1, take it easy.
Don't impulsively raise or adopt pets, or what is unbearable, cute and pitiful. If you can't keep it, when it is abandoned, it is the cruelest thing for you and the dog. So please seriously think about your wishes and confirm why you want to keep a pet.
It is irresponsible to throw away the shelter or give it away.
Don't think that giving a dog you don't want to keep to a friend or throwing it into a shelter is a good placement, or even a responsibility. According to international practice, the life of dogs in shelters begins to count down. If they can't find adoption after the deadline, they will be euthanized for no reason. Many of these euthanized dogs are treasures that have been taken home by their owners on impulse.
It is never easy for dogs to change their owners. It is good to find a suitable adoption, but it is unconscionable for the original owner to give the dog away. And the new owner is not necessarily responsible for the dog.
3. Long-term responsibility
Before adopting a dog, you should be prepared to take responsibility for more than ten years. This is a real life, not a joke. Please think it over before raising a dog. Please be honest and introspective. I hope you are not the next sinner to abandon the dog!
4. Take up a lifetime.
Help dogs clean up excreta, take a bath, comb their hair, get sick and seek medical treatment, educate them on the rules of life and rest, and take them for a walk and exercise. These are the most basic things that owners should do for dogs. These things really take up a lot of the host's time, so make sure you have so much time first.
Note: If your lifestyle is going out early and coming home late, you are tired and lying in bed when you get home, or you have to travel at two ends of the day, and you don't have time to do the above things, so it is not suitable for keeping a dog.
5. Activity space assessment
Before raising a dog, you can't just care about what kind of dog you like. It is best to evaluate the environment of your home first, and whether there is enough space for dogs to move. If the environment is not big enough, it is recommended to keep a puppy.
Big dogs need a lot of space. Can you ensure that you have time to take them out for a walk and run every day? Otherwise, it will be demolished ~
6. Don't blindly pursue fashion.
If you attach great importance to the flawless appearance of dogs, and the breed must keep up with the trend, so it is cool to take them out, then please treat the dog correctly-loving dogs is not a social tool! No matter how cute a dog is, there are times when you are tired of watching it. No matter how popular a certain variety is, it will no longer be popular. Over time, it may become a burden, so it will be abandoned.
7. Economic factors
Being rich doesn't necessarily mean that you will take good care of dogs, but if you don't have a stable income, it will definitely reduce the quality of life of dogs. Dog food, vaccination, chip implantation, insect repellent in vivo and in vitro. It's all basic expenses If some dogs need grooming, there are grooming expenses, dog snacks, toys, accidental illness or unexpected medical expenses.
The medical expenses of dogs are not cheap either. If there is no stable source of income, how can we cope with so many expenses? So you must think carefully before raising a dog.
8. Willing to spend money on dogs
If you have a stable income, you must also be willing to spend money on raising a dog in order to give it basic living conditions. You will be reluctant to see the above expenses. Even if your income is good, even if your dog is sick, you don't want to spend money to see a doctor, so please don't have a dog!
9. Dogs cause trouble
Are you willing to put up with the many troubles that one more dog may bring to your life?
For example, dogs love barking. Dogs may pull around at home before they learn to urinate regularly. There may be a strong smell at home. Dogs may damage furniture and lose hair (even short-haired dogs will lose hair). Family members have respiratory allergies?
Do you think children and dogs can't coexist at home? Can you accept these inconveniences?
You'd better ask yourself these questions before raising a dog. If you are afraid of trouble and impatient, you want to escape when you encounter problems, and it is easy to give up your position. Please don't have a dog!
10, checkpoint view step by step.
If it is really well thought out, in the end, we once again advocate supporting adoption instead of buying, not pursuing fashion or lineage. If only we could see those lovely dogs in the shelter! I believe you can be a great host!