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find one that has been crate trained. Lab or golden retriever

yes its a good idea…save one more life

i think its a good idea you just have to watch out for the dogs that have gotten treated like **** in previous homes…like abuse and stuff like that…you should also find one that’s already trained..

i dont think u should cuz i got a dog from the pound 1 time and it ran away and ive heard that they train them dogs 2 come back there so that they could make more money

Of course adopting from the shelter is a good idea. do you know how many unwanted dogs need a good home??? As soon as you adopt the dog take it to the vet, don’t skimp on treatments and always take your vets advice to keep your dog healthy. If you are concerned about it being home alone while you are at work try to find a neighbor that could come over and take the dog out or try a doggie day care.

fantastic idea. rescue a dog. hats off to you. good luck in your search. i know you will find just the dog you want at the pound.

Save one from the pound!

rescuing a dog is always a good idea… but i’d go with the healthy one

labs or golden retreivers. They are kind and loyal and bond quickly.

There are lots of healthy dogs at the pound, and they need good homes. If they don’t get adopted they get put down. Also, there is not the expense of buying from a breeder or pet store. And I agree with you; unless you can afford doggy day care (yes; they actually have them!), it is necessary to leave your baby home.

Good idea. Either. I got a cat that was sick from being around so many other cats at the humane society. After a few months she was 100% healthy. You will just need to have time for vet visits occassionally and give them love. Totally healthy is good too.

of course it’s a good idea. your saving another life

It would not be good to get a dog and keep it alone for 8 hours. You know with lunch hour and the commute it would actually be closer to 10 hours.

And no, not everyone does it. And the ones that do usually have a dog that acts out, misbehaves, and causes real problems, messes up the house, tears stuff up, then you end up having to take him back to the pound because you can’t put up with it.

When I adopted a dog from the shelter I took a couple of them out for a walk before deciding and chose the one that responded best to a few simple commands. However, that dog didn’t work out because it killed the rabbit in front of the kids so I found it a better home.

Puppies require a lot more time than adult dogs. Try to get one that is already housebroke and can hold it long enough until you get home. I’m hoping you don’t plan to leave it outside all day because it might bark and annoy neighbours, plus it could either get too hot or too cold for it.

get a dog from the pound, you will be saving his/her life because the dogs in there are killed if nobody adopts them. Because you are gone most of the day i suggest you get a dog that requires little excercise, such as a chihuahua, pug, or get two dogs so they can entertain each other and they won’t be alone all day long. Dogs are social animals and **** being alone for long periods of time.

Yay! Good for you! I got my doggie from a shelter 6 years ago and he is wonderful! Even if the dog you adopt is older, my advice to you is to enroll him in dog school and make sure you and he understand obedience and commands. This will help assure that you are the one in control and will keep him safer.

Hey,,, I have 3 dogs from the local dog shelter…. they are great…. no kidding… I use to raise and show Samoyeds.. and these dogs I have are heinz 57… mixed… but they love me to death…… i would not trade them for all the tea in China…..

Good luck…….plenty of water.. and you can teach them to wait.. or get some pads to put down…….

Great idea! My wife has had great luck with dogs from the pound.

Yes, Yes, Yes!!!
The best pets are pound puppies!! They just seem a little more “grateful”, they know just how bad life can get.
I’d recommend an adult. You won’t have to worry about house training and all the puppy hassles while you are at work.
You will be saving a life and you get lots of “extras” when you adopt from the pound.
Good on you and spread the word:
Don’t breed or buy while shelter animals die.

Lady I Own 11 Bulldogs Of Which,4 Live Inside,I Do Get To Come And Let Them Out At Lunch(Part Of My Contract)However Be Prepared To Replace Furnishings Till It Is House Broken,A Dog Depends On Its Owner For Everything,Its Alot Of Responsibility,Like A Child It Takes Time Love And Money To Properly Own A Pet

its a good idea to save one from the pound, get a healthy dog who has been checked out by a licensed veterinarian and it would be wise to get one that could stay at home while your at work. If your worried about it having accidents on your floor get a cage and cage train it, if you get a dog toy called a Kong put food and dog treats in it and put some creamy peanut butter on the top they will adapt more willingly. Also take them outside before you crate them and again when you get home, and before bed time. Hope that helps.

