What Are the Advantages of Adopting a Rescue Dog?

1. Take a Stand Against Puppy Mills

Puppy mills are large-scale breeding facilities that treat animals like inventory. Dogs used for breeding in puppy mills are housed in terrible conditions and may never know the love or companionship of a good home. When you adopt a rescue rather than give these places your business, you help slow demand for their services, contributing to the efforts to shut them down.

2. Adopt Older Dogs

Not every household is ready for the responsibility of providing doggy day care for a puppy. By adopting, you have the chance of finding a dog that has already passed its destructive puppy stage. This might mean adopting a dog that has reached its adolescent years, but you also have the option of taking home an elderly dog so it can live out its retirement surrounded by people who love it.

3. Get A Housetrained Pet

While it’s not universally true, many shelter dogs have already been housetrained. This not only saves you time and effort, but it also allows you and your new furry friend to adapt more quickly to life together. Being housetrained will also help the dog experience an easier transition when the time comes to enroll it in a doggy day care program.

4. Save Money

Adopting an animal is about love, not cash, but dollars and cents are still important. Rescue adoption is significantly less expensive than buying a purebred, and in most cases, you'll also be spared the expenses of first vaccinations and of spaying or neutering. If you adopt an older dog, you can save money on training and housebreaking tools, leaving more savings for other pet care supplies.