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Adopting a Pet
Looking for a Pet?
Petfinder is an online, searchable database of animals from over 9,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the USA. Hundreds of local rescues and shelters have thousands of pets available for adoption.
What kind of dog should I adopt?
Can't decide what breed of dog you want to adopt?
Visit dogbreedinfo.com and take their quiz to help you decide which breed will best fit in with your family's lifestyle.
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How much is that doggie in the shelter window?
In addition to the initial cost of adoption, there's a whole litany of expenses that the average companion animal caretaker will incur within a year. How much out-of-pocket will you need to spend on your pocket pet? What's the dish on fish? To make it easier to plan for new arrivals, we've prepared a financial breakdown of the annual costs of caring for a variety of species, from gerbils and rats to Great Danes and cats.
Click here to learn more about the costs associated with adopting a pet.
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New Pet Tips
Petvideo.com, created by the founders of Petfinder.com and Petsincredible, presents positive, reward-based training advice through free online training clips. If you are adding a new pet to your family or looking for help with training your existing pet, this is a must see!
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Lost & Found Tips
Lost your pet?
There are many things you can do to help find your pet. Make sure to visit your local animal shelter and also visit these websites for more tips.
Visit Missing Pet Partnership's web site at www.missingpetpartnership.org for lost pet behavior recovery tips, suggestions on how to make highly visible posters, and links to pet detective resources with search dogs trained to find lost pets.
Visit www.helpmefindmypet.com to create a missing pet poster that is sent to a network of pet shelters, veterinarians, groomers and others in the network.
Found an animal?
If you can hold onto it make sure to notify your local shelter. If you can't then take it to the local shelter where you found the animal. Also advertise in the local paper that the animal was found, most newspapers will place a found ad for free. If you plan to hold onto the animal post large, easy to read Found flyers and posters at businesses near where the animal was found with a picture along with giving flyers to the shelter.
Beware of who inquires about the animal. Make sure they can describe the animal and its characteristics (including collar or other items it was found with) in detail. Unfortunately, there are people out there looking for animals for unsavory purposes.
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