To the people with pet(s), did you buy or adopt?

[nakedfrog]

Most of my pets have come from people who would have turned any animals they couldn't find a home for over to the Humane society, so there's not much difference there. Our new rabbit did come from a pet store, though.
We will most likely have to pay for our next dog, though, because we're looking for one of a few specific breeds, and also want it to be a puppy, so the odds of finding one in need of rescuing will probably be pretty slim. We will be checking with all the appropriate breed-specific rescue societies first, though.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Adopt? I hate that word when used in this context. My wife was adopted by her Mom and her Dad. My dog on the other hand was rescued. We did not adopt our dog.

I dunno... adopt works fine for me... we treat them as members of the family. They get to go on vacations with us, eat pizza with us, etc.

You feed your dog pizza? I almost never feed my dog people food and we NEVER feed her at the table. She gets scolded when she hovers around and begs. I hate it when dogs do that.

I feed my cat everytime I eat - but only because I eat by myselfand she always jumps up on the table

 

[CChaos]

We had to give our 2 cats away a little over a year ago when my wife developed allergies. We found families to adopt both of them, and I can't recall ever paying for a pet.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Adopt? I hate that word when used in this context. My wife was adopted by her Mom and her Dad. My dog on the other hand was rescued. We did not adopt our dog.

that's just PC. do you think we shouldn't use the "master" and "slave" to describe the hdd?

Hell no. I could care less about that.

I just think it is a stupid word to use for a pet. As though you have anywhere near the responsibility or obligation to a pet as you do a human. I like rescued...that is what we say when we refer to how we acquired our dog.

PC has nothing to do with it. Semantics does.

Adopt
Looks to me like it's a perfectly appropriate word to use.

 

[slpaulson]

One of my dogs (black lab) my parents bought.
One of my dogs my parents adopted from some bar that was keeping her.
My aunt gave us her golden retriever. She's a horrible pet owner, but he's the nicest dog ever.

We bought one cat from a pet store for $20, which was just the price of the shots it had. I felt so bad for him when he was meowing in the cage I had to get him. He's been the nicest cat ever since.

We also adopted two cats from some stray cat that decided to have a litter under our deck.

 

[SirPappy]

both. I found and kept my 1st dog, was given a puppy for my 2nd dog,found and addopted my 3rd dog, and now my wife wants to go buy a schitzu or a mix of one.

generally my wife would say never buy from a breeder when theres so many dogs out there that can be saved, but in this case, she really liked that breed of dog, and she knows its almost impossible to find one in the dog pounds.

 

[broon]

Bought a mutt puppy for $5. Best dog ever. Adopted a 2 yr old dog for $60...ended up returning her for behavior reasons. Bought a $100 AKC registered 6 month old puppy because the family wanted to get rid of it.

 

[neonerd]

i bought my fish....can you get those adopted?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Adopt? I hate that word when used in this context. My wife was adopted by her Mom and her Dad. My dog on the other hand was rescued. We did not adopt our dog.

I dunno... adopt works fine for me... we treat them as members of the family. They get to go on vacations with us, eat pizza with us, etc.

You feed your dog pizza? I almost never feed my dog people food and we NEVER feed her at the table. She gets scolded when she hovers around and begs. I hate it when dogs do that.

Is there something in pizza that's bad for them?? It's very rare that I eat leftovers. I don't want to eat the same food 2 days in a row, unless it's a favorite such as lasagna... then, I might have some for lunch the next day. And, I don't want to keep it in the fridge until it's moldy. Dogs are the perfect outlet for table scraps.

 

[NuclearNed]

We adopted our dog from the city pound, which cost us a nominal fee (@ $60, part of which was refunded when we got her fixed)

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Adopt? I hate that word when used in this context. My wife was adopted by her Mom and her Dad. My dog on the other hand was rescued. We did not adopt our dog.

I dunno... adopt works fine for me... we treat them as members of the family. They get to go on vacations with us, eat pizza with us, etc.

You feed your dog pizza? I almost never feed my dog people food and we NEVER feed her at the table. She gets scolded when she hovers around and begs. I hate it when dogs do that.

Is there something in pizza that's bad for them?? It's very rare that I eat leftovers. I don't want to eat the same food 2 days in a row, unless it's a favorite such as lasagna... then, I might have some for lunch the next day. And, I don't want to keep it in the fridge until it's moldy. Dogs are the perfect outlet for table scraps.

Onions can kill a dog if they eat enough of them. They will also make a dog really sick (that is, if they don't kill them first).

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Adopt? I hate that word when used in this context. My wife was adopted by her Mom and her Dad. My dog on the other hand was rescued. We did not adopt our dog.

that's just PC. do you think we shouldn't use the "master" and "slave" to describe the hdd?

Hell no. I could care less about that.

I just think it is a stupid word to use for a pet. As though you have anywhere near the responsibility or obligation to a pet as you do a human. I like rescued...that is what we say when we refer to how we acquired our dog.

