Today is National Puppy Day. If you’re a dog-lover like me, then you’re loving the deluge of puppy pics on social media. My Instagram feed is full of adorable dogs. Yay!
But today isn’t just about celebrating your pups–although it’s a good reason to–it’s about spreading awareness about the importance of adopting dogs from reputable rescues or breeders.
I know there are a lot of issues we need to be worried about these days, but I still think it’s important to support animal causes because animals can’t support themselves.
If you’ve been reading my blog over the last couple weeks, you might’ve noticed that I’m an animal lover. We have two dogs–Puggles named Kosmo and Wanda–who are almost ten years old. We adopted them from different shelters/foster homes because they were both puppy mill rescues. If you don’t know about puppy mills, they are bad news. As I mentioned on Monday, we have filled out an adoption application for another pup. I think he might be a Puggle too, but we can’t be sure. He’s definitely half Pug. He, too, is a puppy mill rescue. It’s not much, but it makes us feel better to know that we’ve saved at least three pups from the horrors of puppy mills.
If you’re planning on getting a dog anytime soon, please consider adopting from a local rescue. Be wary of “boutique” pet stores and “backyard breeders”. There are a lot of unwanted dogs in the country without breeders and mills deliberating breeding more who have nowhere to go.
Give your dog some extra love today! I’m snuggling with mine as I write. 🙂 Happy National Puppy Day!
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Midwestern Heart in Dixie 
Great advice–I love my pound doggy. I love the tongue pic…great shot! Cute pups. Happy Puppy Day!
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Your two dogs are adorable. I have a shih tzu-bichon mix. Her name is Meatball. The house won’t be full of life without her running around.
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Meatball!! I love it! Haha! I know, the thought of life without my babies makes me very sad. Gotta enjoy ’em while we have them!
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I know. Such a name. I agree!
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precious! pugs (and puggles) are favorites of mine, but I haven’t had one since my Tyrus passed years ago. YAY to rescue furbabies!
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I definitely have a soft spot for squishy faced dogs 🙂
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I have a 9 year old Havanese and 2 year old Siberian Husky. They don’t always get along, but they are part of our family. I can’t imagine our lives without them.
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I’ll be interested to see how our older dogs feel about a new pup. Should be interesting!
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I have one basset hound, Lucy. Until November I had 2, but Fiona went to the bridge. Both were rescues and I volunteer with Oregon Basset Hound rescue. The basset world has a very active online presence and the Daily Drool FB page has been full of basset puppies. It’s been fun to see them all. Fortunately, the page’s moderators have posted reminders all day that they do not endorse puppy mills or allow sale of dogs on the page. They just wanted to give us alls chance to coo over the cute basset puppies.
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That’s great! Bassets are so precious!!! That drool might make me lose my mind though! Haha! My dogs shedding makes me mental!
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