Tag Archives: shelter pets

Sea World Cares

If you live in Central Florida and are considering adopting a pet, then I have a great deal for you. If you adopt from one of three specific shelters, then you can earn two free single-day tickets to Sea World. The program, dubbed Happy Tails, is a part of the amusement park’s initiative called Sea World Cares. Sea World Cares is the branch of the park that helps rehabilitate and conserve wild animals. Happy Tails, then, focuses on the local land animals in the Central Florida community. Happy Tails isn’t complicated. If you adopt a pet from one of the … Continue reading →

Six Reasons Why You’ll Never Regret Adopting a Dog

Photo by Bethan Hazell I happen to love my pound hound with my entire heart and soul. I know others, such as Aimee who rescued her Lally and Moose from shelters, also feel the same. Since October is Adopt-A-Shelter Dog Month, I thought I’d honor it by listing some reasons why adopting a dog will be the best decision you ever make. Reason #1: You’re Saving a Life Some shelters are no-kill, meaning the animals will stay there until the right home is found for them. But most shelters only have limited resources –space, food, and money. That forces them … Continue reading →

Why Pets End Up in Shelters

Browse through Petfinder.com, or even your local shelter’s website, and you’ll find a lot of pets who are homeless for a lot of reasons. Allergies It’s a sad story to see a family pet who has to be surrendered to a shelter because someone in the family has developed allergies. If you’re thinking about adding a pet to the family, please make sure no one is allergic first! Borrow a friend’s dog, or visit someone with a lot of cats… you’ll find out very quickly whether or not someone already has allergies. Military Deployment Lately I’ve seen a lot of … Continue reading →

Aimee’s Cast of Characters, part one

I’m one of your new pets bloggers… but you’re not here to read about me, are you? NO! You’re here to read about my mutts! We’ve had lots of dogs in the family over the years — and you’ll get to meet all of them soon enough — but there have been three dogs who have been Mine. Miko… joined the family 4/25/2000 After graduating college in 1999, I lived in an apartment for a year. After that, I moved home to live with my grandmother. As soon as my stuff was home, I went to Jersey Shore Animal Center … Continue reading →