Jan 24 2009
Today is Change A Pet’s Life Day
Today, Saturday January 24, is Change A Pet’s Life Day. If you are one of the first ten people to adopt a shelter animal at a Hill’s Pet Nutrition partner shelter today, the adoption is free. Visit the Hill’s website to see if your shelter is a Hill’s partner shelter.
Shelter animals make wonderful pets. Both of my cats are shelter animals. When we are able to get a dog, it will be a shelter animal. Many people assume that because an animal is in a shelter, it is a problem animal. That’s not the case at all. When I was growing up, my family always had animals. Some of them were shelter animals, some were not. Nine times out of ten, the shelter animals were better pets than the non-shelter animals. Animals wind up in shelters for many different reasons. Some were abandoned by their previous owners. Some, unfortunately, were abused or neglected by their previous owners. Others were strays, found by people who were unable to care for them themselves. In some cases, the pet owner passed away, and the pet had nowhere to go.
Visit a shelter if you get a chance. You’ll fall in love, I guarantee it.
Animals at shelters are being given second chances. Please help give them that second chance that they deserve.
