Last week, we discussed what online photos of dogs for adoption can tell us. This week, I asked pet professionals and pet owners how they met a pet online and how that led to an adoption.
Here are some of the stories that they shared. Shoshannah Forbes Israel My first dog, a ten-year-old boxer I named Julie, was adopted from death row in an animal control facility. I adopted from a photo online. Something about the softness in her eyes. I could tell that she was a gentle soul.
I have no idea why her original family gave her up at animal control. She was a fully trained and well-behaved dog. Older dogs are the best first dogs! Linda Ehrenworth New Jersey Mouse. I had gone six years since my last dog had died and I wanted to rescue.
I looked for months adoption events and internet. When I saw his picture, I knew This one will live with me. He was approximately one year of age when we adopted him. Mouse holds an advanced trick dog title now. I just remembered watching him drag his foster parents through the park the day we met. Love at first sight. I saw her on a lost-and-found dog group and she happened to be in the temporary custody of a friend of mine.
I had been casually looking for a new female addition since my Siri passed, and something about her picture spoke to me. So I asked the shelter where she was being admitted to allow me to come and meet her. She actually never made it to the adoption floor!
