Englewood Family Matters: How and Where to Adopt Pets
Parenting Tips on Adopting Pets in Englewood, CO
What is Your Family Routine? First and foremost, you need to see if proper pet care will fit into your family's daily routine. Is there time to walk a dog? Would said dog be included in trips to Englewood parks with the kids? Time to amuse a cat with a string of yarn? Time to brush and groom? Would a pet have plenty of time with family members for love and care or would they just be an afterthought or another cool object your child will later ditch for something else? If it's the latter two, you can scratch getting a pet off your list.
What are Your Reasons for Wanting to Adopt a Pet? Does your family just want a particular pet just to say you have one - or do you have a genuine interest in bringing in a new family member. Cats and dogs (and any other animals) are not toys. They are living creatures with feelings. If your reasons for having them don't include providing a loving, caring home, your family shouldn't be adopting a pet. It's alright if one reason is that they are cute. But don't forget that a new pet is the same as a new family member.
How Responsible are Your Kids? Can you trust your kids to take care of a pet properly all the time? If not, will you be doing it? Pets are a big responsibly. Yes, they are cute and cuddly and playful and fun. But, they are also a ton of work when cared for the right way. If you adopt a pet, can your family handle the responsibility? If you have any doubts, it's much better not to adopt than it is to take in a pet that may later end up in an Englewood shelter. That's not fair to the pet - and it's also not fair to your family.
Can You Handle the Expenses? In addition to the adoption fees, there is also the constant fee of food, treats, toys, and more. Don't forget to add vet bills into your budget too. Just like your kids need to go to the doctor regularly, so do animals. If by chance, something unforeseen happens with their health, will you be able to afford medicines, surgeries, or whatever else it may take? Just like you probably calculated expenses when you brought a new baby into the world, you need to do the same with a pet. If you are already scraping to get by now, it's best not to bring a pet into your home. Doing so would possibly be like taking food from the mouths of your kids and it's also not fair to bring a pet into a situation where each day is unsure. Love them from a distance until your financial situation (and other factors) allow better care.
Do Your Kids Know How to Treat Animals? If your child is the one going around pulling the tails of other people's cats, he needs some instruction before you bring an animal into the home. Even if you have not seen evidence of the kids mistreating animals, it's always a good idea to have a talk about proper animal care. Many pet shelters and stores offer instruction to families looking to adopt a pet. This is to ensure that everyone knows what is good for a pet and what is not.
Where is the Best Place to Adopt a Pet in Englewood, CO? Animal shelters are generally the best place to adopt pets. Why? You are rescuing an animal that may not otherwise survive. Most animals in shelters have been rescued from sort of unfit situation. Pet shelter animals generally come with their vaccinations and are often spayed or neutered. Some will even microchip your pet. All of these things would cost extra time and money and they are part of what you would need to do anyway - outside of the microchip. That's obviously a personal choice. The benefit to having one is that if your pet is lost and turned in to a shelter, they can scan the pet and know you are the owner. However, some people do not like to have a device implanted in their pet - and that's fine too. It's a personal choice.
Animals for Adoption in the Englewood, CO area
Animal Rescue and Adoption Society
http://www.arascolorado.org/
2390 S. Delaware Street
Denver, CO 80223
Phone: (303) 744-6076
Denver Dumb Friends League
http://www.ddfl.org/
2080 South Quebec Street
Denver, CO 80231
(303) 751-5772
Colorado Animal Welfare League
http://coloradoanimalwelfare.org/
PO Box 1071
Englewood, CO 80150
(720) 515-CAWL(2295)
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Well done Lyn. I loved this article. Adopting a pet is so imporatant and can be such a wonderful part of growing up. It can also be a nightmare if the child is just not ready or interested in the pet. Good resources here. We have one pet adopted from a selter and one saved from going to the shelter. The third may have ended up in one or just let loose as the family was moving overseas soon. So we have 3 babies that we love and cherish and they give us so much in return.
Okay, Lyn, I'll apologize ahead of time for linking one of my entries (there's about a 2% chance of me doing this on other people's entries), but I want you to see Shep. Isn't he cute? http://www.associatedcontent.com/image/690569/index.html He had ears like a Lab but the rest of his body was all German Shepherd.
I remember my mother told me we were getting a dog. My godmother's dog had a bunch of puppies, and there was one dog out of the bunch who wasn't dark brown like the Labrador Retriever the mother was. Apparently she'd been with a German Shepherd. The mother tried to chew off the puppy's tale for being different. My mother snatched that dog right up and brought him home. I was terrified of this little golden brown dog, which sounds crazy to me now because we ended up with "Shep" (short for German Shepherd) for 13 years. It took me all of a couple months to be hardcore over dogs. Now I stop to look at people's dogs before I stop to look at babies. R.I.P. to Shep.
great article, I've been there with mine on this.
Very well written. Nothing breaks my heart (as an animal rescuer) more quickly than a family who shows up to adopt and hasn't really thought at all about their circumstances.
: )
So many pets need a home.
what? I thought puppies where for eating. Oo?
Great tips and the shelters are the way to go!