If your own dog has ever gone missing, you know what a relief it is to get the phone call from someone who’s dialed the number on your dog’s collar or see your missing pet run to you at the local animal shelter. Critical in many of these owner-pet reunions a good samaritan found, held or chaperoned your dog to a safe place. Knowing how grateful we were or would be to them, we naturally feel like doing our part if we ever see a lost dog or a stray wandering on the streets.
Dogs have always been the best human counterparts. A symbiotic relationship developed between dogs and humans way back in the days of the cave men. Wolves and their puppies hung out at the camp fires of cave people looking for scrapes to eat and in turn they provided a benefit to the humans by keeping vermin at bay. Once you understand the nature of canines, it’s clear why the stray dogs adopt people and never leave. Wolves are pack animals that mean they are gregarious and social and need to stay together. An ostracized wolf, a lone wolf, couldn’t survive on its own. Since domestic dogs have descended from the wolves, they still have those wild instincts. Dogs always seek for company. They believe that a human will always help it thrive. Dogs who follow people home and adopt them will never leave their side because once they have had the experience of being hungry and suffering in extreme temperatures, they will choose family life over stray life.
Dog homelessness is a problem affecting millions of dogs even today. Though the cartoons and movies have glamorized the lifestyle of independent dogs, we all know that the daily life of a lonely street dog is much bleaker than is depicted on the screen. The following steps will help you safely rescue a dog from the streets.
1. Checking the urgency of the situation.
When you see an unattended dog on the streets your instincts will, on one hand, urge you to help but on the other hand you cannot take any decision. You will fear to make the situation worse. You don’t want to scare the dog unnecessarily and try to help only if its in need. There might not be a relevant situation for you to move on the path of animal heroism.
2. Determined Ownership.
You should make sure the first thing that the dog is actually alone and cannot be momentarily seperated from the owner. You can save yourself loads of time and hassle along with potential criminal charges while making sure that your dog is alone.
3. Analyzing the condition of the dog

Strays are two types- a dog seperated from its owner and a dog inherently without any home or family. Though both types are worthy of love and are in need of rescuing, there are additional concerns that need to be taken into consideration.
4. Protect yourself all the time.
Before finding a home for the stray, one must first capture and restrain the animal. It is a little dangerous as dogs can sometimes be defensive or even hostile due to prior abuse, neglect, sickness or its general temperament. If the dog turns violent, you should protect yourself with a dog barrier like a skateboard or a tennis racket but it should not appear as a weapon to the dog. Do not swing it at the dog in an attempt to impale them. It’s for your own safety and not meant to hurt the dig instead.
5. Building a rapport.
This is the most important thing you should do. Gaining trust through peace offering is good. A simple gesture like feeding with your own hand can build trust and open the lines of communication. You should never rush too fast. Go slow while making your approach towards the dog. Pause if it becomes frightened. Pay attention to what triggers an emotional response from the dog and be sensitive towards it. Move slowly and comfortably.
6. Bring rescue to your dog
Even if the dog behaves wildly, search for a proper shelter for him. Return them to a good home. Nowadays parents are getting microchips placed beneath the skin of their dog as a means of tracking their four-legged loved ones. It’s helpful if you want to ensure your dog’s safety.
7. Foster your rescue
If a proper home is yet to be located for your nee friend, you might want to consider adopting it temporarily or perhaps permanently. If you take the dog to the Human Society, a lot of times they do not take proper care of them. But if you are able to hold on to the dog for a quarrantine period of up to two weeks, they will then take the dog and provide it with all necessary vaccinations and tests.
8. Consult your family
The main concern is taking permission from your family, without which, bringing a stray dog home will prove to be your worst decision ever.
Still today, hundreds or more live in swamplands, sick and starving, diseased and injured, living under dangerous conditions. Starvation, dehydration are their regular companions and some are even dumped by human families who had once adopted them. So if you adopt such a dog, be generous and kind. Taking it to a vet, giving regular medical attention for the first few days against heatworm, parasitic diseases or acute injuries, seeking professional advice, complete check-up and sterilization, if needed should be done.
The SOCHI DOG KILLING CAMPAIGN has raised international interest in adopting street dogs from Sochi. Adopting a street dog will give you extreme happiness. Sit back and enjoy your new pet, see that all your difficulties and tensions vanish in a single go. Secure in the knowledge that you are a bonafide hero for saving the life of a poor fellow. 

