Rescue Pets!

[Mad_Druid]

I'm starting work tommorow at the Animal Shelter where I got my two kittens. I get to work in the Cattery cleaning and socialising the cats

[Sheree]

Okay, we have five dogs, and now one cat.

We adopted Romeo from the pound. He was found as a stray and turned over to the animal shelter. I saw his picture online and we just had to have him. He's an American Eskimo mix, very beautiful and extremely clever.

Then there's Shyenne - or Shye, for short. About a week and a half ago, I took the trash out to the dumpster, and this beautiful little black and white kitty follows me back inside. I tried letting her out, but she wouldn't budge. I even put her out (thinking she would go home), but when I opened the door two hours later, there she was!
So, I decided to let her stay and I was going to look for her owners. I figured she was an indoor cat who had just escaped or something, because she's so affectionate and is already completely house-trained. I spoke with our apartment complex manager, who said that Shye had been hanging around for a month. They figured that someone must have had her in their apartment and moved out and just left her!
Then, this past week, I made a discovery about my new cat - she's pregnant. About 6 weeks along. So now, I'm not just trying to deal with having my first cat ever, but also having to deal with kittens!

Oh, goodness, I think she knew what she was doing too. She saw me, thought I looked like a sucker, and followed me home. Guess she made a good choice!

[Colonel_Fubster]

It's weird how they know, huh?
Good luck with the kittens!

[KittyNorville]

I have 3 rescues:

*Remus (Remy) the cockatiel - we honestly don't even know how old he is because the people who he was rescued from didn't say. He's only been here a month.He's really cute and very talkative. He has a strange fasination with no, not his toys (he did have one that he really liked, but broke it within his first week home and when I went back to get him another one...there weren't any.)
*Orange Spot (Orangey) she just showed up at our house and we found out that someone had dumped her on our street corner. Sweet kitty, the only kitty of ours to get along with the dogs. She'll play with them and cuddle with them...the others hiss at and go out of their way to scare the poor poochies. Shes very tiny and its probably because of bad nutrition while growing up.
*Sunny: He also just showed up at our doorstep, strangely enough it was exactly a year after Whoosy (another rescued kitty) died at 19 years old. He looked almost exactly like her, and we were really freaked when he started to do a few of her little quirks, but his personality is more friendly and not so attached to just our family, he likes everyone, unlike Whoosy. Since we took him he went from kinda thin to kinda fat...he needs to diet pretty bad. He looks like Garfield

[Harry852]

I don't just think pets are cute I want to make a diffrence. all animals need food, shelter, and water and at the same time space nature, and fresh air! i love animals of all kinds.

[TerrierMom]

I adopted Dusty, my Cairn Terrier and Pug mix from a shelter in Vermont. He'd been the house pet of the owners of a puppy mill. The owners weren't treating the kennel dogs properly. They were raided by the authorities of Vermont and New Hampshire, and the dogs were removed and placed in shelters. I was looking for a Cairn Terrier or Cairn Terrier mix to replace a Cairn ans Scottie mix I had who'd died about 6 months earlier. I found Dusty through Petfinder.com

[Fantasy Moon]

My cat, whom I have named Kokoro, was a stray that showed up at our house one day. She seemed to have been harmed before arriving at our doorstep because she would dart away if I tried to come near to pet her. She didn't look to be far out of kittenhood so I figure that her former owner may have been abusive since she seemed so wary of humans. But after a few days of leaving food out for her, she grew trusting enough of me to allow me to pet her. It was a long time before she allowed others to come near her.

She's nearly four years old now. It'd be hard to imagine life without her.

[Melaszka]

I've got a big ginger cat, Adam, whom I adopted from an animal charity when he was 4 (he's 6 now). I don't think he'd been mistreated (they didn't tell me his specific history, but they did say that, thankfully, they get very few cruelty cases - most of their cats come to them simply because the owner can't look after them any more) but he was very shy, and they said he'd probably never be a cuddly cat.

Ha! And they call themselves cat experts?! He's the cuddliest pet I've ever had. He often sleeps on my bed at night, lies in my arms like a teddy bear, follows me round the house, prods me on the arm or sticks a paw in my face if I'm not giving him enough attention.

I hate to think of lovely, healthy pets being put to sleep or left in institutions for the rest of their lives simply because they're not wanted. In future, I plan to get all my pets from shelters.

[Alster]

This is my dog "Milla". She was rescued from a killing-station and she always is really a well-tempered sunshine.

