Responsible Dog OwnershipWritten by MJ Plaster
With all companionship and love that our dogs give so freely, it's hard to imagine that some owners just don't take responsibility for their dogs. But it's true. Millions of dogs—healthy dogs—are euthanized every year. Whether through owner neglect or owner ignorance, millions of healthy dogs will endure same fate this year. So what's a responsible dog owner to do? The best thing you can do, as a dog owner, is to ensure that your dog doesn't become a statistic, and you do that through responsible pet ownership. Welcoming a new dog into your house means taking on additional long-term responsibility. Many new dog owners find something cute or romantic about bringing that puppy in window home until they realize that there's a modicum of work involved in caring for that cute, adorable little face, and a price to pay for those wet, slobbering kisses. You wouldn't expect to return a baby. Its' no less wrong to return a dog when novelty wears off, and it ought to be criminal to leave a dog somewhere on its own. In many ways, dogs are as vulnerable as newborn infants are, but dogs are dependent upon their owners for their entire lives. Listed below you'll find basic steps to responsible dog ownership, and many of them are just common-sense rules of road. 1. Selecting Your Dog – Turn to a local animal shelter or rescue operation to select a puppy or dog. Remember that older dogs need loving owners too. Refuse to purchase a puppy or dog that started life in a puppy mill. 2. Test Your Dog – Contact a veterinarian and ask him to run usual series of tests on your new companion. 3. Spay or Neuter Your Dog – Responsible pet owners always spay and neuter their dogs and cats. There are far more dogs waiting for adoption than there are owners to adopt them.
| | Pet Owner Are The Majority Population In The U.S.Written by Thaddeus Collins
According to recent statistics, an astounding 65% of all U.S. household have at least one pet, and in many of these homes, their pets are considered part of family. With so many homes containing pets, it is no wonder that so many laws have been created to protect our pets. Agencies that might not have existed just a decade ago, like Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (S.P.C.A), are now dominating force in war against animal cruelty.But, a lot of responsibility still lies with pet owners when it comes to ensuring that their pets are safe and secure. Making sure a pet is safe and secure also includes taking steps needed for their safe return if they are ever become lost. Each year more than a million pets are reported lost to shelter agencies around nation, and a large majority of these pets are never returned because of lack of any identification, or up-to-date contact information for owners. Providing a method for lost pets to be identified and returned to their owners helps relieve rescue agencies and shelters of this task, and allows them to focus on returning lost pet. The solution to this problem is provided by a company called RecoveryPets.Com, they have established a service that provides pet owner with ability to register their pet in a global pet identification data-base. Once registered with service, pets description, photograph, and owners contact information is available for recovery of lost pets.
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