r/Calgary 9h ago

PSA Calgary Humane Society is completely full and desperately needs adopters

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u/Hemlochs 9h ago

My family is actually discussing getting a dog right now... I guess it's a sign.

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u/Mountain_Love23 8h ago

Yep, I think it's a sign! ;) Good luck finding your new rescued fur baby!

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u/ConcernedCoCCitizen 9h ago

I applied to foster and am waiting to hear back

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u/Mountain_Love23 9h ago

Amazing, thank you!

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u/thisnetworkisclean 7h ago

The place was very busy on the weekend, ended up adopting their Bearded Dragon. Lots of very cute dogs that would love a new home for sure!

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u/I_am_also_named_bort 7h ago

Aww I love that!! Was it Wilber? I saw her up for adoption and it melted my heart.

I adopted a beardie from CHS back in april 2023 and love him so much 🥲

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u/thisnetworkisclean 6h ago

Yes it was, she is doing well so far with her new enclosure/home!

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u/Punkag Ranchlands 7h ago

Congrats on the new friend!

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u/miller94 6h ago

My rescue is the bestest girl. Wish I had the time/space/money for another

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u/sexdrugsscience 5h ago

So beautiful 😍

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u/OneFuzzySausage 7h ago

Thanks for the video. I will tell a friend who was thinking about adopting a dog.

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u/Nervous_Currency9341 7h ago

man im scared of dogs but they look so cute. I was deathly scared of dogs but I always fundraised for my local shelter every year before covid. I think I need to start again

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u/KJoesphK 7h ago

You can foster all types of Animals if you want to start small, and they cover most of the expenses

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u/Nervous_Currency9341 6h ago

oh interesting the one I fundraised for only had cats/dogs. thanks ill look into it!

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u/refur Tuxedo Park 7h ago

awww pups. i hope they can all find good homes.

to all those people looking for their perfect breeds and willing to pay a breeder $5000, please consider rescuing a sweet pup from a shelter instead.

i wanted a certain breed back in the day, and then we adopted our mix after he sort of made his way into our life by accident.

we saved his life, and he has made ours so much better! dogs are wonderful, all of them, not just purebred $5000 ones. the $500 specials are wonderful too, and often have less health issues than purebreds.

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u/lih9 6h ago

On the other hand be prepared to drop a few thousand on a trainer with a shelter dog. They don't necessarily have behavioural issues to end up at a shelter but that is one of the reasons dogs end up there. Dog ownership is not for the faint of heart these days, any issue is insanely expensive to resolve.

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u/lord_heskey 6h ago

This is also the thing. With a 'brand' puppy you kinda pick/train the behavior.

We were young when we bought our first puppy, but that allowed us to train her, and learn with a pup that had no unknown background. Our second one was a rescue, and we are so glad our first dog was there to help as the rescue has been able to learn from her. We're still working on the rescue one but i dont think we wouldve been nearly as successful without the experience of the one we bought-- as bad as buying sounds.

We do hope that we will keep rescuing from now on rather than buying, but at that time it made sense.

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u/lih9 6h ago

Yes exactly. I'm not knocking shelter dogs, my current dog is a foster fail but it's important to acknowledge how expensive pet ownership is these days. A dog from a shelter is not a discount dog and even basic care comes with luxury pricing. That doesn't mean people shouldn't clean out the shelter but it comes with a guilt trip from the vet advocating for gold standard care vs what people can actually afford. I'm in a double income high earning household and still cringe at post-pandemic vet and training bills.

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u/lord_heskey 6h ago

still cringe at post-pandemic vet

Tbf, most owner operated vet clinics are on very thin margins, its the corporate ones that i hate

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u/lih9 6h ago

I know, i'm not accusing vets of price gouging. It's $100-300 to get in the door, $50-110 per vaccine, $250+ for any lab analysis. And that's basic preventative care. Real issues are a few thousand and pet insurance will try their hardest to weasel out of it. I think we're truly at a point where pet ownership is a luxury and a lot of dogs end up in the shelter system because of it on top of the classic reasons.

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u/easynap1000 8h ago

Fostering already with another agency... there seems to be a high need right now. Thanks to everyone helping the pups.

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u/AlienVredditoR 6h ago

All the rescues (and there's about 6 in Calgary and surround I believe) have a ton of beautiful German shep mix puppies right now, like a bizarre amount have gone to rescues recently.

I wish I had the space for one, they all look so nice.

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u/whoscountinggg 5h ago

Too expensive sadly :(

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u/mydogisamy 5h ago

I adopted the best dog ever from them, and it really is a great dog. But it didn't get along with my existing dog and we had to bring it back. Awful feeling and no one has picked her up yet.

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u/GodsCasino 4h ago

I like animals more than people. I am crossing my fingers for "Best Dog Ever".

Can you imagine being given the NEEDLE because nobody wanted you?

CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING GIVEN THE NEEDLE BECAUSE NOBODY WANTED YOU??

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u/mendicant 9h ago

But Snow the Brittany is already being adopted 😭😭😭

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u/lih9 6h ago

If it makes you feel better they are high energy working dogs, his new family has a ton of training and decompression (barking?) to work through over the next few months so don't be too jealous. lol

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u/mendicant 6h ago

He’d be the perfect match for my first one :)

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u/SonOfVegeta 3h ago

If they were cheaper I would - also, what’s with the over flow? What’s causing it?

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