Sunday, September 9, 2012
Adoption
We were very excited Friday afternoon, one of our dogs that had been at our shelter for a little over a year go adopted out! A man and his wife came by last week from two and a half hours away and feel in love with our Hershey. Hershey is a chocolate lab that came to us with heartworms. She was treated for heartworms at the beginning of the year and is now clear. This family was so excited to have her become part of their family they had already bought her accessories and installed a doggie door for her before she had even gotten there. It's always a great feeling to know that one of our babies is going to a loving home.
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Coree,
ReplyDeleteI really like your platform because I can tell you are passionate about this topic.
There is a lot of chatter in the adoptive parent community about the use of the word "adopt" outside of family building (as in, a lot of adoptive parents and professionals do not like it). How would you respond to the use of the word adoption for pets? Can you think of an alternate word or phrase that could be used for animals?
Embracement is one of the words that comes to mind. All the other words sound too....possessive, I guess is the word I'm looking for. For example, selection, or even obtaining. Those sound awful when you are talking about either an adoption of an animal or a child. The word adopting has a wonderful definition. It means to choose or take as one's own and isn't that exactly what we are doing when we "adopt"?
DeleteHere is a really interesting blog post about this topic, if you are interested:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/adoption-domestic-adoption-international-adoption-embryo-adoption-foster-care-adoption/adopt-a-whatever-program-paranoia/