[TrueRavenclaw]

My older sister picked up my doggy, Saki, after being hit by a car~
She really is the most affectionate dog a person could ask for :3 She sometimes fights with my other dogs, Laru and Aslan, but she truly is a sweetheart. I sometimes ask myself what would have happened if my sister would not have picked her up after her accident that day. Would she have died? Most likely, yes. She sleeps with me every night and likes to cuddle, so I guess, in her own way, she is saying thank you. My parents always comment on how our house has literally, "gone to the dogs" due to the amount of canines we have, but I consider its current state as being 'worth it'. Because we managed to give a poor soul seeking for love a true home. I shall be moving out after I finish high school soon and I plan to take Saki with me :3 May she bring warmth to new home the way she does to my heart now.

[KeepItDark]

and that's buffy. we originally went to the shelter to look for a beagle/ beagle mix. the dog we were going for had just started his walk,so i pointed to the dog that was just coming in.my mom looked at me and then asked if we could see her. we did, and even the volunteer said she never saw a dog react to us as buffy had. all licks and kisses, no growls or anything. i was sitting on the floor, and i was alone with her, she decided my legs made a good bed. and now, she ours since november last year.

[FirefightingMuggle]

I have a rescue rabbit named Bonham. I adopted him from the Western PA Humane Society.
He is absolutely adorable. He has floppy ears and the cutest little face. He is such a grump. He grunts and grumbles about everything! I have never known a rabbit to make so many different noises. And he's super smart. He will try to figure things out, like how to get on top of things, or how to get into places he is not supposed to be!

Rabbits are the third most surrendered animals in the US. Part of the problem is that people think that getting the kids a living bunny for Easter is a great idea. They think that bunnies are okay in hutches or by themselves. What they don't count on is an intelligent, social animal who needs attention and love. When the kids get bored with bunny and the parents get tired of taking care of him, bunny gets dumped outside to fend for himself, which is a terrible idea, as domestic bunnies aren't suited to life in the wild and often suffer and die, or bunny gets taken to the humane society or a rescue. It is estimated that as many as 90% of bunnies who end up in shelters are euthanized.

Bo is the second bun I have rescued from the shelter. Dodger was my first, but he sadly passed away from a massive stroke only a month after coming to live with us. We were devastated. Dodger was awesome. He would lay by the refrigerator and look for veggies when the fridge was opened up. He loved to eat! Parsley, cilantro and fennel were his favorites! Losing him was so hard, I cried my eyes out for days.
We decided to take a donation to the shelter in memory of Dodger. It was then that we met the people who had Bo in foster care. We set up a "Bunny Blind Date" between Bo and our girl rabbit Otis. On the date, they showed signs of getting along well, so Bo came home with us that day.
Bo is now bonded with Otis and the two are inseparable.

If you are looking to get a bunny in your life, please ADOPT a bunny from a shelter. check Petfinder for shelters and rescues in your area and fall in love. Besides saving the life of an intelligent, adorable creature, adoption has other perks. The shelter I got Dodger and Bo from microchips all their pets before adoption. Also, ALL pets are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. This will ultimately save you money as an adopter. Many shelter buns are bonded with another bun, so you can sometimes adopt the bonded pair for the same price as a single bun! Since bunnies are social animals, they do better in bonded pairs then they do on their own. In the US, rabbits need no shots, only a yearly checkup with your vet! In the UK, there are shots required, please check with your vet.
Please consider an adopted house rabbit for your companion. My bunnies have enriched my life so much.

[Mundungus Fletc]

Originally Posted by FirefightingMuggle

Please consider an adopted house rabbit for your companion. My bunnies have enriched my life so much.

Good to see you - I suspect a pet rabbit would enrich my cat's life rather than my own - if he couldn't get to it it would drive him mad whereas if he could get to it it would only enrich his life for a very short period of time

[FirefightingMuggle]

Originally Posted by Mundungus Fletc

Good to see you - I suspect a pet rabbit would enrich my cat's life rather than my own - if he couldn't get to it it would drive him mad whereas if he could get to it it would only enrich his life for a very short period of time

This could be true! We had rabbits when I was a kid and we had a cat at the same time. The bunny was bigger than the cat and would kick kitty when kitty got too close.

I'm sure if kitty had his say, bunny would have been dinner!

[HermioneLandry]

I have 2 rescued dogs - got my hound Zeus from Craigslist 4 years ago, and I took in Jake, a German shepherd/Golden retriever mix - Jake was running up the street with a gnawed off tether, and I grabbed him and never let him go

[GrimeldaDursley]

I just went day before yesterday and adopted a beagle from the shelter. He is a cool, laid back kinda dog.