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My Views on Dogs....go against popular opinion.

Why I 75% Don’t Agree with “Adopt, Don’t Shop” The public service announcement comes on the radio when I’m driving to work. It’s an ad for First Coast No More Homeless Pets, which is a noble cause...but the announcer says “If you’re looking for a new addition for your family, adopt, don’t shop”. What that means is go to the pound and pick out an animal someone else surrendered, that is now homeless. But what they don’t tell you is why it was surrendered. And, to be honest, they really should. (If they know) But often times, they don’t. Because if you knew that the cute beagle mix that’s staring up at you with puppy eyes from its sad concrete cell was turned over to them because the previous owner Simply could not housebreak it.... They know there’s probably more than a 50/50 chance that you won’t take it home. I mean, the shelters do sometimes have a form on the animal’s cage That says “best as the only pet in the house”, “better for a quiet adul...