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I felt the same way 12 years ago when I was in my mid-twenties. Long story short is I ended up walking into a pet store and buying a puppy. Around 6 months late
by hijinks 9y ago
I felt the same way 12 years ago when I was in my mid-twenties. Long story short is I ended up walking into a pet store and buying a puppy. Around 6 months later the dog started losing hair and turned out he had a mite problem and was born without an immunity system.
I ended up putting down the dog and by my gym was a normal pet store that didn't sell dogs/cats but had a dog rescue event going on. So I went there to donate what stuff I bought. I ended up talking to the founder there on why pet store dogs are so bad.
So that day I signed up to foster a dog. A few months later I was helping with events and then a group of us split from that rescue to start our own that imported dogs from the south that were surrendered up north. It changed my life doing something I felt was good.
Maybe you can try to take some of your time and donate it to some cause you might be interested in. I turned from hating work to thinking of work as a means for me to make money to help a cause I loved.
- EADGBE 9y agoI've found shelter dogs to be more resilient. It seems that's because they're almost always mixed, instead of bred in less-than-ideal conditions with possibly less-than-ideal genes. The genetic lottery a mutt has tends to make it a better dog. This is only my experience with 5-10 adopted dogs, though, and 3-5 pure-bred dogs.
- hijinks 9y agoI've been told that by many Vets. The genetic mixing really helps. I'm not sure if this is true but one told me most of the golden retrievers in the US can be traced back to just three male dogs from the mid-70s. He said its the cause of a lot of their hip and cancer problems that are common in the breed.