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Yubaru
Down here in Okinawa a major pet store, starting next year, will stop selling breeder raised dogs and work with customers to find rescue animals instead. It is VERY hard to get breeder information from these "suppliers" and many are shady to say the least! The faster the go out of business the better!
Out of this number here, nearly 7,000 dogs and cats, are put to sleep here in Okinawa yearly. This is a serious problem, and there are a number of rescue organizations that have been working hard to saving many of these furry friends and place them in homes where they are wanted.
inkochi
As Hemingway wrote in a short story about a cat-owner who died, "... and cats can look after themselves".
Well, paying 200,000 yen for a yappie shi tzu that you can dress up in pink with frills as a proto-human baby to carry around outside on walkies - it could be that more people are grasping the reality of keeping pets nowadays.
Somehow I don't think so.
Goodlucktoyou
Having a dog increases your lifespan by 10 years.
cant agree with the term “dog Owners”, as usually dogs control their owner.
Yubaru
I can attest to this "fact"! lol! There are plenty of days that I get the feeling that we are HIS pets!
Félix Lorenzo Martín Moro
Loneliness is hard but cheap too