Staten Island Advance reported that a recent “Senior Pet Adoption Month” campaign was a success with 17 dogs and cats (ages 5 years & up) adopted by residents of Staten Island in March.  The adoption campaign was run by the Animal Care & Control (AC&C) of NY.

I also found a really great article called 10 Reasons to Adopt an Adult Dog.  They are selling themselves short because they really give 11 reasons…bonus!! 

Puppies are so cute that it’s easy to forget how much trouble they are!  Now it’s true that Oscar was ridiculously frickin’ cute when he was a puppy, but he was also quite a handful.  I didn’t sleep for days after we brought him home…he cried all night if we left him alone, he wasn’t house-broken so we couldn’t let him sleep in bed - I finally ended up sleeping on the floor with him.  The house-breaking seemed to take forever…there was chewing, biting and even poop eating….ugh.

So, anyway…kudos to all of the people who don’t get swept up in puppy-mania and realize the benefits of adopting older pets.  We hope all of the newly adopted pets in Staten Island are enjoying their new families!!