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Pawprints and Purrs, Inc.
A Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization
All donations are tax deductible
Copyright © 1997 - 2007
All donations are tax deductible
Copyright © 1997 - 2007
Excuses Why Pets
Are Taken To Shelters
Are Taken To Shelters
"One half of the nation is mad - and the other half is not very sound." ~ Tobias Smollett, Scottish Poet
The following is a list from our veterinarian's office which are actual excuses for pet relinquishment given to his office, our local shelter and our humane society. Amazing, isn't it???
DOGS:
DOGS:
- He was so cute as a puppy, but he's gotten ugly and big (pure-bred Basset Hound)
- Barks
- Has fleas
- Whimpers at night (locked in storage room at night)
- Chews
- Won't stay off the furniture
- Pregnant
- Pees when he is excited (four years old, not neutered)
- Girl friend hates dogs
- Digs
- Slobbers too much
- Sheds
- New baby on the way
- Moving
- Eats too much
- Spouse hates dogs
- Runs along the fence and now no grass grows there
- Wants to sit in my husband's lap and he can't stand the dog
- Barks during the day (German Shepherd chained outdoors on a 6' chain leash)
- We don't stay home much
- Bites young son (after stating son pulls ears and tail)
- Boy friend loves dogs, but hates this one
- Growls and bites (trained as a guard dog)
- Grandmother won't visit us because she's scared of him
- Sleeps too much (12 years old)
- Don't have time to walk her because we both work during the day
- She's gotten pregnant twice in one year
- Mean
- He's constantly embarrassing us by humping (two years old, not neutered)
- Vet says she needs more surgery
- Demands too much attention
- Eats too much since he turned nine months old (Great Dane)
- His ears are too long - have to clean them every time he eats (poodle in dire need of grooming and defleaing)
- His bark is irritating
- She has too many puppies at each birth (four years old, six litters)
- Neighbors complain because he digs in their yard
- They poop too much (two medium sized dogs)
- Moving into our dream house we had built
- Our house is too small
- Last vet said we need to bring him in more often; had no idea it costs so much
- Runs away from home too much - outside dog
- Eats the newspapers of our neighbors
- Chases cars
- Is a messy eater
- Installed new carpeting
- Can't afford the food
- Has become blind
- Growls at my mother
- Won't walk any more (severe case of arthritis)
- Barks outside our window at night trying to get our attention at bedtime
- Neighbor doesn't like her
- We take a lot of vacations
CATS:
- He is disrepectful - a once before shelter cat
- Her eyes are runny and she throws up; her first vet bill was $82 (six weeks old - she and three littermates originally rescued from abusive first owner who didn't feed mother cat and refused to provide shelter for kittens born outside during winter - second owner knew kitten's full history before adoption)
- Like kittens, but she is now a cat
- Pregnant
- Meows
- Flea-ridden
- Sheds too much
- We are allergic to them (five year old cat, only owner since birth)
- He's too fat
- Hair mats all the time
- They scare the kids (they - four 18 week old kittens)
- Scratches furniture
- Have to put him outside now, but he's declawed
- Moving into a no-pet apartment
- Has worms
- Keeps getting into fights (not spayed/neutered)
- Spouse doesn't like cats
- I'm due with a child any day
- Hisses
- Vomits hairballs
- Sprays in my rose beds (outside cat and not neutered)
- Wants too much attention
- Pregnant again
- Kicks out too much litter around litter box
- Sick too much
- Don't like the smell of cat urine
- Shreds drapes
- Wants to sleep on the bed
- Picks fights with my children
- Can't afford to take to the vet
- Doesn't match my new decor
- Sleeps on my new car's hood
- Won't come when I call her
- Not fun any more (six years old)
- Has huge litters
- Wife hates cats
- Moving
- Boy friend won't live with me if I keep the cat
- Going to Europe for six weeks
- These kittens are wormy (also had ear mites and tested FIV+)
- Used to play, but now sleeps all the time
- Tears up our Christmas tree
- Doesn't like to go outside
- My husband doesn't like cat hair
- Yowls
- His vet bills are too high
- My mother doesn't like cats
- Shreds toilet paper and facial tissue
- Doesn't like new kitten we bought
- Turned mean
- Gets hair on the beds and upholstery
- Getting old
- Have a new puppy
- Thought cats were cheap to keep
- Scratches new flooring
- Wants to sleep with us
- Demands too much attention when I watch TV