Last week, we discussed what online photos of dogs for adoption can tell us. This week, I asked pet professionals and pet owners how they met a pet online and how that led to an adoption. Here are some of the stories that they shared.
Shoshannah Forbes Israel My first dog, a ten-year-old boxer I named Julie, was adopted from death row in an animal control facility. I adopted from a photo online. Something about the softness in her eyes. I could tell that she was a gentle soul.
I have no idea why her original family gave her up at animal control. She was a fully trained and well-behaved dog. Older dogs are the best first dogs! Linda Ehrenworth New Jersey Mouse. I had gone six years since my last dog had died and I wanted to rescue. I looked for months adoption events and internet. When I saw his picture, I knew This one will live with me. He was approximately one year of age when we adopted him.
Mouse holds an advanced trick dog title now. I just remembered watching him drag his foster parents through the park the day we met. Love at first sight. I saw her on a lost-and-found dog group and she happened to be in the temporary custody of a friend of mine. I had been casually looking for a new female addition since my Siri passed, and something about her picture spoke to me. So I asked the shelter where she was being admitted to allow me to come and meet her.
She actually never made it to the adoption floor! In the picture, she looked hopeful. Christina Boling Minnesota I knew I was going to get a dog that year, but my family set the stipulation that I should wait until spring because it would be easier on house training. At the time, I was actively involved in rescue and spent a lot of time on forums for rescuers that were looking to pull dogs, specifically border collies, from high-kill shelters.
