Pet Adoption Rules - Advice & Guidelines to Help You

Bringing a furry family member into your home from pet adoption shelter in Dubai can be a fun and exciting event. However, ensuring a smooth transition for the pet and your family takes some preparation and work. Here are some tips about how to go about pet adoption in Dubai from animal shelters. 

Before you bring your new friend home, try to think of this: it is possible that your new family member had undergone a lot of stress. The new cat or a dog came to the dog or cat adoption shelter as a stray, or their family abandoned them. Even the cleanest and quietest shelter isn’t a home, and even the kindest staff can’t substitute for a long-term family. Moving into your home, although a proper home, is another upheaval-and your new cat or dog has no way of knowing what’s coming next. It’s a lot to take in even for the friendliest, most stable of pets. 

Give them an opportunity explore their new home at their own pace. If you have children, they should have met the new pet at the dog or cat adoption shelter so you and the shelter staff could assess how comfortable they are with kids. 

When you decide to finally do pet adoption in Dubai, it’s important to plan for it carefully. A couple of days off from work will give you a good opportunity to get to know your new friend and introduce your cat or dog to your friends and household routines. On the other hand, some behavior experts feel that separation problems can be triggered by an abrupt increase in how much time a pet spends alone. Therefore, it’s crucial to find the right balance: if you adopt at the start of a two-week vacation and your new friend gets used to having your company all day, they may find your return to work seriously distressing.

Try to bear in mind: any shelter dog or cat from cat adoption shelter has been through considerable stress. That awareness may tempt you to set no rules or boundaries during their first days and weeks with you. However, remember that this is the period when they are learning how to get along in their new home -what works, what doesn’t, where the food and water are. Show them from the start that polite behavior earns them all the good stuff in life - attention, cuddles and games.