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Beloved Humans, Remember Us? We are the dogs- poor, hungry, fighting to survive and fighting over everything else – You see us everyday on the streets yet act as if we are invisible. We live terribly, our babies are in despair. Please help us. We never had the fortune of being called a Pet, leave aside a sophisticated treatment. We are nameless, sad. We also wish for a life filled with bright lights. Please help us. We are neglected creatures, full of hardships. Give us a chance. Adopt us. Please help us. When We love you so much, why can’t You? Yours faithfully- Stray Dogs in danger.

Could strays write such letters, their lives would have been wonderful. These dogs try to voice their thoughts but never once do we make an attempt to listen to them. Everyone says that a dog is a man’s best friend. The fact is undeniable. But still some can never fulfill it. Ardent dog lovers have failed to understand why. Why can’t they be helpful to dog’s. Why can’t they bring a street dog home and raise it? Are all the claims of being so passionate about dogs just a fake promise or Do humans willingly fail at every step to become a loyal friend to his loyal dog?
Street dogs are innocent animals. They often look thin, malnourished, dirty and rough but they have a soft heart inside that beats only for you. You can always see a street pup foraging in the garbage heaps or playing with a bunch of dirty plastics with waste accumulated on the corner of the road. Street puppies always look at you with watery eyes as if asking you to take it home. They hardly bark when you bend forward to touch it. It is because they love your company and will continue loving you if you adopt it without leaving it on the road to die.

