What kind of purebred dog or cat do you want? Don't exactly know then go to the library and check out books on purebred dogs and cats and read about their characteristics and traits.
Go to some pet shows. Talk to the breeders there about what their kind of dogs are like. Almost any puppy or kitten is adorable. But how big will they get? What kind of personality traits will they have. If you are an older person you might want to choose a pet that is older too. Puppies and kittens take a lot of energy.
It may come as a surprise, but you don't have to go through a breeder to find the perfect purebred dog. If you have your heart set on a specific breed, there are dog rescues waiting to match you with your ideal companion. You can help a rescued dog find a forever home and get the dog or cat you have dreamt you want.
There is this myth that getting a dog or cat from a breed specific rescue you get a less desirable dog or cat.
- Dogs and cats end up in a dog specific rescue because the owner did not research enough before getting that dog or cat. The dog or cat is too intergenic, the dog does not mesh with the owners personality or lifestyle. They did not think about the large effect in time and energy it takes to raise a dog.
- Other reasons might be the death of an owner, divorce, leaving the country, a new job, having to move where they cannot have a dog or cat.
- Dogs and cats end up in a breed specific rescue when puppy or kitty mills are shut down.
- And many times they are well-loved dogs whose owners had to give them up because of life changes, like moving, divorce, a new job or leaving the country.
- Public shelters often send the pure bred dogs and cats they get to breed specific shelters so they have more room to find homes for mixed breeds.
- How active are you?
- What kind of health problems do you have?
- What kind of home do you live in? They may even want to visit your home.
- They will want to know that you can support a dog or cat and that you can and will get them health care.
- They are going to want to know who else lives in your home.
- They will also want to know if you have kids or other pets.
So if a breed specific dog rescue is telling you that their breed is not right for you listen to them. Don't end up with say a border collie that needs several hours of running every day if you are a senior citzen. This dog belongs with a young runner who will match his/her energy.
The Right Cat for You
Cats had only one function throughout the centuries: vermin control. Only in the last one hundred years has selective breeding caught on — synonymous with the rise of the cat as a companion. Most purebred cats fall into one of the following three groupings based on physical characteristics:
- The natural breeds — American and British shorthairs, Persians, Maine coon cats were developed in cold climates. They have long, thick coats; heavy, cobby (square) bodies, and are the most sedate group in terms of energy level.
- The semi-foreigns — Russian blues, Abyssinians, ocicats are an in-between group whose body shapes are leaner and more muscular than the natural breeds. They have slightly oval eyes and their heads are moderately wedge-shaped. Their activity level is usually moderate with some high-energy exceptions like the Abyssinian.
- The Orientals — Siamese, Burmese, Cornish rexes originated in warmer climes; they carry little body fat and lighter coats. Almost everything about them is elongated — legs, tails, ears and bodies — to allow more surface area for efficient cooling. These cats are the most active and talkative.
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- Know all you can about the breed you are going to adopt. Then think in terms of your life style how do they match. Older cats rule. They are usually house broke. They have manners. They do not take the care that kittens do as kittens must be trained. They are babies and in so much must be protected like babies.
Just do your research and know what you want. You may decide after researching you want to help these dogs and cats in a different way. By supporting them financially, by giving them a foster home, by writing articles of how to adopt. Volunteering in a shelter. The ways are endless to helping Shelter animals not everyone can be a shelter parent but everyone can help a shelter
pet.
- Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, The Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff, Springfield, MA U.S.A.: G&C Merriam Company, 1967, p. 274,
A breed is a group of domestic animals related through common ancestors and visiblily similar in most characteristics, having been differentiated from others by human influence; a distinctive group of domesticated animals differentiated from the wild type under the influence of man, the sum of the progeny of aknown and designated foundation stock without admixture of other blood.
- ^ Coppinger, Raymond; Coppinger, Lorna (2001), Dogs, A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution, New York: Scribner, p. 138, ISBN 0-684-85530-5
- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary, Purebred, retrieved 2 April 2014
- ^ various authors, Canine Genetic Diseases Network, Columbia, Missouri, USA: University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine, retrieved 20 May 2008
- ^ For example, most border collies today (whether used for herding or for showing) are related to a sire named Winston Cap
- ^ Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, Glossary, retrieved 20 May 2008
- ^ Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, Jack Russell Terrier Club of America Code of Ethics, retrieved 20 May 2008 "A terrier will be rejected for registration if the inbreeding coefficient is more than 16%"
A breed is a group of domestic animals related through common ancestors and visiblily similar in most characteristics, having been differentiated from others by human influence; a distinctive group of domesticated animals differentiated from the wild type under the influence of man, the sum of the progeny of aknown and designated foundation stock without admixture of other blood.
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