December 18, 2009 at 7:49 pm
#684339
ALS
Participant
Amen. As a Humane Society volunteer it sickens me at the number of “Christmas presents” that will be “returned” come spring… :(
Not to mention, I’d never want to get an animal without actually having a say in its selection process – that’s a 15 year commitment, and I’d want to be sure I was getting exactly what I wanted.
If people are insistent on giving a pet as a gift, I always suggest they give something symbolic like a leash and collar as the actual gift, and then go out and pick out the pet together at a later date.