Animal Adoption Quotes

I have a rescue dog named Fideo, which means 'noodle' in Spanish, and a cat named Hutch.

When I was a child I wanted to be a vet. I'd come home with "lost" kittens and dogs. My mother would tell me to put them back.

I grew up in a house with dogs. We always had dogs. We always had a bunch of dogs, actually.

Take personal responsibility. A lot of people go, 'Well, I'll get a dog because I have a kid and a kid needs a dog.' And it doesn't work out for that dog and the dog is on the street.

I've been on a dog-buying spree. I got two Yorkies and a small teacup Chihuahua.

None of the kids in the neighborhood had dogs. My dad walked in that Labrador, and we started running together and rolling around together like we found each other after years apart. And then, suddenly, some of the other people in the neighborhood started getting dogs, too.

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

Elizabeth's back at the red cross, and I'm walking the dog.

Ooh..I want one" - Bex They're not puppies." -Cammie

I have a boxer and I'm getting another boxer. I have a girlfriend, Gabby Granado, who lives with me as well.

I've been a rescue dog mom several times and occasionally found comfort in scrolling through pictures of animals on various adoption center websites, just to fantasize about adding to the family.

Special-needs rescues and older rescues have always had a close place in my heart, because those are the ones that tend to get looked over. That is why I love how North Shore Animal League America has their shelter set up.

I'm hoping one day to open my own shelter. I would be the person with the three-legged dog. I just love animals more than people; I really do.

I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.

But if you love animals for all the right reasons- and that's just love and affection- then you're going to go after animals who need you.

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.

When you adopt a dog, you have a lot of very good days and one very bad day.

We used to have a bull. A real bull. At that time, Jennifer Lopez was my neighbor. God bless her, she took it. But other neighbors did not like it, that we have a bull.

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.

I love dogs and cats.

Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.

Millions of animals are euthanized every year because shelters can't find homes for them. Buying animals from pet stores also tends to support puppy and cat mills, many of which have deplorable conditions for animals, which shouldn't be tolerated.

But I was thinking about this, the Obamas want to adopt a stray dog from the pound. And I think that is admirable. I believe the last president to bring a stray dog into the White House got impeached.