I Love Dog Adoption, but Dog Adoption Doesn’t Love Me

E.A Peak
8 min readFeb 6, 2023

Here’s the thing. My current dog is a rescue. I have always been an advocate for Adopt, Don’t Shop! However, the requirements in which to do so are absolutely insane. I got lucky with my dog. I was 23, desperate and looking to get a larger dog because that is my preference and what I am most familiar with. I remember crying my eyes out and being super frustrated, because almost no one wanted to give me a dog. It was awful, and I had never felt so torn apart over wanting to do something good. It’s been ten years since I went through that process, and due to age…

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