Where did you get your pets

[edwina]

All of my furchildren adopted me.

[TeriM]

Desi - SPCA
Fred - My vet was adopting a litter of kittens from her horse barn.
Lucy - breeder
Riley - litter of pups from my aunt .

[Winston]

Love this thread!

Tabitha & Bomber my cats (littermates) rescued from being fed to a snake! 14 wonderful years so far!

Winston Choc Lab adopted from the neighbour who couldnt handle him after 1 week! 10 wonderful years so far!!

My first pets! and they are so loved!

[mona_b]

Tron(retired Police Dog/SchH III Titled) ethical breeder

Casper - Hamilton SPCA

Winnie - Hamilton SPCA

Phoenix - Friend


Cujo. He was my first GSD when I was 17

Yukon

Cujo and Yukon were from the same breeder as Tron. I got Tron and Yukon together.

[Jim Hall]

Stoner black lab x found running around the woods got him when the owner said he was too crazy

sherbert and rit little kitties part of a litter down the block
gimpy short haired dom friend who i got an apt from said he couldnt take him

[Smiley14]

Mine are all rescues! Petey and Jelly were found on Petfinder; Petey was from a local rescue called Last Hope and Jelly was from a rescue called Friends of Homeless Animals. I found out about Belle from a co-worker who has a friend that is a vet tech and the only unofficial rescue in a very small town in Texas. The rescue doesn't have an official name, animals are routinely abandoned at their clinic and she vets them at her own cost and adopts them out. Belle and Jelly were both puppy mill rescues and Petey was an owner surrended for being gun shy. They're all my babies now!

[binkybuff]

All of my animals have been rescues, either from SPCA's or retired breeding dogs, as my last cat and dog are.

binky

[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.

[mummummum]

Declan, my sweet little man, was a twice failed adoption who spent a total of a year in a rescue/ the pound. He had a PTS date of a week away when he reached across the internet and stole my heart.

Bridie and Ceili are...complicated... a byb/"friend", me, the SWAT team, a local rescue and the local SPCA were involved. I've had them since they were 4 1/2 weeks old.

Tai my darling girl , was the result of a foolish girl who "just had to have a Samoyed" then promptly dumped the dog on her parents. No one thought to have the dog neutered (Hello!!! Female in estrus here!! SPAY HER!! was my daily repeat when I walked her ). Tai and her 6 littermates were the result of their selecting hearing loss.

Rory: my handsome Dobie lad arrived on our farm in the back of a pick-up driven by two drunk guys (friends of another farm resident) armed with a shotgun who demanded "$20 bucks for the dog or we kill it". Rory, who was clearly starving and showing signs of being physically abused, was the gentlest, kindest most loyal dog you could ever want.

Geez, there are so many more. My very first dog was Brown Whistle, a beagle. Sadly, he liked to chase cars and got away from the Nanny and I one day.

[Golden Girls]

Thanks for sharing, great stories

RIP Sheba GSD stray (growing up)
RIP Cricket all black cat (growing up)
too many 4 legged to mention that followed me home that lived under my bed while growing up

RIP Buddy Golden
RIP Misti Golden

Brandi Golden rescued from Second Chance Montreal
Sushi Chin transport failure

[Stacer]

My childhood kitties RIP:

Tigger: a stray who adopted us
Snuggles: Tigger's son
Speck: From a customer on my paper route. They always had tons of kittens I often carried her around in my paperbag while doing my route.
Stupid: Speck's mentally challenged son

My current pets:

Angus and Finn (kittehs): From Toronto Animal Services
Skylar (poochy): From a very sweet lady in Eastern Ontario who nursed her back to health and let us take her home ---Thanks Melinda!

[happycats]

cats;

Sega - SIL unwanted kitten
Tuffy - SIL dupmed on me (until she got back on her feet, that was 15 years ago )
Bowee & Jay (left overs from the trailer park)

Dog:

Buddy - picture was posted by a wonderful member here , Buddy desperately needed a new home, and it was love at first sight

The dearly departed.

Lucky - rescued from local pound
Squeaky - left over from trailer park

I owe it all to my parents, who taught me from a very young age, that there are so many unwanted animals out there and it's best to get pets from shelters or Humane Society's.

[Sheri H]

Cats:

Caesar - in-laws
Sable - in-laws (cat parents are now altered)
Fluffy - Stray
Kali - Stray (sure she was a housecat that was tossed out)
Khan - Kali's son

Dogs:
Pandora - Breeder
Loki - Breeder

[Macomom]

Darby came from a great breeder. We had just lost our 9 year old Rottie to cancer and were resolved to get a dog with a better history and less health issues.
Boswell came from a rescue near Rigaud. I found him over Petfinder and he stole my heart.
Harvey was an owner surrender to a local rescue. I fostered him without knowing if he was every going to be officially adoptable. Finally, he was and know he is with us permanently.
Lastly, I try to hold one spot open for a foster, who is Poko at the moment. I will take a couple of weeks off after she is adopted and then take in another
Shhh, don't tell my husband.

[Frenchy]

I'll list them in order of adoption , many are already RIP , they were all adopted as seniors.

-Bailey (dog) shelter
-Daisy (dog) spca
-Sam (dog) shelter , was up for euthanasia , got him out same day and then after 3 months , foster failure
-Nelly (dog) was part of an spca puppy mill seizure , another foster failure (but it did take 2 years for her to become legally mine)
-Chloe (dog) foster failure after ... 24 hours
-Sienna (dog) was kept in a barn , then poisoned , then dropped at high kill shelter , saved by rescue , foster failure
-Jack (dog) spca , then rescue , then foster failure
-Churchill (dog) knew his owner 3 years ago , then before x-mas , saw him at the spca ... picked him up

-the cats , Monsieur le chat , Paddington & Coco , all rescues , adopted from Badger so was Puce but he's now at 14+'s hotel

[aslan]

The RIP list.

