Where did you get your pets

[Golden Girls]

How did your four-legged friends come into your life?

Family or friends, stray ... shelter: pound, SPCA, Humane Society,
a local rescue ... breeder?

[Love4himies]

Snowball: Kingston HS
Puddles: BYB now I know better.
Jasper: Cornwall SPCA (SD&G)
Sweet Pea: Gananoque HS
Rose: Cpietra rescue.

[ancientgirl]

Vlad - from a vet clinic near my dad's home, where they had kittens dropped off
Oksana - from my own vet clinic where they also often have kittens dropped off
Maks & Kiska - from same clinic Vlad came from
Czari - she lived in my apartment complex for about 3 years, before I brought her indoors

[chico2]

Rocky,born on a farm,given to me by the farm-owners sister,an employee at Ren's Petdepot 14yrs ago.

Chico,a Pet-Shop"rescue"could not help myself,he was all alone in a cage,the last of a litter,because he is black
I went home,but had to go back and get him,still hearing his pityful cries as had I left.

Vinnie,friends of mine found him in an industrial area in Oakville,he surely would not have survived on his own,a tiny little white angel.
I did not want another cat,but I held him and that was it..

[mastifflover]

Clark was a rehome with the help of our great members here
But Bud and Boo were Mastiff rescues and I will be doing that again but unfortunately Clark is not so keen on the idea. But working on it. I have only bought one dog from a breeder
Remember rescues and shelters are overflowing adopt your pet save a life

[ancientgirl]

Originally Posted by chico2

Chico,a Pet-Shop"rescue"could not help myself,he was all alone in a cage,the last of a litter,because he is black
I went home,but had to go back and get him,still hearing his pityful cries as had I left.

Aww, Chico. The same thing happened with Vlad. He was the last of his litter. Nobody wanted him either because he was black. It's one of the reasons why when I saw Oksana with her siblings, who were tuxedo's I wanted her.

[Melinda]

brina from a byb who was taking the litter of 8 black pups to the pound the next day. we found homes for all

[Chris21711]

Skippy - Ontario Basset Rescue

Rebel - OSPCA York Region

Jack - Stray to OSPCA then adopted by us.

Cocoa - Ad in local newspaper

Kale - OSPCA York Region

Herbie - Giveaway

6 Birds - OSPCA York Region

(Note: never have a Daughter that works at an SPCA)

[Tundra_Queen]

Willie was born in our garage and we found the litter about 4 weeks after they were born. 7 kittens all over the garage ramp. Son rounded them up and put them in a box. Willie was the runt and was laying all by himself. He was very thin. Mom cat came back and took the others away but left Willie. After 5 hrs of him crying I went out and picked him up and brought him in the house. I was scared to death of him and was wearing huge leather gonlets for this little tiny kitty. He almost died on me a couple of times but he held on and that was 7 years ago. I am sorry now I didn't bring all of the kittens inside, but i knew nothing about cats then. Willie has a problem with his left eye and maybe that is why he was being pushed around by the otehr kittens.

O'Shawnnessey and Mirabelle, brother and siter I adopted from a resuce about a year and a half ago. They were born in a old car in a field.

Darby was a stray that my friend brought to me as she knew I wouldn't be able to say no, that was in July.

Debbie

[pamha]

Current pets:
Teeny adopted 1994 from a friend who let her cat breed
Peaches (cockatiel) inherited from my Grandma 2000
Lola adopted 2005 from APL shelter
Dwarf hamsters, humane society 2008
Mischief adopted from animal control 2009
Biggie sort of fostering for a friend who used to BYB

[clm]

Puss aka Louie - Adult Stray adoption
Poodums - Kitten Stray adoption
Toby - kitten - pet store
Maxie - kitten - pet store
Freddie - puppy - breeder
Yogi - puppy - breeder
Giant Max - adult stray adoption:
Mookie - kitten - rescue adoption
Squeak - kitten - rescue adoption
Gabby - kitten - stray adoption
Baxter - puppy - breeder
Bentley - puppy - breeder

clm

[Dog Dancer]

What a happy thread to see so many rescues living (or having lived) well loved lives!

My first two dogs (Natasha and Sheba) came from the SPCA in Vancouver.
First cat (Whisker) came from the SPCA in Vancouver and the second one (Cinder) from a barn.

My current pups Shadow from a rescue in Cloverdale
and Halo from the SPCA in Richmond. God bless them all for the love they have given us.

[angeldogs]

Jag was given to us from a friend that was getting deported.

Ginger was turned over as a rescue and was to be rehomed,but she stole our hearts and we kept her.

[Equla]

Casey & Mak - Accidental litter. Newspaper ad.
Linus - Abandoned at a motel I pick up at in my cab.
Minnie - (RIP 9/3/93-8/18/09) Humane Society function. I fell in love with a kitten in the next cage, but Minnie kept sticking her paw out and grabbing my shirt. She picked me.

Mansa - BYB. Just couldn't let him go. Ran into him at a store. I figure God put him in my path. Mansa is my savior.
Miko - Pet shop rescue. 4 months old and no one wanted him. He's a little butthead. LoL

[onster]

Onnie & Bunduk both from the HS

TY from a family friend who could no longer keep him

(Cheese) Muffin/ Roquette (3 kids wanted to name her lol), was born under our car in the middle east.

[doggy lover]

Travisfarm dogs litter never ever get a puppy this way poor guy had so many health problems over his 9 1/2 years
Tiny rescue scarborough animal control
Misty1 stray showed up one foggy night
Misty2 rescue scarborough animal control
Patches sister bought for daughter at a pet store
Calierescue from a friends farm mum went missing and she was the only one in litter we found alive
Tuckerbreeder
Martygiven to me by friend
Tiamo love bird given to me by friend
numerous lizards and other pets given by friends or bought at pet stores

Seems that I'm always getting friends give away pets..guess they know I'll take them in can't seem to see pets put in the humane society or I guess I'm the local humane society...LOL