ADOPT DON"T SHOP!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

[LeftofObama]

1. Huge K & R!

[kudzu22]

2. love it!

[kas125]

3. Wow, the white "mama's boy" looks just like my Alpine, who I got from a rescue

about a month ago.

[Helen Reddy]

4. Great message!

And even greater messaging!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

5. Watch what your dogs eat...

[madinmaryland]

6. We have adopted six kittens over the last 20 years, including one from a DUer. We have

also rescued a tiny kitten who is now a feisty little 14 week old. Gives her older housemates a lot of activity!!

[backwoodsbob]

7. Been waiting ALL EVENING to reply to this

I won't post using phone...it's too weird,but saw this post and have waited all evening to give you a HUGE thumbs up.

LOVE IT!!!!

The momma's boy sign is awesome.

Love the pic and love the message even more...GREAT post

[NYC_SKP]

8. Or pick one up being given away at the flea market, like Millie!

[backwoodsbob]

9. Millie is awesome looking

what a cutie

[pintobean]

11. We got ours from craigslist

[Fearless]

10. I happily did just that

Last year, a former town-skipping housemate of mine left his cat in our house when he lost his job. I adopted her and lo and behold she had not been fixed as he had claimed she had. (He also stiffed us for $95 in electric bill money.) She had five very cute kittens and I was able to provide some adorableness to four lucky people. (I kept the fifth.) Of course they were all spayed or neutered then by me and their new owners (which was the terms of the deal).

Here's the kitten I kept... I think if you know me, it's fairly obvious why...



And the bunch...

[union_maid]

12. We've never bought a pet

It wasn't always out of conviction. Actually, I don't really remember if it was or not, but it was never necessary. There were always dogs and cats looking for homes whenever we had an opening. Our present kitteh and the one before were both abandoned right near our house. We didn't even have to get in the car to adopt them. There have been times when we wanted a particular breed of dog. Wanted a lab for my daughter when our first lab died. Got one through the humane society. Recently we wanted a Shar Pei, because they suited us at this time of life. They're pretty much naturally housebroken and not inclined to try to get out of the fenced yard. We are too old to chase our dogs all over the neighborhood. We ended up with two purebred rescues and there were lots more available than that. In between were some wonderful mixed breeds. So, yeah, adopting makes a lot of sense for most people.