Cagney- shep/dobe-rescue(if he were human he'd have been an english butler)
Storm- shep/rottie- rescue
Peyton- golden retriever- breeder(Qman's uncle)
Bishop- tri-colored cocker- ummm borrowed from a puppymill flea market booth

current-

Bailey- cocker/terrier- rescue (rottie in disguise)
Quincy- Golden retriever- breeder

[erykah1310]

Kita- friend
Meiko- farm
Karma- breeder
Puppy man -elderly man asked me to take him
Bailey - Foster failure
Petty - stray
Keira (rip)- gift from my man as I was heart broken from Falco's passing... not sure where she came from
Falco(rip) purcahsed from a byb several years ago, only lived 2 weeks due to parvo
mr. Floyd - Found on the highway
Mia - found in our shed
CC- just showed up
(actually every single one of my cats was found or dropped off at our house)
Horses
Fay- had to buy her and her baby just had to
Calvin- ad, he did his time at a lesson barn, too old to do it now so he was basically "surplused"
Pheeny- from the barn I board at, he is just too stunning to not buy not to mention his potential from his breeding

[DoubleRR]

RIP list dogs:

Rocky-collie--free--byb
Daisy the first -dachshund x--rescue
Happy--retriever/collie x rescue
Galen--Irish setter x --free--byb
Ace--GSD xDobie free--byb
Miss--poodle x maltese -shelter
Scamp--JRT x--rescue
Shadow--Labrador--rescue
Marble--Australian Shepherd--rescue
Xena--Rhodesian x--rescue
Daisy the second--mini smooth dachshund--byb
Dharma--Rhodesian Ridgeback--breeder
Echo--Rhodesian Ridgeback--breeder co-own

cats past and present all have been rescues--have Smudge and Posh presently

Current dogs:

Caesar--Rhodesian Ridgeback--kept from litter I bred
Lyric--mini long haired dachshund--breeder

Horses, fish, birds, snake and rodents have all been purchased from previous owners

[Etown_Chick]

I got Scruffy from the Humane Society - it was a lucky break.I'd been searching all the rescues for a dog for over a year. I had decided to give up, as it was too frustrating. My one last look at the Humane Society website showed me a face I had to have. Got there the next day a half hour before they opened and we've been together ever since (coming on two years!)

[Melinda]

Originally Posted by Stacer

My childhood kitties RIP:

Tigger: a stray who adopted us
Snuggles: Tigger's son
Speck: From a customer on my paper route. They always had tons of kittens I often carried her around in my paperbag while doing my route.
Stupid: Speck's mentally challenged son

My current pets:

Angus and Finn (kittehs): From Toronto Animal Services
Skylar (poochy): From a very sweet lady in Eastern Ontario who nursed her back to health and let us take her home ---Thanks Melinda!

You're soooo very very welcomed...did I forget to mention she was only on loan for a couple years? *L*

[Golden Girls]

Nice try Melinda

[Magicwildwolf69]

i just have a short list well unless i would include the ones from when i was a kid.

Eclipse: Sister in laws mothers cat had kittens took him cause he was black
Serena: Same litter (was only suppose to get one but she was so pretty)
Stormy: Saw an ad in the paper for free kittens this woman had cats all over the place! took stormy cause i liked her face and told the spca about her. she had so many litters i was very sad for them all. stormy was pretty feral when i got her. she has attached to me and eclipse. still does not like my husband

Zoey was a gift to me from some friends. we only had her for about 6 months before losing her to leukemia. she was only a year old

[pattymac]

Past critters first

Meesha - 1st dog Kingston HS as a puppy
Nikki - precious kitty, also Kingston HS
Boomer - Manx kitty breeder
Baxter - Brit Shorthair breeder

Present critters

Bayley - lady who couldn't handle her
Bobee - same breeder that Boomer came from
Coco - from elderly lady who couldn't keep looking after him
Nino - from Lorraine or RG_Girl's rescue

[cat001]

JD (snake) - Sister who couldn't be bothered to care for them anymore so I took over, she got her from a bloke giving snakes away

Benny (snake) - from my sister again for same reason, she got Benny from a pet shop when she lost JD (then found her again later)

Cleo (gecko) - raised her from an egg, she'll be 3 on June 28th

Jack (gecko) - from a college friend who wasn't taking care of her geckos very well, never supplimented their diet, innapropriate housing and substrate, enclosure poorly heated etc...and she lost interest in them

Amy (gecko) - from a friend that runs a reptile and dog rescue

Jake (cat) - add in the newspaper

Katie (cat) - an add in the papers again

Magik (cat) - like the reptiles I didn't plan of having him but reaally felt sorry for him in the pet shop

Chester (rabbit) - same friend that runs the rescue

Lucy (rabbit) - local rabbit rescue

[we3beagles]

Bugsey - Backyard Breeder (didn't know any better)
Capone - same
Callie - Beagle Paws rescue
Soozie - Beagle Paws (failed foster)
Polly - Beagle Paws rescue
Kobi - Beagle Paws rescue
Max - grandma's dog (she couldn't care for him anymore and I didn't want him to go to strangers)

[Golden Girls]

Originally Posted by happycats

Dog: Buddy - picture was posted by a wonderful member here , Buddy desperately needed a new home, and it was love at first sight

I couldn't of chosen a better mom for Buddy, thank YOU!