Think about the FCHS for your next pet
On Saturday, we lost one of our beloved “pound puppies”. Gracie was an 8-year old Rottweiler/Coonhound mix and her death was completely sudden and unexpected. We suspect it may have been an aneurysm because of how quickly she went. She, along with our other mixed breed, was adopted from the Frederick County Humane Society. She was an adult dog who had been at the pound for at least three weeks when we adopted her. This was about 5 years ago, and I remember feeling so sad that there were so many adult dogs there, waiting for adoption while there were very few puppies available. Our surviving dog was a puppy when we got him (before we adopted Gracie) and I can tell you that the transition into the family for the adult dog versus the puppy was much smoother. Our girls will tell you that many a shoe and Barbie doll suffered the wrath of puppy teeth!
Anyways, I thought I’d pass along our personal story to plant the seed that if you are thinking about adding to your family, please consider the Humane Society. If you go to their website, you’ll see that there is now a real problem with people whose homes are going to foreclosure leaving their dogs behind to fend for themselves. It’s a sad situation all around and there are so many dogs available and just maybe one of them could be the perfect addition to your family. Both our pound puppies have given us so much love.
I should add that we also adopted two cats from FCHS years ago and they were both great cats. Cat lovers should know that there are always great adult cats ready to be adopted at the humane society.
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I’m sorry to hear about your family’s loss of your pet. Thanks for sharing your experience with the humane society.
I am sorry to hear about your pet. When our first dog died eight years ago we were very sad, but it felt even worse not having a dog around, so a few weeks later we went to the Humane Society and got our dog Gussie. She was pregnant when her owner gave her to the shelter and they were able to get all of her puppies adopted, but no one wanted poor Gussie! (If it weren’t for my husband, I’d gladly go to the shelter and bring more dogs and some cats to our home, in addition to the two dogs and turtle we currently have – we’re in between fish right now, since Miss Fishy passed away several months ago.)
What an inspiring story. Everyone should consider the HS before “buying” a pet. Who cares if it is pure bred or not? Usually the cute little mutts are better behaved anyway!!
Thanks for passing on your story and I hope it will encourage others to adopt!!