Are you ready to bring joy to your home? Learn about some of the common fears people have about adopting pets and what you can do to minimize them. I mentioned bringing joy to your home on purpose. The first stray dog ​​I adopted was Joy, our third dog. She was a happy dog ​​from the day we found her, she just saw us and jumped into my husband’s arms. It was love at first sight. Then came Lilly, whom we rescued from a construction site. We got them a couple of months apart and we intended to sterilize them, vaccinate them, and then put them up for adoption. We never got to do that. Milo we arrived at a shelter and we had an illness that we had to help cure.

There are some fears that people experience before choosing adoption over buying a pet. One of them is the medical history; no one knows what a stray or abandoned animal may have suffered in the past. True, but the same can apply to a puppy or a kitten. When people buy pets they are about three months old, maybe a little longer, so without incurring the same expenses that you would have to incur when adopting, you would not know if the puppy or kitten is susceptible to any particular disease.

Another fear is behavior, for which the same criteria can be applied. You can take the time to visit your potential pet, get him to interact with your children and family, or even other pets; when you buy a pet, that opportunity does not exist. A puppy or kitten whose personality has not developed is more likely to have behavioral problems than an animal that has been socialized in a shelter. You could already see if the potential pet has those kinds of problems.

Health and behavior aside, a final consideration to have before adopting is shelter, what it looks and smells like, the attitude of staff towards pets, and the area where pets are kept. This could also give you a clue about the quality of life the pets just had before adoption. If you are just looking to have a pet at home, pedigree aside, give adoption a try. It is a true act of love and there are many people who will be willing to help you in more ways than you can imagine.