dogs from pounds usually love you more cuz they like your house better than the pound. i agree with the others, try to get one that is already paper trained- probably not a puppy. give it lots of love, toys and treats and it’ll be loyal and love you forever. i got my dog from the pound almost 14 years ago and she has never had anything worse than a little infection once in a while. i got her when she was 5 months old too. just be careful, mine was abused a little and she’s still afraid of rolled up newspapers and for some reason was afraid of my old stove. they should be able to tell you if the dog was abused or not or to what extent it was abused at the pound. i hope this helps and hope you do rescue a dog.

i have adopted several dogs and cats from animal shelters. i even bought a puppy for alot of money. 8 hours will not kill a dog if you are not home. if it has enough food and water it will be fine. taking animals from a opound is great because they make sure they have their shots and in many cases they are fixed, and the most important thing is you are giving that dog love and keeping it from being put to death. so i say go for it.

Saving a dog’s life is always a good idea. Most dogs in shelters will need a lot of adjusting tho and lots of patience and love. They often have to be re-potty trained, and will have trust issues. Make sure you will be able to ive it the time, love and attention that it needs.

Of course it’s a good idea. And no, it’s not a good idea to have dogs if no one can take care of them for 8 hours straight.

Dogs from shelters are not all “sick” dogs. A high percentage of them are from relatively good homes and their owners just couldn’t take care of them anymore.

Look at petfinder.com or a breed rescue group to find something that will fit your needs. And consider hiring a local teenager to walk your dog and take care of it while you are at work all day. Or, use doggy day care, because even though some people leave their dogs home all day doesn’t make it right. There are easy solutions and they can help keep the dog happy & healthy along with give you a great welcoming commitee when you get home! : )

sure just make sure you can care for it, and check the pets background.

I have a dog I adopted from the animal shelter at 10 weeks old. She is 7 now and has been the best dog. She stays outside all the time. Their is nothing wrong with that if they have proper shelter and I had a dog run built and it has a roof half way across it to shelter my dog from the sun. He also has a big roomy house with a mattress to lounge in outside. He is a great dog.

Adopting a dog from the pound is a great idea.If you have kids under the age of twelve I would say no, as you do not know the dog’s temperament.Maybe a docile dog like a lab would be OK from the pound.

13 years ago we adopted a mix puppy. It is the best dog ever. He can last up to 10 hours alone in the house. He does not drink much when we are a work. He has epilepsy. So not very healthy but very controllable with meds. Some times it is hit or miss with older dogs we tried to adopt an older dog @2yrs and he was very afraid of my husband. Abused Good Luck.

Most but not all of the animal shelter(pound) dogs are someone else’s problem . They commonly have bad habits such as excessive barking ,destructive chewing and running away by fence or wall jumping. The chance of medical problems increases because of the public petting dogs in the shelter. The dogs are affectionate for the most part and will lick people’s hands so the hands of the public petting many animals can and does spread some diseases such as kennel cough .
I would suggest trying to get a pet dog from someone trying to find a home for there pet because their circumstances no longer will allow them to keep their dog. For example people that have to move to a place that that will not accept their pet. You could be saving that animals life as well as the next stop for it may indeed be the shelter. But you will have a clear advantage over what is normally found in the shelters. You might try looking in some classified newspaper ads.

yes it ia good isea to adopt a dog from the pund yuo are saving a dogs live

Most shelters have veterinarians on staff, which pet stores definately can not say. Shelter dogs come to you with a full set of the shots appropriate for their age and already fixed. Most have been given a check-up by a vet already, many have been surrendered by families who could no longer care for them and come with a complete set of veterinary records.

I have had three shelter dogs (two of them still with us), and all have been healthy, happy, wonderful dogs.

Having said that, if you’re worried about your dog being sick because you can’t afford or don’t have the time to take it to the vet, don’t get a dog. All dogs will get sick or have an accident at some point. It doesn’t matter where they’ve come from.

We work full time, and leave our dogs safely confined with toys that stimulate their minds. But when we get home, and before we leave for work, we are dedicated to the dogs’ care and well-being. We work with and train them every day, walk them a lot, play with them in the yard and spend time just hanging out with them.

