After You Adopt
- 1. After You Adopt General
- 2. Costs of Owning a Pet
- 3. Finding a New Home for Your Pet
- 4. Pet Microchips
- 5. Pet-Friendly Housing
- 6. Pets and Neighbors
- 7. Providing for Your Pet After You're Gone
- 8. What Is My Pet Thinking?
- 9. When You've Lost Your Pet
- 10. Your New Puppy
- 11. Your Newly Adopted Cat
- 12. Your Newly Adopted Dog
- 13. Your Newly Adopted Rabbit
After You Adopt General
Things We Can Learn from Our Dogs
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joy ride.: . Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.:.
Prevent Pet Theft
Pet Theft . Up to two million animals are stolen each year. Only about 10% are ever returned home. . What happens to stolen pets?.
Petfinder.com's Top 10 Most Popular Pet Names in 2007
Topping the charts as the No. 1 names for our countrys 260,000 adoptable pets on Petfinder.
Costs of Owning a Pet
Costs of a Dog
Your new dog is counting on you to meet his needsall his needs. That's a pretty weighty responsibility and it comes with a cost.
Annual Dog Care Costs
This chart will give you a rough idea of how big a financial commitment you should plan on for your new dog
Annual Cat Care Costs
This chart of annual cat care costs will give you a rough idea of how big a commitment you should plan on.
Estimated Yearly Costs of Pet Ownership
Costs Notes Small Dog Medium Dog Large Dog Cat Rabbit Guinea Pig Small Mammal Small Bird Fish Annual Costs Food 1 50.00 50.00 50.00 20.
Need Money-Saving Tips on Pet Care? Read This!
Here are a few ways that you can manage the cost of pet care and plan for the worst financial scenarios.
Finding a New Home for Your Pet
Giving Up Your Pet
It is a huge decision to give away your pet,no matter how long or brief the period of time of ownership.
How to Find a Home for Your Pet
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Tips for Finding a Home for a Pet
Link to Post-A-Pet] . The staff at Petfinder.com would like to help you ensure that the pet you are trying to place goes to the best possible home.
Finding A Home For Your Rabbit
Twelve years ago I rescued a rabbit from a pet store where she was being cannibalized by another rabbit.
Guidelines for Placing Your Bird
If you've made the difficult and often painful decision to place your exotic bird in another home, you're probably looking for some information on the st
Pet Microchips
Why Microchip Your Pet?
Microchipping your pet gives him the best chance of being returned to you should he become lost.
What Are the Advantages of Microchips?
Microchips are easily and safely implanted by any vet, they don't fall off, and they last the lifetime of your pet.
Microchips Are Catching On
By 2005, some 5% of the pet population was micrchipped, and that proportion is growing.
How Are Microchips Implanted?
Microchip implantation is quick, simple, inexpensive, essentially painless, and virtually stress-free for pets and owners.
Keep Your Microchip's Info Up-to-Date
The key to reuniting you with your lost pet is making sure your contact information remains up-to-date in the pet recovery database.
Bonus Benefits of Microchipping Your Pet
Some microchip registries offer additional services for your pet's care, such as specialists available 24/7 to assist with advice.
Pet Microchip FAQs
Find out whether getting a microchip implanted will hurt your pet, how much it costs and more.
Pet-Friendly Housing
A Checklist for Rental Managers - How to Find Responsible Pet Owners
A Checklist for Rental Managers: : How to Identify Responsible Pet Owners.
Tips for Finding Pet-Friendly Rentals
Rentals with Heart . Relocating with animal companions is tough and stressful.
13 Steps to Developing an Effective Pets-Welcome Policy
Limit the number of animals per dwelling. Any person, regardless of the size of his or her home, can maintain only a few pets responsibly.
Pet-Friendly Housing Study
Companion Animal Renters Study: : The Market for Rental Housing for People with Pets . Overview : FIREPAW, Inc.
13 Steps to Finding Pet-Friendly Housing
How to Find Pet Friendly Rental Housing Give yourself enough time.
How a Pets-Allowed Policy Can Work for Rental Managers
How a Pets-Allowed Policy Can Work for Rental Managers.
Tips for Pet Owners Facing Foreclosure
If you are facing home foreclosure and you have pets, here are some tips to help you relocate with your pets or find other safe placement for them.
Pets and Neighbors
Selecting a Mediator for Pet-Related Neighborly Strife
Neighborly Negotiation . The dog next door barks 24/7. Or the Joneses#146; sickly cat thinks your garden is her litter box.
