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Animal Adoption Center Encourages People To Adopt Adult Pets With 16 Hilarious Posters
Nobody needs too much convincing to take home a fuzzy puppy, with those big wide eyes, and a body the size of your foot. But after the initial cuteness coma, new owners discover there is a lot of work and time that goes into training these baby animals. Adult dogs (7+ years), unlike pups, have a harder time finding a home with only a 25% adoption rate - so one animal rescue organization came up with a genius marketing strategy to show people what these mature pets have to offer.
The Animal Protection Association of St. Louis launched the Grown-Ass Adult PR campaign to promote the benefits of adopting a pet that's grown out of his baby phase. In a series of funny posters and the hashtags #grownassadult and #adoptadult, the organization pointed out that while puppies are cute - grown-ass adult dogs know not to pee on your carpet. Scroll down below to check out their hilariously creative posters.
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Night Owl 6 years ago
My cat doesn't (even though she's also an adult). I was a night owl even before she entered my life but she only made it worse. And when she decides to sleep on a bit colder or very cold days she does it either in the middle of my bed so I can't lay down without waking her or snuggled next to me so I can't move without waking her. I still love her though
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
This is a sad face, if not now, hope there is a forever home soon !!!
"The Animal Protective Association of Missouri is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing people and pets together, advancing humane education and creating programs beneficial to the human/animal bond." Each pet adopted at the APA is spayed/neutered, microchipped and fully vaccinated. They also come with 14-day wellness coverage, a leash/collar and a starter bag of Purina premium dog food.
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
She has that, "Get that camera out of my face" glare, though.
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R.s. Potter 6 years ago
When will my two (six and 11 years old) stop behaving like kittens? Can I ever expect to not wake up at 2:00 a.m. because they're chasing each other all over the house running on top of me?
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Elizabeth Shaaber 6 years ago
well my 18 year old dog has accidents now :-} but it's ok, she's my old girl!
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
It doesn't matter when you love them! 18 is a great age for a dog.
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c Fuller 6 years ago
I adopted an 11 yr old terrier who was a Hurricane Harvey rescue. he pees at random, even in his kennel. now I have bought a lot of kennel pads, cause at least it's all in one place now, unless someone lets him out of his kennel to roam the house.
Load More Replies... sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
A dog no matter the age, knows when it has a forever home with love Please Adopt !!!
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Valerie G. 6 years ago
unless and until my new owner gets a new boyfriend I don't like, then all bets are off. I'm gonna poop in his shoes.
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sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
This one looks happy, Some may be sad and confused, they have no idea why they were left !!!
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Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
My cats and dog are usually pretty chilled out around me, except for periodic zoomies. Sometimes they’re cuddled up, sometimes they take comfort just by being in the same room as I am. They’re like my posse.
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Randomcthulu 6 years ago
Our cat Biscuits always wants cuddles if she sees that you're getting ready to go somewhere
Janine B. 6 years ago
That's actually a bit sad. Cats shouldn't be kept single especially when you're out all day working.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
With my two cats, at least one will greet me when I come home, one or both will be on the bed with me, at times they follow me like a puppy, I love it !!!
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KatKaleen 6 years ago
Yeah, I was wondering about that. Some dogs are keener on doing so than others, and sometimes it never stops.
Load More Replies... Perfumista Perfumista 6 years ago
Age does not effect this. The dog either has the gene for it or doesn't. Although, if it is not a puppy this would be knowledge you could get prior to adoption
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Very true. Had several dogs and only now have one that thinks it's okay to eat. Yuk... but she's very cute.
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TrashPandaru 6 years ago
Letting dogs lick your face is one of the grossest things ever. I don't mind dogs, I grew up with them, but they lick their buttholes and genitals and eat all kinds of rancid stuff and then try to lick you...ewww. I don't even like them licking my hands cos slimy slobber.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
This baby reminds me of the last one I adopted, I still miss him !!!
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La Petite Morte 6 years ago
Such a gorgeous bluenose! He/she reminds me of Bruno, my (former bait dog) gargoyle I adopted when he was 11. He was repeatedly returned because, get this, he snored. SNORED!!! He developed seizures at 14 and by 16 they were uncontrollable with meds. He was the sweetest good boy in the world, loved everyone (unless you were two dogs playing with a tug toy, he couldn't abide that), was the master at the footpin-leglean, thought he was 10lbs, thought all skunks were his friend, and started a ghost dog legend at a cemetery. I miss him so much. I only got 5 years with him, but they were the best 5 years.
Meghan Turnis 6 years ago
Who the frak returns a dog for snoring? I haven't returned my husband...
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TrashPandaru 6 years ago
Black Jack right? Gorgeous. Black cats are still regarded with a level of superstition and get overlooked at shelters, but there's something extra special about them to me. My black longhaired girl is (to me) the most beautiful kitty in the world 😍🐱
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Valerea King 6 years ago
Beautiful! looks like my girl Jynx and her brother Jax. Adopt a black cat, its like having Halloween all year long and there's no bad luck
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
There's nothing like a glossy black coat - so beautiful. Love the names Jynx and Jax!
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Veronica Sjöberg 6 years ago
Its so stupid that black cats are so overlooked. My friends cat had kittens (Maine c**n) and the last one left was mostly black (he's a bit brown-ish). They had trouble geting him a home even though the other ones went with no trouble. Yes he's with me now (It was meant to be i guess.) He's the most awesome man, eh, cat ever (kind and cuddly AND beautiful)
TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago
But black cats are in cahoots with the devil and turn into humans when we aren’t looking.