They are initially understanding in nature. There is a general belief that they will be difficult to train because of their aggressiveness and rowdiness. But this dog can be trained just like any other. Yes, you may hesitate to take them to a pet show or a dog exhibition but you always can. Once you treat your dog well, it will never leave any opportunity to impress you. We all buy dogs to display them to the world. Adopt one from the street and see that it will give you much more pleasure and contentment. Unlike the dogs which are bought, Street dogs can turn out to be more dignified and talented.
The ambiguity regarding the adoption of a stray is basically because we are so concerned about our health and temperament that we do not have that basic instinct to help others in distress. How ludicrous do we feel when we are down with fever or somehow bruise our hands. Then imagine the kind of pain they undergo when they are sick or hurt and trembling with fear, all alone with no roof to provide them shelter. These dogs, born and brought up on the streets wildly and ruggedly, are never given lessons on humanity nor any lectures on how to be helpful. Yet they are more humane than us, more noble and pure-hearted.
Love is unconditional, no matter where the love comes from. Any avid dog lover cannot un-notice a dog only because it belongs to the street. The love for dog exist everywhere, from store to the road. Have you ever looked at a puppy with hurt paws, cut by the sharp stones hurled at him by those wicked people? Have you ever looked at a dog with an injured and diseased body, writhing in pain, lying under the cool shade of a tree only to get some respite from the heat? Don’t you feel sad for them? Doesn’t these brutal images of plight haunt you like a nightmare? Why do we never think of taking them home? We don’t and this thought does not even cross our minds and we don’t ask ourselves the reason be that we are only bothered about showing how costly a dog we can afford than thinking at all about their well-being? Have we ever asked ourselves why we don’t feel for these little poor puppies quivering outside in the cold?
Wouldn’t it feel delightful to bring a street dog home and give it a shelter. Besides, the person will be blessed with unlimited love as long as the dog lives. Also there is no more happiness than having a furry dog companion at home for free. They are no less costly than a known breed. They will be of so much help to the household as well as the master. They are very social and highly alert dogs. They are extremely defensive about their human family and will make excellent watch dogs. They will require low maintenance than other breeds. They do not need grooming, pedigree food or a regular visit to a parlour. They are already habituated to facing harsh and extreme hostilities and their needs are simple and minimum without any refinement. All these years, there have been enough proof of their genorosity, loyalty, this never ending love and unassuming joy keeps on multiplying and radiating from your dog and when you come in contact with it, all your stress melts away like forever, you can feel it lasting for a lifetime. The mere passing of a street dog becomes the very reason for a big smile. You feel as if it winks back at you. That’s your love for a dog. You cannot merely discriminate between your pet dog and a street one. This kind of the so claimed dog persons I always hate. Street dogs can be far better than what you think them to be. Yes, they might not trust you on the first go, considering the history of humans, how we behave with them disgracefully, but a little love can go a long way. And when it comes to unquestionable faith on them, ask a security guard about it. Such dogs devotedly come forward to volunteer them in their job.
Just throwing a biscuit towards a stray might assure you for the moment but the dog will certainly look forward to more affection and acceptance. It is sad that they are devoid of that one chance to feel loved.
They are not ‘proper or perfect as pets’ is the very silly reason we give to defend ourselves. But what does our conditions of being ‘very perfect’ require? Fair? Clean? Handsome? Beautiful, with a soothing voice? But have you ever realized that shared love can be the stepping stone for a good friendship. And when it comes to the matters of the heart, physical traits are never counted. There is no justifiable reason for not loving them, be it rough or wild or inexpressive. We never shed drops of tear when we see a street dog dying in front of us. Bringing home one and see how it cries when you are in pain. What you don’t do a dog will do for its entire life. All your misjudgement and hatred will vanish and prove how wrong you were to undermine that poor fellow. No. Your house doesn’t need any fancy dog but a dog which will teach you the fundamentals of life.
If you cannot bring it home, set up shelters for them. Feed them daily. Take care of them whenever you are free from work. Know that you are saving a dozen lives which will eventually transform into goodwill and come back to you in many folds in time of need. Strays will always find a way of showing gratitude towards you for saving his life with unassuming joy, love and care. It’s high time we become aware that abandoning the strays does no good to the society. Stray dogs will love to live in your society if you provide good facilities for medical care, feeding, shelter and clothing. We are a brighter and intellectual species. So why leave them to the hands of abuse?

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One of the most naive facts that are attached to adoption agencies for pets are regarded to be false in nature. Facts of which people are unaware of generally makes one assume that such agencies work for nothing as such. This in fact is FALSE. Agencies for Pet Adoption tend to work the hardest towards spreading awareness about pets in dire need of shelter and care from foster homes and pet lovers. Such pets generally await for two consequences in their respective conditions:

1. SHELTER FROM PET LOVERS
2. DEATH

This is the hard truth. People are so oblivious to the conditions that these pets are surviving in, it is unbelievable and so shocking. Living in a supposed “developing” world wherein all are considered to be AWARE and CARING FOR ALL, it is shocking how people still carry the burden of being unknown almost every day of their lives. Such people end up spreading such false perceptions about re homing of pets to others in a way that describes these shelters and facilitating centers as being a no less than a slaughter house. This not only leads to misconceptions being formed in the minds of people around us, it even ends up making one doubt the existence of such agencies who work day in and day out towards providing for nothing but noble rehabilitation centers for pets in need of them.

WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PICK THEM UP AND GIVE THEM A HOME

People end up becoming reluctant due to such misconceptions and thus there is an innate need to provide for the TRUTH in its totality and pure self. Truth be told: Such pets are more than keen to provide you with more love and affection despite the negative stereotypes that they carry with themselves. Being termed as “unwanted” is not what anyone would want to be feeling like, which is why we must do away with such immature and misrepresented facts AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Some MYTHS that are carried around about PET ADOPTION AGENCIES are as follows:

MYTH #1:

 “AGENCIES WILL PROVIDE ME WITH AN UNKNOWN PET” 

This is one of the primary concern of any “about to be” pet owner that seems to crop up when wanting to adopt a furry creature. This is completely false, a research study shows that when one tries to attain a pet from an agency/shelter: MORE information is provided for against the information provided for pets by a breeder or a pet store. No matter how authenticated your pet store might be, you would never double check such stores, but consider this very fact: why would one want to let you adopt a bad specimen of a creature which in this case is a pet, despite providing you with a valid contract and all the valid legal documents ? All decent pet shelters/agencies have the provision of being able to provide you with the necessary documents that you may require in order to satisfy yourself when adopting a pet.

Even more so, such shelters contain with themselves pets who have been disowned by their ex-families due to financial issues or health related problems and if the pet that you are looking for has already been staying at the shelter for a long while you might be able to get a better background story to the pet from their previous owners/ the volunteers who have been taking care of the pets. They could provide you with the behavioral tendencies of the pet and let you know about the relevant information of the particular pet you are thinking of adopting.

 MYTH#2:

“NO PURE BRED/NO STRAY DOG = NO PET ADOPTION”

What usually one thinks when they get to know that the dog they were considering to adopt two seconds ago, that they are “stray dogs” or “non-pure breeds” is that SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH THEM which is why they are living in the shelter/agency now. UNTRUE. Only because they ran away from their “MALICIOUS” masters makes them “UNRULY”. Only because they were “SEIZED” by the police for roaming about in the residential area makes them “CONTAIN EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS” which are permanent, always. Only because they were “AGGRESSIVE” after being tortured by other dogs makes them “VICIOUS”. FALSE. FALSE. FALSE.

The only thing “wrong” with such animals is that they can’t find a home with loved ones to live in.

MYTH#3:

“SHELTER PETS ALWAYS HAVE A DISEASE”

This might not be completely false. But at the very same time, it is not something that cannot be taken care of. Most of the authenticated shelters/agencies provide the owners with a NO-CHARGE VET FACILITY option or already take care of such problematic pets and will not let you hamper your own health only because they are monsters. Because they are not. A kennel cough is not something one could die of. Vaccines for diseases like DHPP (distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, par influenza) will always be provided for, even before the adoption takes place.

MYTH#4 

“AGENCY PROVIDED PETS COME WITH BAGGAGE”

The only baggage one might face could be the amount of poop/urine that one might have to deal with – but wait, that happens when a baby comes in as well.

Trust me, when I say this, there are no differences between a pet provided for by a pet store or one adopted from an agency; if they are not pure breeds- so what? Research shows that pure breeds tend to carry more problems regarding their health than stray pets/mixed breeds. Their personalities do not differ- pure breeds might cause more trouble for you if not less in comparison to such pets. If you think they will die earlier- that’s wrong; they might live more than your Pomeranian’s and Labradors- provided you take care of them, the correct way. Treat them like pets, NORMAL PETS and get the love back that you provide them with, with an additional security aspect(with dogs).

MYTH#5

“AGENCY WILL NOT PROVIDE ME WITH WHAT I WANT”  

Emphasizing on the fact again- if you find an authenticated agency; you will find what you are looking for. Sites such as PETFINDER and PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS provide the option of searching up for the pet you are looking for at a very minimalistic price.

It may seem that the task of creating awareness over this issue is next to impossible- FALSE. FALSE. FALSE. It is possible, and agencies like PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS help provide you with the same.

When it comes to providing for an adoption agency and National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy provides you with the article regarding the very same, allowing you to understand that what you are paying for is nothing in comparison to what you might be paying at a pet store or to a breeder.

So go ahead, spread awareness- if we can adopt babies from around the world, then why not pets?

Let’s find these homeless, loving creatures a safe, healthy environment to nurture themselves in.

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