Also, don’t get a puppy. Get an adult dog. Puppies need to be taken out to *** every half hour while they are initially house training because they’re bladders aren’t phyically capable of holding it for much longer. Even if you have to housetrain and adult dog, it’s a lot easier because they have larger bladders and only need to go out every couple of hours while in training.

Also, please do some research on dog-ownership that doesn’t involve asking random strangers who may or may not know what they hell they’re talking about (person who said that pound dogs are trained to run away and return so the pound can make more money, I’m looking in your direction). At my local library there are literally shelves and shelves of books on dogs, dog training and dog breeds. Read them.

I think that it’s a great idea. I’ve been helping find homes for the pets separated from their owners during Katrina. And I’m only 13. And there have been really sad times where I saw dead cats and dogs and puppies. It was really sad and i cried but it was really rewarding at the end of the day.so I’d stay with the dog a few days with and leave for short period.

I paid over 100.00 for my Boxer 3yrs ago, and not only did she not have papers, but she is not a full blooded Boxer. She is a mixed breed; mixed with Labrador. But I knew if I didn’t adopt her she would be sent to the pound and later destroyed. And she has been the best investment I have ever made.

Good luck to you.

By the way, the only thing I have to say about leaving the dog alone is they tend to “act out” when alone from missing their owners so be sure to spend alot of time with your new pup so they don’t feel abandoned when you leave for work.

save a dog. just be aware of those that came from abusive homes some of these dogs may be overly agressive. also, if you get a puppy be ware of parvo, if they have it before you give them shots the shots are useless because it takes about a week for it to show up. i say get an young dog, not a puppy that needs a good loving home.

I suggest you get one from the shelter. You’ll be saving a dog’s life, and helping to lower the number of animals being eutanized each year due to lack of space and too many animals. I also suggest you get an older, housetrained dog. Older dogs are better if you can’t be with your dog 24/7. Puppies need to be let out more often as they can’t hold it as long as older dogs, and they are more hyper and energetic. If you can’t be home to take them on walks or otherwise excercise them, they’ll find other ways to get rid of their excess energy, which can include, but is not limited to, barking, chewing, shredding, etc. The cuteness of puppies may cause you to want to get a puppy, but their cuteness goes away, along with your grandmother’s antique vase if you can’t be with him/her often enough. Too many people get puppies because they’re cute and end up dumping the pup at the shelter or on the streets when he/she grows up and isn’t as cute anymore. What may seem cute when a dog is young, like jumping up on you, may not be so cute when they grow up and knock you down onto the ground. If the owners aren’t willing to train the dog to stop, he/she’ll be gone. (It’s also easier to train a dog not to do something in the first place than retrain him/her after he/she’s began doing it.) Try finding an older dog who was taken to the shelter because the owner was elderly and had to move to an assisted living facility that doesn’t allow dogs, was moving to a place that doesn’t allow dogs, or had some other circumstance where the dog was otherwise fine. Some owners do lie about why they are abandoning their dog however to feel less guilty. I personally think that’s horrid, but it does happen. The lieing can go either way. Some say the dog is perfect and they’re moving to a place that doesn’t accept dogs, etc. to give the dog a better chance of being adopted when the dog really has behavioral problems that they either are too ignorant to face or simply won’t take the time to correct them, and others say that the dog attacked them or something like that to justify their abandoning him/her when the dog hasn’t done a single thing to them. Try doing some research on dog breeds to find out what type of breed and/or breed mix you should get. Look at several dogs before deciding on the one you definitely want. This way, you won’t get a dog, then a couple days later, returm him/her right back to the shelter. Don’t let the opinions of a few people deter you from a certain breed either. Dig deeper to find out the truth about each type of breed before crossing them off your list, so you don’t wave off a breed that could’ve been the perfect breed you were looking for. Take your time at the shelter. Spend time looking at each one. Don’t pick one just because of how cute they look or that they’re about to be put to sleep the earliest. You may regret that choice later unless you’re extremely lucky. I hope this helped. Sorry if it’s a bit long.

go for it. and don’t let anyone make you feel guilty for leaving the dog alone while you work. if you are gone for a long time during the day, make sure you get dog with low energy. you could get 2 dogs to keep each other company, but that won’t stop any destructive behavior. perhaps get one that is crate trained.