Spay/Neuter-a-thon!! THIS IS AWESOME!

recently my husband and i have been on a quest to find the 'perfect' dog for our family. we looked for a long time...just browsing on the internet through petfinders.com and whatnot...crossing our fingers. now, my husband is a bigtime dog lover...he has no control when it comes to finding a dog because he loves them ALL and would take any of them. so, that's where i come into this lovely scenerio...i have to be the voice of reason so that we don't end up w/ freakin' CUJO on our hands! but, suprisingly...he's been 'window shopping' really well...not even suggesting that we go meet any of them unless he was really sure that he thought it could be the perfect one.

there are SO many options for finding a dog when the time is right. you have individuals looking for homes for their pets, rescue centers, humane societies, no kill shelters, etc etc etc. there are pets EVERYWHERE looking for homes. throughout our search we visited many shelters. if you've been in one you know the feeling that you come out of there w/...sad, frustrated, HELPLESS. not only do you want to bring ONE home...you want to being them ALL home...away from concrete cages w/ nothing but water, food, and an impersonal pillow/blanket to lay on...cut off from interaction of any kind...hoping they look 'perfect' enough for someone to take home. wow. what a gloomy place.

that's why i'm posting about a place i learned about here in south florida. it's called Animal Birth Control of Martin County. these people are awesome! not only do they help you spay/neuter your pet for SUPER low prices...but on july 19th they're having a Spay/Neuter-a-thon where they'll work 24hours straight spaying/neutering pets for FREE!!! check out this article: http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/27/24-hours-straight-pets-spayed-neutered-free/?printer=1/
this is seriously awesome. if people would take advantage of this and their regular low priced services...there would be less and less animals in shelters waiting to be picked to go home w/ someone. another website you can visit is: http://www.spayusa.org/

the moral of the story is....if EVERYONE would take care of this very important matter with their pets there would be so many less animals looking to be adopted, not being killed in some shelters, or not waiting to die and living the rest of their life in a no kill shelter (which the people who run them are totally awesome don't get me wrong...but i do believe those animals need more than that in life). i feel very strongly about this since we're talking about saving helpless little lives! pass it on!!

amanda:)