• iamericandre@lemmy.world
    1471·
    6 days ago

    Man that article can fuck off, there are tons of dogs in shelters that need homes instead of buying a dog from a shit bag breeder

    • Redredme@lemmy.world
      574·
      6 days ago

      Tried it twice. Couldn’t get a dog from the shelter. Why? We weren’t married. (?) The both of us worked 4 days. We had a child.

      So we shrugged it off, waved and snuggled with the sad doggies and never came back.

      And we just bought a puppy. No rules. No problems. Now, 20+ years later we’re on to our third very happy dog.

      Anyway: a lot of shelters do their best to scare people away. And they succeed.

      • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
        32·
        6 days ago

        Ugh, we went to the RSPCA once and they were looking at our house on streetview and had this entire complicated process of introducing the cats to our existing cat by exchanging scented blankets over weeks. We went straight to the local shelter and took a stray they’d just got in. She’s great.

        • silasmariner@programming.dev
          20·
          6 days ago

          Often pets taken in by the RSPCA have been mistreated and need more patience and tlc than your average bear. But yes, it is a huge faff sometimes

        • threeduck@aussie.zone
          6·
          6 days ago

          Man the ones in Melbourne Australia cost up to $3,000 to adopt, unless you get Pitbulls and mastiffs, then it’s $600. I just adopted a little Maltese looking thing for 1.5k

      • BakerBagel@midwest.social
        9·
        6 days ago

        Did you go to a shelter ir the humane society? The city run shelters just want to make sure you own the home you are in or at least have the owner’s permission before you get a dog. Humane societies are private entities that pick and choose and are almost impossible to get a pet from anymore.

      • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        6 days ago

        Imfao, I just saw a cat in the pet store (a rescue put their cats in those transparent cages and just left them on display in the pet store), I applied online, answered a list of questions over email, then a few days later went there to meet with the volunteer at the organization, paid the adoption fee fee, and got a cat.

        Like lol, do dogs really get that complicated?

    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
      10·
      6 days ago

      Yeah the article addresses some of those issues. It isn’t taking some stand, it is just a guide to someone who already is considering buying one.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
    38·
    6 days ago

    Dog would be like: found in the dumpster, it wag its tail, its mine.

    But to be fair with cats, my youngest cat is like he found me, yell at me, he’s mine.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
    361·
    6 days ago

    My first cat was my grandmother’s purebred Russian blue cat. She moved in with us when I was a kid and brought her Russian blue and Scottish fold. The Russian blue became mine and the Scottish fold welded herself to my mother. Poor grandmother, both her cats abandoned her!

    Most memorable acquisition was playing rpgs at someone’s home. A whip thin cat runs out, eyes as big as dinner plates, scared.

    What a lovely cat! I say. Because it’s a cat. I love all cats the second I view them.

    Everyone who lived there turned and said at the same time

    DO YOU WANT HER

    And that’s how we brought home a cat

    I miss her

    She was the best cat known to humans.

  • LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world
    22·
    6 days ago

    The cat distribution system works in mysterious ways. I don’t have a cat, but when i worked in pet stores, i heard all the stories.

    Now for me? It’s a dog distribution system cause i tend to find my puppies in the most odd circumstances and if i had left the place one minute earlier or later, i would never have gotten the awesome pup i have now.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
    26·
    6 days ago

    Got my first cat because he showed up at my dad’s gas station acting like he owned the place.

  • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
    14·
    6 days ago

    I’m trying to think here… I think dog #1 was found next to the dumpster of an apartment complex. Dog #2 was from a shelter and had been picked up next to the dumpster of an apartment complex. Dog #3 was from a stray that whelped underneath someone’s trailer home and everyone who knew the homeowner pitched in to help adopt out the pups. All great dogs, aside from #1 who was pretty territorial.

    Meanwhile, my aunt bought a breeder dog (a white lab), and that was also an amazing dog with a lot of health issues. I think she paid bookus for it, so I’m on top of that particular fight.

  • unknown1234_5@kbin.earth
    71·
    6 days ago

    the dogs we still have (rip the others) were free on Facebook marketplace and they are texas heelers. i love these dogs.