For many adoptable dogs, though, myths and misconceptions prevent them from finding a family. In fact, one of the most common assumptions about shelter dogs is that, because their history is usually unknown, it’s a risk to bring them into your house.
You care for your pets, and you care for your planet. The two loves seem hard to reconcile now that mounting data suggests that our pets negatively impact the environment. Of course, not having a pet is not an option!
A dog that fits into your family’s lifestyle is more important. For instance, if your family loves to don wetsuits and hit the beach every Saturday, a dog afraid to swim might not be the right fit. If you hike for an hour before work each morning, a couch potato pup probably isn’t perfect.
Remember learning the three R’s? Reduce, reuse, recycle. And who can forget the three green arrows symbol that became synonymous with our efforts to save the planet in the late 1970s. Unfortunately, over the past four decades we’ve learned that our reliance on recycling just doesn’t cut it. In the words of a Scientific American...
So, you’ve welcomed a new dog into your home! Congrats! A dog brings so much love and joy to a family… but maybe not right away. It takes a new dog some time to adjust. Imagine being dropped into a new home with a new family and you don’t even speak the same language! There...
