How to Find a Loving Home for your Pet

We treat our pet/s as part of our family. We feed, buy them toys, potty train, take them to the vet, groom, clothe and even take them to the dog park to play. No matter how much we love our pets, there are times we need to find them a new home due to changes in our current situation. These changes could be a new born baby
who is allergic to pets or the new place you are renting does not allow pets. How do you find a new loving home for your pet?

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• valid/reasonable reason why you need to find your pet a new home.

1. NEVER ever abandon your pet. Someone out there will welcome your pet and take good care of them.

2. Take a photo of your pet. Find out your pet's vital information like breed, approximate age, sex and health records or spay/neuter information, if any.

3. Ask your friends and relatives whom you think would take care and love your pets if they are interested in welcoming a new family member.

4. Do not post an ad for your pet as "free to good home". You want somebody to love and care about your pet not someone who wouldn't care if your pet dies. The reason why they wouldn't care? Because the pet did not cost anything.

5. Visit your local animal shelter or humane society to surrender your pet. There is a fee to surrender a pet. The fee includes shelter, meals, medical and behavior assessment, toys and finding a good loving home for your pet.

6. Give your pet's toys, blankets and his/her other favorite things to the new owner or animal shelter when you surrender your pet. It's hard for your pet to be away from you as it is, don't make it harder for him/her to be away from his/her toys, blanket and other favorite things.

Tips & Warnings

• Beware of people who collect animals and sell them for profit.

[FrazzledNanny]

on 5/6/2009 Thanks for the article on finding a loving home for your pet. We recently had to find a home for one of our cats. We were fortunate enough to find the best home for her. 5*

[1InternetSmarty]

on 3/31/2009 Very thoughtful article for finding our pets a new home. Thank you. Five stars.

[jaredsgirl]

on 3/30/2009 Great tips for finding a loving home for your pet. I esp love the idea of taking a picture...nothing shows how amazing your pet is like a picture. Thanks. 5*

[goodselfme]

on 3/30/2009 This is a difficult decision, your article points out alternatives to consider to make it smooth. TX

[sunshine11219]

on 3/30/2009 such a important decision