| Are you an ardent animal lover? Do you wish to have | | | | of age. If the owner has taken the pet in for its |
| a pet at home? Read on to find five strategies to | | | | vaccines and you claim the pet afterwards then the |
| find free pet locations. Pets are wonderful creatures | | | | owner will most likely ask you to cover the costs of |
| that play with their masters, give them company as | | | | the vaccinations. |
| well as take care of the house if they are sensitive, | | | | 3. Acquire a guide dog: Another fantastic strategy to |
| and intelligent enough. Having a pet dog or cat around | | | | acquire a free pet is to get a 'guide dog' or 'seeing |
| can make you feel immensely happy. However, you | | | | eye dog'. These can be obtained free of cost, and |
| have to do a little homework and adopt the right | | | | can be trained to become your protector and friend. |
| strategies to find out the place from where you can | | | | Normally these pets are retained by blind people, but |
| acquire your choicest pet. | | | | you can always adopt these kinds of dogs, and keep |
| | | | them as your pets. However, priority for these |
| 1. Go through the local newspapers: You can start by | | | | specially trained dogs are granted to those with |
| looking through the newspaper. Local newspapers | | | | disabilities first. |
| offer a section of classifieds where you can | | | | 4. Check with your local animal or pet rescue shelter: |
| sometimes find free pets. They also list the pets | | | | Another strategy will be to inquire with your local |
| along with the prices. Check the section which offers | | | | animal shelter. A lot of local shelters are inundated |
| free pets. In some papers, the category may be | | | | with pets brought in from abusive owners or lost |
| more precise stating free pets for good home or | | | | pets roaming the neighborhoods and they need to |
| simply 'free pets'. Check out for any of those types | | | | find homes for the pets or else they risk having to |
| of advertisements. | | | | euthanize the pet. If you are interested in adopting a |
| 2. Search Craigslist: If you are acquainted with and it | | | | pet from an animal shelter you can contact your local |
| is available for your local area you can check if | | | | shelter and inquire if they have the pet you are |
| anyone is giving away free pets. Once you get to | | | | looking for. This is the best option to find yourself a |
| the website you can navigate to the For Sale section | | | | pet and you are helping the shelters reduce the |
| and you can search on the type of pet you are | | | | overcrowding and ultimately you are saving the pet's |
| looking for. If you are lucky you might find someone | | | | life. You are free to ask if they are willing to give |
| who is offering free adoption of their new litter to | | | | you the pet for free. They might if the shelter is too |
| move the pets to a new home. Even if you cannot | | | | overcrowded and they need to open space to allow |
| find a deal where you can get the pet you want for | | | | the arrival of new pets. Nevertheless you might only |
| free at least the price will be reasonable and the | | | | need to cover some low administrative and |
| good thing about sellers is you can always try to | | | | vaccination fees since they shelter does put a lot of |
| negotiate a lower price if you do not feel the price is | | | | effort in improve the health of the pet and socialize |
| justified. You also want to be cognizant of that if | | | | the pet so it can be prepared for future adoption. |
| you are getting a baby pet from Craigslist such as a | | | | 5. Keep an eye on the supermarket: Sometimes you |
| puppy or a kitten chances are it has not received its | | | | may find leaflets or signposts stating near the |
| vaccinations yet. It really depends on how many | | | | grocery store that someone is interested in giving |
| weeks and most veterinarians recommending | | | | away his pet for free. However, you do not have |
| administering the combination vaccine to puppies and | | | | this method being used as much anymore due to the |
| kittens around six weeks old along with boosters | | | | availability of the Internet as it is much easier and |
| every three weeks until the pet reaches 16 weeks | | | | faster to post an online classified ad these days. |