Providing for Your Pet After You're Gone
Who Will Care for Your Pets When You're Gone?
Who Will Care for Your Pets When Youre Gone? . So youve secured a safe home for your companion animals in the event of your death.
Providing for Your Pet's Future Without You
Introduction Because pets usually have shorter life spans than their human caregivers, you may have planned for your animal friend's passing.
What Is My Pet Thinking?
What Cats and Dogs are Saying
Can you hear me now?. Dogs and cats seem to have plenty to say. Dogs whine, bark, howl, and growl; cats meow, purr, hiss, and yowl.
Reading Your Cat's Body Language
READING YOUR CAT'S BODY LANGUAGE. The Mew Story... THE TALE OF THE TAIL... When the tail is flying high: all is terrific.
Why Do Cats Meow?
A stray tabby gives birth to a litter of three kittens under the lilac bush in a backyard.
Animal Intelligence
Animal Intelligence . Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.) : #151;Descartes.
Dogs' Body Postures (PDF)
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When You've Lost Your Pet
How to Find Your Lost Dog
How to Find Your Lost Dog By the time you are reading this article, most likely you have been looking for your lost pet for 24 hours or more.
What to Do if You Lose Your Pet
Getting the word out early is the key to getting your dog or cat back safely and soundly. Don't assume your pet will return on his own in a few hours.
More Tips for Finding a Lost Dog
Call all surrounding town police departments and alert them (calling up to six is not a bad idea).
Your New Puppy
Socializing Your New Puppy
Social Graces: the puppy perspective. A happy, well-adjusted dog is a joy to live with.
Your Newly Adopted Cat
Tips for the First 30 Days of Cat Adoption
Be prepared should be your mantra when bringing a new cat into your home. Find out how to prepare with these tips for new adopters
Do I Need to Litter Train My New Cat?
Dr. Stephanie Janeczko, D.V.M. explains how to introduce a new cat to your household while making sure to keep his litter box habits in-check
9 Ways to Welcome Home your New Cat
Congratulations! You have just begun a relationship that's bound to be filled with fun and affection.
How to Throw a Kitten Shower
For centuries, women in our culture have used bridal and baby showers as a way to celebrate the significant, life-altering events in one another's lives.
How to Choose a Scratching Post
The list of supplies one needs when adopting a new cat or kitten can be staggering.
Tips for Introducing Two Cats
Cat-to-Cat Introductions . A carefully planned introduction is everything.
More Tips for Introducing Two Cats
A carefully planned introduction is everything. Most cats do not readily accept a new member of the family; they need time to get used to the idea.
A Paean to the Cat
June is Adopt a Shelter Cat month, and in honor of the noble feline and all the he's and she's of the species that I've loved in my life, today's essay i
Your Newly Adopted Dog
Tips for the First 30 Days of Dog Adoption
The first few days in your home are special and critical for a dog. Here are some tips for tackling the first 30 days to ensure a harmonious home.
Your Newly Adopted Dog
The dog that you adopt from the shelter may be a rescued stray or a dog that someone has voluntarily surrendered for adoption.
31 Fun Facts and Helpful Tips About Your New Dog
31 Days of Fun Facts and Helpful Tips About Your New Best Friend 10/1 I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for
Urban Dog Etiquette and Street Sense
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Responsibilities for the Parents of the Newly Adopted Dog
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PARENTS : OF THE NEWLY ADOPTED DOG:. 1. Never, ever leave a child alone with your new dog.
Changing the Name of Your New Dog
Sometimes adopting a dog means adopting a dog with a name you don't particularly like.
Pledge for New Dog Adopters
I pledge to make a reasonable commitment of time and effort, and to affect scheduling and lifestyle changes in order to make this relationship work.
Conditioning a Dog to Loud Noises
Mr. Sears met me at his front door so that I wouldnt ring the doorbell and upset Robbin, his seven-month-old yellow Labrador retriever.
Catalog Supply List For Dog Toys and Other Useful Items
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Your Newly Adopted Rabbit
Rabbit Care
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Top 10 Basics for Rabbit Adopters
Pine and cedar shavings are not recommended for use with rabbits and other small mammals.
A Rabbit's Basic Needs
Feeding: The 3 most important foods for a rabbit are hay, hay, and HAY! Contrary to popular belief, rabbits do not need salt licks, vitamins, or hard wood
Rabbit Housing
Housing: Housing options for rabbits have improved dramatically in the past several years.
