There are 2,043 Chihuahua's for adoption on www.petfinder.com please look. Do a pet search in your area, and go to local shetlers that are not able to update petfinder on a regular basis. They may be puting Chi to sleep before they are even able to make it to the internet.

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Great post Harm everyone please adopt not buy

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Do they have registration papers or do they just resemble chihuahuas? Are they microchipped to prove the breed? DNA'd? Pedigreed or mutts?
Sorry guys, on my soap box. Saveasato sells imported mutts for more than purebreds bring in my area. It seems shelters dont have enough dogs so they import them. Go look for yourself.http://www.savasato.com

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Petfinder has many shelters and rescues listed on their site in every state in the US and every Territory in Canada. It also has some shelters/rescues listed from other countries. They're dedicated to helping homeless animals find homes and thanks to them, millions of animals already have. Although, there are still VERY MANY out there(you can find ANY kind of pet in an animal shelter) that are in need a good home. It's sad to see animals euthanized simply for being homeless.

What does registration papers have to do with it? If you want a pet just for you and your family, you don't need papers. But if you really do want papers, you get adoption papers. There are awhole bunch of purebred dogs and cats in all shelters and rescues. Many shelters and rescues microchip their animals before they go to their new homes and they already get all their needed vaccinations and spayed/neutered so you don't have to worry about getting all of that done because it would already be taken care of. It's better to pay a $50-$200 adoption fee than to pay some bogus $1000 or so dollars on a dog from a petstore or a breeder.

One quick note: Adopting and buying are two completely different things! Even if you have the money, please opt to adopt because you'd help save a life.

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UB are you a new memebr of are you from Pet finder - as you have only posted in the rescue section and not introduced yourself on the boards - sorry if you arent just checking and it does seem odd you join a chi forum and come straight to the rescue section and you obviously know alot about rescueing

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Yes, I'm from Petfinder. Don't worry, I'm not here to start any trouble. I'm a frequent poster on Petfinder and try to avoid all of the negative posts which are posted on ANY messageboard/forum. I just don't think it's right to argue about anything when there are so many homeless animals that could be helped out instead. I will admit that there are some "crazy" people on PF and I'm not afraid to admit that I am, but we're only "crazy" because we do what we do(and love doing it) because we love our pets and try to help out as many animals as we can that need it. But really, there are "crazy" people everywhere so that shouldn't be something to be frowned upon.

Please don't think that Petfinder is a bad place because of some of the actions that were made by some of the members. Some just didn't know better, but most of them do know now. It's not right to judge EVERYONE on there for something that a FEW people said or done. Don't think that animal rescuers, shelters and rescues are bad. There are actually people on Petfinder and all over the world that work their butts off every single day just to help save a life. So with that, nobody should judge and say bad things about animal rescuers and animal rescue in general unless they've walked a day in our shoes and experience everything we have. It's really hard to go to an animal shelter knowing that most of those animals will be euthanized simply for being homeless. That website has helped out millions of homeless animals find good homes and without that site, more animals couldn't be rescued and saved every single day.

I post on quite a few boards and my main goal is to help educate people about the pet overpopulation around the world and to convince them to adopt instead because you can find ANY kind of pet in an animal shelter/rescue if you'd just look.

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I am really sorry and I cant speak for others but I really want nothing to do with this site - we are going to man our own rescue section and dont want help from petfinder, it has been twice they have dessicated our site and I dont want it too happen again

Petfinder is one of the largest(if not already) websites out there dedicated to helping homeless animals. Like I've said, just because a few people acted up, it doesn't mean that ALL people on there are like that. I've spent alot of time on that messageboard and if you don't want to get into any drama, then everyone should know better and stay away from anything that looks like it'll break loose. Just hang around in the Urgent & Rescue section and you'll notice how many animals are saved. There are people that work their butts off every single day trying to save an animal's life and nobody should judge the WHOLE website by the actions which were made by just a few people. It's just a few people who act immature and you don't see like 100,000+ acting up. If somebody has a problem, then don't blame the whole website for caring, just blame those individuals.

I'm just here to help because I truly care about rescuing animals and I'm not here to cause any trouble. But if I'm not wanted, then I'm out because I rather help people that want help and are willing to listen.

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