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[eredien]

Has anyone ever adopted a cat from a shelter? (Feel free to talk about other animal adoptions, too, but we're thinking of a cat specifically). If so, what was your experience? Would you recommend it? Does your pet have lingering behavioral problems?

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[signy1.livejournal.com]

I've never gotten on with cats, so I can't be any help in that department. My dog wasn't from a shelter, but that's only because the vet the cop took him to knew we wanted a dog, so he was never officially taken to the shelter. Elwood-- my dog-- was abandoned on the highway. He's still got some emotional hangups; he must have had the living crap beaten out of him by whatever jackals he lived with before. He's incredibly timid and cowardly, afraid of everything up to and including teddy bears, and the sight of a broom will send him running to hide under the table.

That said, he's also the most affectionate, loving dog I've ever seen, not a mean bone in his body, and he wants nothing out of life except to be held and cuddled and played with as close to 24/7 as possible. He's a wonderful dog, and all animal adoptions should work out so well.

[nucl3arsnke.livejournal.com]

...and he wants nothing out of life except to be held and cuddled and played with as close to 24/7 as possible...

I want that, too.