{"id":471,"date":"2022-12-01T16:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:10:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:10:48","slug":"december-2022-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/december-2022-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2022 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"#vet\"><strong>How to Thank Your Veterinarian for All the Care They Provide<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"#rescue\"><strong>Thinking About Getting a Pet for the Holidays? Rescue Instead of Buying<\/strong><\/a><br><a <p=\"\">Your veterinarian is always there for you and your pet. No matter the issues, whether it\u2019s a checkup for your dog or a procedure on your cat, you can always count on your vet.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The holidays are here. If you decide to get a pet, will you buy or rescue? There are so many reasons to adopt a rescue pet. It\u2019s not only good for the animal but good for you as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, approximately 6.5 million pets enter animal shelters nationwide, and 1.5 million become euthanized,\u201d according to the article, \u201c5 Reasons to Adopt, Not Shop,\u201d at Greater Good Charities. By adopting a pet, you\u2019re actually helping animals. And you\u2019re helping yourself as pets help \u201creduce stress levels and improve blood pressure\u201d the article said.<\/p>\n<p>Here are other ways adopting a rescue pet is a great idea, according to the Greater Good Charities article:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tWhen you adopt, you save a life. Many times, shelters are so overcrowded that animals are euthanized for space. Adoption makes room for another pet to be saved.<br>\n\u2022\tIt helps stop puppy mills, which \u201care factory-style breeding facilities that often prioritize profit over animal welfare,\u201d the article said.<br>\n\u2022\tAdoption is more affordable and typically includes spay\/neuter, first vaccines, and a microchip.<\/p>\n<p>According to the article, \u201cTop reasons to adopt a pet,\u201d at The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), other reasons to adopt a rescue include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tShelters across the country are filled with amazing pets just waiting to be adopted into a new home. \u201cMost shelter pets wound up there because of a human problem like a move or a divorce, not because the animals did anything wrong,\u201d the HSUS article said.<br>\n\u2022\tIt\u2019s easy to adopt. Stop in your local shelter or rescue and bring home an amazing pet during the holidays, or any time of year!<br>\n\u2022\tYou\u2019ll change a homeless animal\u2019s life and world. <\/p>\n<p>Your holidays will be filled with extra love if you adopt a rescue pet. Everyone will win and smiles will abound.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Thank Your Veterinarian for All the Care They ProvideThinking About Getting a Pet for the Holidays? Rescue Instead of Buying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secondhomepetresort.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}