Where to Get a Pet in Owings Mills, Maryland
Baltimore, MD 21117
United States of America
Adopt-A-Pet. The Adopt-A-Pet Center, run by the Association for Animal Rights, is technically in Reisterstown, but it's close enough to make it a must-stop when you're looking for a new pet. The Adopt-A-Pet Center is in a renovated building on Main Street and a row of cages filled with beautiful cats and kittens will greet you as soon as you walk in the door. The cages are always clean and the animals are well-cared for. In the back is an area for dogs and puppies that have been surrendered by owners who cannot or will not care for them. Best of all, this animal shelter will not put undue pressure on you to adopt an adult animal if what you're really looking for is a kitten or a puppy. Even so, you should keep an open mind. Some of the adult cats and dogs are fantastic animals that may win you over. All of the pets at this rescue organization are up to date on routine shots, treated for fleas, and dewormed. If the kittens or puppies are of age, they are also altered. Cats and kittens are tested and negative for feline aids/leukemia. All pets come with vet records, and all adoption fees are tax deductible. If you adopt a pet from this center, you can be assured not only of a happy animal, but that you're making room for new animals to be rescued. Because Adopt-A-Pet never kills animals, they are overwhelmed and forced to turn many pets away who then end up in shelters that do kill them. By adopting an animal from Adopt-A-Pet, you'll not only be saving little lives, but encouraging a model of compassionate animal rescue over the grim alternative. Visit the site in person and don't rely on the online link they give to a list of their animals. They have many more pets available than their volunteers have been able to put online.
The Humane Society of Baltimore County. The Humane Society is also, technically, in Reisterstown, but it's on Nicodemus road, so it's only a hop skip and a jump from Owings Mills proper. In addition to their pet shelter, they have a host of services ranging from a pet cemetery to a spay and neuter center. At the Humane Society of Baltimore County you'll find cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters and more. Admittedly, the Humane Society is a kill shelter, which makes the rows of caged animals looking for a home that much harder to take. But adopting an animal from the Humane Society will guarantee that you're saving a life, and they have pets of all ages who will be less likely to bring fleas, ringworm or other diseases into your home than if you got them off the street. You can find a list of animals available to be adopted on their website. And don't think you'll only find moggies here--a few purebreds find their way into the shelter every now and again.
PetSmart and PetCo. Unlike some pet stores, PetCo and PetSmart work with local animal shelters to find homes for dogs, cats, ferrets and more. PetSmart boasts "Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our 3,400 adoption agency partners, 37,000 PetSmart associates, and millions of PetSmart customers, we have made a significant dent on pet overpopulation and euthanasia." For that reason alone, you should reward them with your patronage when looking for a pet in Owings Mills.
Metropolitan Cat Hospital. If you're looking for a kitten or cat to add to your household, don't forget to check with the lovely folks over at the Metropolitan cat hospital. They almost always have kittens they've rescued that they're trying to place, and you'll know that whatever pet you adopt from the Metropolitan Cat Hospital will have had the best care available in Owings Mills.
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Post a Comment...ty of early age spay/neuter. Based on these studies, we can now conclude that sterilizing young puppies and kittens is a medically-sound practice, and is not associated with any serious medical or behavioral conditions. In addition, early age spay/neuter offers many advantages including well-established, safe anesthetic and surgical techniques, shorter surgical and recovery times, and avoidance of the stresses and costs associated with spaying while in heat, pregnant or with pyometra. There are also numerous long-term health benefits including virtual elimination of the risk of mammary and testicular tumors. Finally, in addition to benefiting the individual patient, early age spay/neuter helps veterinarians to fight the single largest killer of dogs and cats: overpopulation and euthanasia of unwanted, homeless pets."
http://www.sheltermedicine.vet.cornell.edu/spayNeuter/pediatric.htm
Spay/neuter contracts are impossible to enforce and have proven to be ineffective.
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Not sure what guidelines you're talking about, Animal lover, but they weren't issued by any accredited organization. They are probably guidelines set by a private veterinarian that AAR uses who is out of touch.
"Currently, the most common age or the 'traditional age' for recommending spaying/neutering is 6 months. This recommendation, however, is not based on research indicating that this is the ideal age to perform these procedures, but was probably chosen because anesthetic and surgical techniques were less advanced at the time and surgical success was more likely in a larger patient. Approximately 30 years ago, humane organizations began sterilizing young puppies and kittens. Understandably, many veterinarians expressed concerns and questions regarding the short- and long-term safety of sterilizing pediatric patients. In response to these concerns, numerous controlled prospective studies and retrospective cohort studies have been performed to verify the safe
AAR is "no-kill" because it sends less-adoptable animals to animal control, and doesn't accept adult cats for most of the year.
It doesn't get any more responsible then the association for animal rights. They follow guidelines saying that all males should be neutered at 5 months and all females at 6. However, this does depend on their size, I was told. A friend of mine adopted there and had no issues what so ever. The other comment is rediculous. She had to sign a contract stating that her kitten had to be spayed at a certain time. If she wasn't, then adopt a pet could take the kitten back. This is a wonderful organization and I wouldn't refer anyone of my friends to any other place except for them.