donkeys home, too, but the size of her yard keeps her from doing that.)

Liz