Comments on: Holiday Pet Tips & Hints http://www.arkanimals.com/2008/12/09/holiday-pet-tips-hints/ Embark on an armchair safari with animal expert and author Diana L Guerrero. Explore wild and domestic animal behavior, training, careers, and more. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:23:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ark Lady http://www.arkanimals.com/2008/12/09/holiday-pet-tips-hints/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Ark Lady Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:30:33 +0000 http://www.arkanimals.com/?p=713#comment-1287 Nathan constructed a great post about holiday adoptions along with the history here: http://nathanwinograd.blogspot.com/2008/11/year-of-renewed-hope-demonstration-of.html I'd like to see the numbers of those holiday animals that stay in the homes because even though his post hits a cord and gives us the HOPE that placements during this time are lasting ones, I still believe the stress during the holidays is not the best time to add an animal and I think associating the gift giving idea to extend to a live animal is not the best association to create. Nathan constructed a great post about holiday adoptions along with the history here: http://nathanwinograd.blogspot.com/2008/11/year-of-renewed-hope-demonstration-of.html

I’d like to see the numbers of those holiday animals that stay in the homes because even though his post hits a cord and gives us the HOPE that placements during this time are lasting ones, I still believe the stress during the holidays is not the best time to add an animal and I think associating the gift giving idea to extend to a live animal is not the best association to create.

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