How I did it: My husband and I were talking about having a dog for some time. But there was always something on our way that made us postpone the decision. Then a few months ago we started to think about our possible four paws companion in more detail. We decided to adopt a dog from a shelter or rescue group. We talked what we wanted our dog to be like and then started looking on petfinder.com. We found the one that we both liked the most, although there were several other that we were interested into. We sent our application, talked a few times about a dog with people from the shelter, finally we met the doggy and we fall in love in this little girl.  We are very happy together and although it has been only a few weeks so far, we feel like we have this little dog with us for ages.

Lessons & tips: Be sure that everybody in the family actually dreams about having a dog. Discuss together what kind of dog you want to have. Decide where do you want to take it from. Look for the one and be patient, it is better sometimes to wait and have your hit. And then give your dog a lot of attention, love, time and take care of her health, and you will have a great friend.

Resources: Definitely petfinder.com
Books about taking care of the dog - especially the ones that you can find everything there, like some advices on feeding your dog, excercising your dog, training, behavioral tips, first aid etc

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Sep 20, 2009, 07:57PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer