Want a dog or puppy? Think Adoption First!

Before You Buy a New Puppy, Please Consider...

I've had two great dogs in my life. They were both adopted from Animal Shelters. Right now I've got Orbit, a half-poodle, possibly half-shih tzu. Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen?! She was found as a stray and the owners never came to claim her. She's healthy, happy, well-behaved and extremely friendly. Adopting her was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Do you have your heart set on a Labradoodle? If you can't locate one at the Humane Society or Animal Shelter, consider a rescue group that specializes in Labradoodles. I found this Poodle-Mix Rescue on the internet. I'm sure there are others.

Labrador Retrievers are currently the most popular breed of dog in the United States. Correspondingly, Labs and Lab-mixes are the most common dogs in American shelters. If it's the Lab part of the Labradoodle that attracted you to the breed, you can surely find the dog of your dreams up for adoption.

7.5 MILLION unwanted dogs and cats in America are destroyed each year!

The most important thing you can do to help control the pet population is to have your pet spayed or neutered! And please consider adpotion first. Saving a dog from a horrible fate could be one of the best decisions of your life!

Adoption Resources:

MUST READ articles from the Humane Society of the United States

Find, Adopt, Help a Pet Where you Live at Pets911

Find the Right Pet in your Area at Petfinder.org

1-800-Save-a-Pet.com

Here's some pictures of Labradoodles and Labradoodle-type dogs that were Adopted or Up For Adoption at the time of this post. Pictures are from the Poodle-Mix Rescue.