What criteria should I use when choosing a dog?
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Should I adopt a puppy or a dog?
What criteria should I use when choosing a dog?
How does the shelter prescreen the dog for health and personality?
How will I know which dog personality is the best match for me?
What if I don’t see the dog I am looking for at a shelter or rescue?
How can you be sure the new dog will get along with your pet/pets at home?
Should I adopt a dog if I plan on moving soon?
Is it possible to work a 9 to 5 and still care for a dog?
How can I responsibly give a dog as a gift?
What type of commitment will I need to make when adopting a dog?
Where should I go to adopt a dog?
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What criteria should I use when choosing a dog?
Host: What criteria should I use when choosing a dog?
Michelle Otis: Take a realistic inventory of your home environment and your lifestyle and how you want this dog to fit in and secondly, you want to take a good look at whatever behavior evaluation or whatever assessment that the shelter has done on the do that you are looking at and see where those match and make sure that they do match and if they don't match, be realistic about your expectations and about the information that you have and make sure that as you transition that dog into your home, you make extra accommodations where your counselor suggests.
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Host: What criteria should I use when choosing a dog?
Michelle Otis: Take a realistic inventory of your home environment and your lifestyle and how you want this dog to fit in and secondly, you want to take a good look at whatever behavior evaluation or whatever assessment that the shelter has done on the do that you are looking at and see where those match and make sure that they do match and if they don't match, be realistic about your expectations and about the information that you have and make sure that as you transition that dog into your home, you make extra accommodations where your counselor suggests.
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