When you open your heart and your home to a pet who needs help, they really do show their appreciation for the rest of their life! Dogs or cats who have been uprooted from their homes, or have had difficult beginnings are likely to bond completely and deeply with their new human caretakers, whom they regard as heroes. Pups and kitties who find themselves in the shelter or at a rescue because of a death or other tragedy in their former human family usually go through a mourning period. Once they are adopted, however, they usually want nothing more than to please their new hero---YOU! No matter what circumstances brought them to the rescue, most cats and dogs for adoption are exceptionally affectionate and attentive, and make extremely loyal companions.Got an email from my sister entitled A Sad Day. Gosh I hate to read those type of emails as they usually make me cry. Yesterday my sister had to put her dog of 10 years down due to aggressive cancer. She adopted BJ a lab mix from a local animal shelter about 10 years ago. BJ had some issues (barking and chewing on things )when she first arrived and through the years worked through most of them. She was a loving companion and loved to sleep on the bed, run around their yard and go for rides. I told my sister she gave her a better life than she had at first and made sure she had shots, food and a warm place to sleep and lots of love. Remember the good times she is better off now than in pain with cancer.
It got me thinking about my past and current pets and how they came to live with my family. We live in the country for the past 23 years and most of our pets have been pets thrown out to fend for themselves. We have taken most of them in or found homes for others. It would be much better as Betty White has said, Please spayed or neutered your animals." Wise Words!!
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