Persuasive Essay On Having A Dog
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Rachel McMurtrey
Professor Van Houten
Adv College Cred Comp
9 Sep. 2014
Thinking of adding a dog to your life?
Adding a dog to your life? How about making a match of a lifetime and making the world better at the same time. Have you considered going to the shelter? I found two matches of a lifetime by adopting them. My family adopted one dog from Humane Society of Missouri and the other dog from the City of St. Charles Animal Control.
Shelters have all kinds of dogs that vary in size, color, and age. Once the decision has been made to adopt a homeless dog from a shelter, you must consider what kind of dog you want. Making the decision to adopt has many benefits.
There are so many reasons why it’s a good idea to adopt. The main reason why it’s a good idea …show more content…
for you to adopt is because you could save the life of your new dog and others.
Over a million animals are killed every year because people abuse them or just can’t take care of them anymore. There are so many animals out there that when shelters run out of space, they have to put them to sleep. How would you feel if you could of prevented innocent dogs from dying? That is another reason why you should adopt, because you would feel good about yourself and you’re helping out. “It’s the right thing to do. Because there are great dogs in animal shelters, and because dogs in shelters need homes. There is no need to get a puppy from a breeder in order to raise it right getting your dog at an early age is no guarantee of how he will turn out. Plus, you can find
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all the great qualities you could ever want in a shelter mixedbreed dog or puppy, or in one of the thousands of purebreds waiting in shelters on any given day.” Sue
Sternberg
(https://www.petfinder.com/)
adopt, because you would feel good about yourself and you’re helping out.
By adopting a dog from the pound, it creates more space for another dog someone might adopt in the future causing to repeat a pattern. Instead of buying a dog from a pet store or puppy mills, you could save yourself a lot of money by adopting. There are two reasons why, you could save some money because most shelters are up to date with vaccines.
Dogs from the pound usually have better health than the ones in the puppy mills do. Most dogs that come from a puppy mill, are forced to sleep in cages filled with defecate and puddles.
They also aren’t used to people, animals, or experiences because they were stuck in a cage.
To find the match of a lifetime you should identify what kind of needs you have, like if you’re a parent that has kids or do you have other pets at home? Then you should make a list of questions, like where did he come from, does he like children or other dogs, what is his behavior usually like, and was he abused? (http://www.aspca.org)
In 2006, my family adopted a border collie named Skylar from the shelter. She was black all over except for her nose it was white. She was about four years old when we adopted her. My older sister, Katie, picked her out because she had the cutest big brown eyes. She was a silly dog that was the happiest when she hid under the bed and chased squirrels. But she’d lay next to us when we were sick, she’d flip her ear to let us know when a storm was coming, and whenever we pulled into the driveway she’d bark like a madman. She was a very unique dog but I’m glad
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we got to spend eight years with her. I learned from experience that rescued dogs make great pets, grateful, and appreciative.
He might only be here for a part of your life but for him, you are his whole life.
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Works Cited Page
“Top Five Reasons to Adopt” Humanesociety.org. The Humane Society of the United States.
July 11, 2014. September 3, 2014
“Adopting a Shelter Dog” Aspca.org. ASPCA. September 3, 2014.
“At the Shelter: Choosing the Right Dog” Petfinder.com. Petfinder At the Shelter Choosing the
Right Dog Comments. September 4, 2014.
Rachel McMurtrey
Professor Van Houten
Adv College Cred Comp
9 Sep. 2014
Thinking of adding a dog to your life?
Adding a dog to your life? How about making a match of a lifetime and making the world better at the same time. Have you considered going to the shelter? I found two matches of a lifetime by adopting them. My family adopted one dog from Humane Society of Missouri and the other dog from the City of St. Charles Animal Control.
Shelters have all kinds of dogs that vary in size, color, and age. Once the decision has been made to adopt a homeless dog from a shelter, you must consider what kind of dog you want. Making the decision to adopt has many benefits.
There are so many reasons why it’s a good idea to adopt. The main reason why it’s a good idea …show more content…
for you to adopt is because you could save the life of your new dog and others.
Over a million animals are killed every year because people abuse them or just can’t take care of them anymore. There are so many animals out there that when shelters run out of space, they have to put them to sleep. How would you feel if you could of prevented innocent dogs from dying? That is another reason why you should adopt, because you would feel good about yourself and you’re helping out. “It’s the right thing to do. Because there are great dogs in animal shelters, and because dogs in shelters need homes. There is no need to get a puppy from a breeder in order to raise it right getting your dog at an early age is no guarantee of how he will turn out. Plus, you can find
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all the great qualities you could ever want in a shelter mixedbreed dog or puppy, or in one of the thousands of purebreds waiting in shelters on any given day.” Sue
Sternberg
(https://www.petfinder.com/)
adopt, because you would feel good about yourself and you’re helping out.
By adopting a dog from the pound, it creates more space for another dog someone might adopt in the future causing to repeat a pattern. Instead of buying a dog from a pet store or puppy mills, you could save yourself a lot of money by adopting. There are two reasons why, you could save some money because most shelters are up to date with vaccines.
Dogs from the pound usually have better health than the ones in the puppy mills do. Most dogs that come from a puppy mill, are forced to sleep in cages filled with defecate and puddles.
They also aren’t used to people, animals, or experiences because they were stuck in a cage.
To find the match of a lifetime you should identify what kind of needs you have, like if you’re a parent that has kids or do you have other pets at home? Then you should make a list of questions, like where did he come from, does he like children or other dogs, what is his behavior usually like, and was he abused? (http://www.aspca.org)
In 2006, my family adopted a border collie named Skylar from the shelter. She was black all over except for her nose it was white. She was about four years old when we adopted her. My older sister, Katie, picked her out because she had the cutest big brown eyes. She was a silly dog that was the happiest when she hid under the bed and chased squirrels. But she’d lay next to us when we were sick, she’d flip her ear to let us know when a storm was coming, and whenever we pulled into the driveway she’d bark like a madman. She was a very unique dog but I’m glad
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we got to spend eight years with her. I learned from experience that rescued dogs make great pets, grateful, and appreciative.
He might only be here for a part of your life but for him, you are his whole life.
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Works Cited Page
“Top Five Reasons to Adopt” Humanesociety.org. The Humane Society of the United States.
July 11, 2014. September 3, 2014
“Adopting a Shelter Dog” Aspca.org. ASPCA. September 3, 2014.
“At the Shelter: Choosing the Right Dog” Petfinder.com. Petfinder At the Shelter Choosing the
Right Dog Comments. September 4, 2014.