Welcome Home Obi! A Doggie Adoption with its Challenges but even more Love: Stories and Tips when Adopting a Dog
Feb 25, 2021
Finding dogs and cats for adoption in the United States:
https://www.adoptapet.com/: Search within your zip code or near zip codes, search by age and by dog breed, or create an alert and leave your information so you’ll be notified when a dog or cat that meets your criteria is found or is in search of a home.
http://theshelterpetproject.org
https://www.aspca.org/adopt-pet
Finding dogs and cats for adoption in Spain:
It’s very helpful to follow them on instagram as well, to get the most up to date information and set up notifications. Many shelters are now using instagram to let people know about a new dog or cat that has just arrived at their shelter using Instagram
Adoptalo (they often do international adoptions to other parts of Europe, this is where we adopted Obi)
Additional resources:
Halti: A special kind of leash to help prevent pulling during walks while you train the heel technique (it comes in different sizes so check the specifics).
Although we recommend getting a trainer who will work your dog individually and in person, we did find the dog training course by Brandon MacMillan in Masterclass hugely helpful and actually doable and it’s one we highly recommend.
Even though our gorgeous ball of white fur, dog-baby Obi, came into our lives early last summer, we had yet to tell you all about him, his story, the challenges that came up with his adoption from the shelter, and the wonder that has been him joining our little family. Since we’ve never had a dog adoption specific episode in the podcast, I thought it was the perfect time to also give you some tips if you’ve been thinking of adopting a dog.
I’ll also be sharing a list of where you can find dogs and cats that are up for adoption in the US and in Spain, how to find a dog shelter near you and busting some myths about dog adoption, and as you might imagine, sharing tons of pictures and links below, to go with the stories.
This episode is available on audio only as it was more of an informal storytelling, so hit that play button above or listen via Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Welcome home to our dearest furriest Obi!
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