From Animal Sheltering magazine Fall 2019
This Shelter Pet Project Shareworthy features Tennessee Titan Logan Ryan and his dogs promoting shelter adoptions. Download and print copies of this document and hang them in your building or community to encourage people to #AdoptPureLove.
For more Shelter Pet Project media materials, go to theshelterpetproject.org/campaign-resources.
Growing up, my family had golden retrievers and other fluffy golden mixed breed dogs. I’m not sure that I met anyone with a pit bull-type dog until I moved to Pittsburgh for college. My first personal experience with breed stereotypes occurred only a couple years ago, when I was walking my sister’s dog, Bojey—a medium, short-haired dog with a muscular build and big head—and my dog, Charlie, a skinny, tall dog with a long muzzle and medium-length fur.
When I travel the country sharing the Adopters Welcome philosophy with shelters and rescue groups, there’s one refrain I hear over and over: “But if we eliminate our home checks, landlord checks and other hurdles and actually embrace people who want to adopt, rather than scrutinize and judge them, the animal might get returned!”
My standard response: "So what?"
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