PC has nothing to do with it. Semantics does.

Adopt
Looks to me like it's a perfectly appropriate word to use.

Really? I didn't see one single reference on that page to it being used in that context. All the references there were in the context of adopting a child.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Adopt? I hate that word when used in this context. My wife was adopted by her Mom and her Dad. My dog on the other hand was rescued. We did not adopt our dog.

I dunno... adopt works fine for me... we treat them as members of the family. They get to go on vacations with us, eat pizza with us, etc.

You feed your dog pizza? I almost never feed my dog people food and we NEVER feed her at the table. She gets scolded when she hovers around and begs. I hate it when dogs do that.

Is there something in pizza that's bad for them?? It's very rare that I eat leftovers. I don't want to eat the same food 2 days in a row, unless it's a favorite such as lasagna... then, I might have some for lunch the next day. And, I don't want to keep it in the fridge until it's moldy. Dogs are the perfect outlet for table scraps.

No, dogs are not the perfect outlet for table scraps. There are many things people eat that are very bad for dogs. The only thing I ever feed my dog is chicken (no bones) or meat and only after dinner outside. Everything else we eat that we don't consume or save goes in the trash.

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Adopt? I hate that word when used in this context. My wife was adopted by her Mom and her Dad. My dog on the other hand was rescued. We did not adopt our dog.

that's just PC. do you think we shouldn't use the "master" and "slave" to describe the hdd?

Hell no. I could care less about that.

I just think it is a stupid word to use for a pet. As though you have anywhere near the responsibility or obligation to a pet as you do a human. I like rescued...that is what we say when we refer to how we acquired our dog.

PC has nothing to do with it. Semantics does.

Adopt
Looks to me like it's a perfectly appropriate word to use.

Really? I didn't see one single reference on that page to it being used in that context. All the references there were in the context of adopting a child.

"adopt" is right

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Adopt
Looks to me like it's a perfectly appropriate word to use.

Really? I didn't see one single reference on that page to it being used in that context. All the references there were in the context of adopting a child.

"To take up and make one's own"
"To take on or assume"
"to take or accept as if one's own"
"take into one's family"

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

"To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea"
"To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance"
"to take or accept as if one's own <[the company] adopted the signature on the financing statement ?Barber-Greene Company v. Nat'l City Bank of Minneapolis, 816 Federal Reporter, Second Series 1267 (1987)>"
"take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child. "

Nice, but you conveniently left out the rest of every single quote you posted above. Here I'll fix it for you.

I'll even add below all the quotes pertaining to family from your own link:


- To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.

- Usage Note: Children are adopted by parents, and one normally refers to an adopted child but to adoptive parents, families, and homes. When describing places, one can use either adopted or adoptive: She enjoys living in her adopted country. Detroit is their adoptive city.

- 1 : to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one's own child esp. in compliance with formal legal procedures
- 5: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

 

[FoBoT]

i bought my fish and guinea pig

not sure where you can adopt fish from

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

we rescued one and got another from my mom's friend who couldn't keep it anymore

 

[Bassyhead]

adopted

 

[desteffy]

We have always taken in dogs that were found, or that were puppies of friends. My parents bought a dog once, and it turned out to be by far the worst dog we have had, it was purebred (so inbred) and stupid and mean.

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i bought my fish and guinea pig

not sure where you can adopt fish from

someone else's tank?

actually, some people give away their pets when they don't want it.

 

[Coquito]

We've always adopted out little pals. Of our two recent gals, one was a purebred chihuahua that we took over for a cousin that wasn't treating her right, while the other was a mutt that was found as a puppy on the street & we never found the owner. The chihuahua is very, very protective, very, very picky, & can just tell when a person doesn't hae the best intentions. The mutt loves absolutely everyone she meets, eats almost everything, very playful, a bit too much energy sometimes, & not as bright as the first. She does have a very big image of herself.

I'm not ashamed to say that they are my absolute best friends. No one else comes close.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

"To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea"
"To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance"
"to take or accept as if one's own <[the company] adopted the signature on the financing statement ?Barber-Greene Company v. Nat'l City Bank of Minneapolis, 816 Federal Reporter, Second Series 1267 (1987)>"
"take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child. "

Nice, but you conveniently left out the rest of every single quote you posted above. Here I'll fix it for you.

I'll even add below all the quotes pertaining to family from your own link:


- To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.

- Usage Note: Children are adopted by parents, and one normally refers to an adopted child but to adoptive parents, families, and homes. When describing places, one can use either adopted or adoptive: She enjoys living in her adopted country. Detroit is their adoptive city.

- 1 : to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one's own child esp. in compliance with formal legal procedures
- 5: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

None of those changes the actual meaning of the word, those are just the examples they chose to provide.
The real point is that you not liking that word being used in that context doesn't make it any less acceptable or correct.

 

[minendo]

Got Stella from GABR

 

[MrChad]

We adopted our kitten from the ASPCA.