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If you're thinking about bringing a dog into your life, you should strongly consider dog adoption. There are so many reasons why you should adopt a dog.
If the feeling you get from saving a dog from a kill-shelter is not enough, you're really saving two lives when you adopt, not just one. When you adopt a dog you are helping us save one from potentially being euthanized, because you free up a foster home or kennel space for another dog to be brought in.
There are so many other reasons as to why you should adopt a dog.
When you adopt a dog, you have a better chance of finding the perfect match for your family. Rescue workers tend to have a pretty good grasp on the dog's temperament, so they can help match you and your family with the perfect dog for your personality and your lifestyle. This is a great way to ensure that you don't have to bring the dog back because he just wasn't what you expected.
Rescue dogs are generally spayed or neutered (6 months or older) kept up with their vaccinations (age appropriately) and generally are micro-chipped (pending upon vet used, and age) when you adopt the dog. This helps cut vet bills tremendously. You do have to pay an adoption fee, but that is generally a mere percent of what the rescue actually spent caring for the dog and vet bills. Most rescue dogs, depending on their size, are somewhat crate trained. Even the larger dogs in the dog runs are still considered somewhat crate trained, as they'll generally potty on the outside portion of the run. This is a big help when you bring the dog home, as it reduces housetraining time.
Generally, rescue dogs bond rather quickly and deeply with their new owners. Usually, these dogs are uprooted from a happy home due to divorce, death, or some other lifestyle change. They do go through a mourning process, so once they've found a loving home again, they want to please the new owners as much as possible to hopefully ensure that they won't be homeless again. Even dogs who were picked up from the streets, never really knowing a good home, will bond quickly to hopefully ensure that they won't be rummaging through the trash for their dinner.
Can't adopt? Think about becoming a foster parent.
Fostering a dog can be a very gratifying experience for the right person. The feeling that you have helped a disadvantaged or needy animal is a wonderful sensation. It brings an overwhelming joy when your foster dog has moved onto his/ her forever home, and you know that without you it wouldn't have been possible, he/ she most likely wouldn't have had that second chance. Some families foster many dogs regularly, while others foster just once in a while. Dogs need foster families for many reasons. Some dogs need foster families with the purpose of finding permanent homes, while others need temporary housing.
Serving as a foster family for a dog is a great service. Often, families fall in love with their foster dog. These families are usually the first considered when finding permanent placement for the dog. If you love dogs, have a little extra room and a little extra time, fostering a dog can be a gratifying experience that will last a lifetime.
We are ALWAYS getting daily URGENT EMAILS from high kill shelter's to help those who have made the euthanization list. Many adoptable dogs, all temperament tested by dedicated volunteers. All healthy beautiful adult dog's, pup's, pregnant females..etc. They need your help! Will you help them?
Please see our NEWS Section for more detailed Foster Information, and application.
If it wasn't for the shelter volunteer, and my foster Mom, I wouldn't have made it out of the high kill gassing shelter that day, and found my forever home. I was a death row Dog. 
