Adopting a Pet For Dummies

Develop a loving relationship with your adopted pet Your fun and easy guide to the challenges and rewards of adopting a pet Thinking about adopting or rescuing an animal? This friendly guide gives you a no-nonsense introduction to the process and helps you select the right companion for you and your family. You'll see how to handle everything from feeding, health care, and housetraining to obedience, behavior issues, and special needs for older and abused animals. Discover how to * Work with shelters and rescue groups * Navigate the procedures and paperwork * Find a supportive veterinarian * Adopt a dog, cat, bird, critter, or exotic pet * Help your pet adjust to its new home How to tackle the challenges and enjoy the rewards of adopting a pet Twenty percent of all pets in the U.S. are adopted. By adopting a pet, people often save the life of the dog or cat they bring home-and gain a devoted friend for life. But adoptions can come with their own difficulties, especially if the pet is older or suffered from abuse. This fun and easy guide helps prospective adopters prepare for challenges (starting with the complicated application process that many shelters and rescue organizations require), select an appropriate animal, and begin a wonderful new life together. Focusing chiefly on dogs and cats but also covering other adoptable animals, the book discusses feeding, supplies, health care, housetraining, basic obedience, solutions to behavior problems, and the special needs of older and abused animals. Eve Adamson (Iowa City, IA), the owner of two adopted mixed-breed terriers, is an award-winning pet writer and the author or coauthor of over 30 books, including Labrador Retrievers For Dummies (0-7645-5281-3) and Dachshunds For Dummies (0-7645-5289-9). She is a contributing editor for Dog Fancy magazine and also writes for Cat Fancy, the AKC Gazette, and other pet publications.

develop A Loving Relationship With Your Adopted Pet

your Fun And Easy Guide To The Challenges And Rewards Of Adopting A Pet

thinking About Adopting Or Rescuing An Animal? This Friendly Guide Gives You A No-nonsense Introduction To The Process And Helps You Select The Right Companion For You And Your Family. You'll See How To Handle Everything From Feeding, Health Care, And Housetraining To Obedience, Behavior Issues, And Special Needs For Older And Abused Animals.

discover How To

• work With Shelters And Rescue Groups
• navigate The Procedures And Paperwork
• find A Supportive Veterinarian
• adopt A Dog, Cat, Bird, Critter, Or Exotic Pet
• help Your Pet Adjust To Its New Home

A guide to the challenges and rewards of adopting a pet. It helps you discover how to: work with shelters and rescue groups; navigate the procedures and paperwork; find a supportive veterinarian; adopt a dog, cat, bird, critter, or exotic pet; and, help your pet adjust to its new home. "Find the perfect shelter or rescue pet and bring home a friend for life!"--Cover subtitle