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Getting a dog vs getting a cat
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this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2025
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Man that article can fuck off, there are tons of dogs in shelters that need homes instead of buying a dog from a shit bag breeder
Tried it twice. Couldn't get a dog from the shelter. Why? We weren't married. (?) The both of us worked 4 days. We had a child.
So we shrugged it off, waved and snuggled with the sad doggies and never came back.
And we just bought a puppy. No rules. No problems. Now, 20+ years later we're on to our third very happy dog.
Anyway: a lot of shelters do their best to scare people away. And they succeed.
Ugh, we went to the RSPCA once and they were looking at our house on streetview and had this entire complicated process of introducing the cats to our existing cat by exchanging scented blankets over weeks. We went straight to the local shelter and took a stray they’d just got in. She’s great.
Often pets taken in by the RSPCA have been mistreated and need more patience and tlc than your average bear. But yes, it is a huge faff sometimes