Load More Replies... sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
This beauty, looks like my girl, I think you may have to hold one to be sure if it's yours, all black, at first look the same !!!
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Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
You would be surprised, as I was. We had a company dinner at a meat grilling restaurant (beef, pork and chicken), it was somewhere in a village, out of town, and the owners had two dogs living there. Such gorgeous and well behaved dogs, everyone wanted to share the meat and feed them. The dogs kepts politely and calmly refusing, and they ate only and exclusively what the owners gave them.
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Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Totally agree - leave their tails on and their ears whole. Humans have messed animals up enough with crappy breeding.
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La Petite Morte 6 years ago
I am against the ear and tail cropping, but sometimes it is a medical need, not cosmetic. Bully breeds have a (small) potential to get their tails and/or ears infected, tails more often. This happens because due to inbreeding in the 70's/80's the tails ended up being weak and easily fractured. The fracture can go unnoticed and get infected. The ears were really prone to infections and cutting them opened the ears more to the air to dry them out. ~~~~~~~~~~ It went from being a medical preventative/ need to a damn fashion statement.
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Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Though puppies and kittens are so cute, there’s nothing like that magical age, usually around three years old, when they start to mellow. Ahhhhh, peace.
R.s. Potter 6 years ago
Still waiting for "little Miss Adventure" to mellow, and she's estimated to be about 6 years old. :-)
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enjoyinglife 6 years ago
I have 2 grown-a*s adult dogs but the minute I throw a pillow on the floor they think it is an invitation to pee on it!
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
One dog I adopted, was about four months old, he was not house trained, therefore, like many I think people are excited to get a puppy, then everyone works, no time to house train the puppy, they get fed up with the mess, and get rid of the pup, or in my case, it was tossed out the door, and city pound picked him up, so for some people, better to get an older dog !!!
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Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
Why were none of thees dogs featured beagles? Because beagles behave, LOL! J/K! I know mine is 100% pure clown, but he's a good boy. Has never lifted his leg in my house, or my mom's, he's never torn up the sofa pillows, he has never had an accident in the house, and he's friendly with all of my cats and anyone he meets. #BeaglesAreTheBestBreed
fruit_panda 6 years ago
Dogs of any breed can be great or terrible. My neighbors behind us had a beagle that would bark, and bark, and bark ad nauseum. The only dog I didn't like growing up. (Granted, it was the neighbors' fault for doing nothing, but that's true of most dog misbehaviors.)
Load More Replies... Valerie G. 6 years ago
We found at the shelter the majority of the cats coming in were black and black and white. Over 50%. The number of purebreeds being surrendered was much, much less. In fact, the shelter manager was always terrified that should they come into the shelter they would get ill. Those regular moggies are much hardier. So I would quite often get a panicked call "can you take this fancy cat?" Over my years there I had 287 through my home as fosters, most of them "fancy cats".
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
From my experience, having adopted mixed breeds, they are very smart, easy to train !!!
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Kate 6 years ago
Cute campaign but animals will still do weird things, regardless of their age (case in point, my rescue cat likes to sleep on top of my head if I'm reclining in bed and he's not a kitten anymore.)
TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago
Yeah I was like I get the point but animals can be weird beginning to end
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fruit_panda 6 years ago
I'm all for adopting adult animals, but this campaign is straight up misleading. Our last adult dog, for instance, was definitely not house-trained and was a serious jumper. We worked with him as much as possible, but those behaviors were pretty much set for him. He also had serious abandonment issues, and had trouble dealing with being left alone in the house for even an hour. I'm not saying it was a mistake to adopt him - he brought so much brightness into our lives - but it is a mistake to promise people that adult dogs won't have behavior issues.
comboplush 6 years ago
The most hump-enthusiastic dog I ever met was an eleven year old senior.
Night Owl 6 years ago (edited)
I get it but grown-a*s adult dogs and cats are all individuals and different so some of them still do some or even all those things but you can still train and teach most of them. Another problem is if animals aren't socialized right and trained from when they were little but even then they can in most cases still be worked with, taught and trained and deserve another chance
Sandij D 6 years ago
I have adopted adult animals all my life. Wish I had these posters when counseling others. Everyone wants a cute puppy ... until it chews their shoes, etc. and eliminates all over their apartment. Then, they post an ad online or bring them back.
Michelle Stuart 6 years ago
It's all fun and games till you realize puppies/kittens are like babies and they need A LOT of attention!
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Dany Pierce-Knies 6 years ago
We adopted a ten year old Dalmatian from our local rescue organization... and she was awesome! We were blessed enough to share our lives for 5.5 more years. I am 100% sold on adopting another mature/senior dog.
Demonic cow 6 years ago (edited)
My two year old tabby, Sadie, is not yet a grown-a*s adult. I’m trying to train her not to kick up the litter and fling it everywhere.🙄🐱
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
MIght be easier to get one of those hooded litter trays! Though when I looked after my sister's cat he would walk out and then shake his paws thoroughly and fling it everywhere.
Load More Replies... Kate 6 years ago
Cute campaign but animals will still do weird things, regardless of their age (case in point, my rescue cat likes to sleep on top of my head if I'm reclining in bed and he's not a kitten anymore.)
TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago
Yeah I was like I get the point but animals can be weird beginning to end
Load More Replies... fruit_panda 6 years ago
I'm all for adopting adult animals, but this campaign is straight up misleading. Our last adult dog, for instance, was definitely not house-trained and was a serious jumper. We worked with him as much as possible, but those behaviors were pretty much set for him. He also had serious abandonment issues, and had trouble dealing with being left alone in the house for even an hour. I'm not saying it was a mistake to adopt him - he brought so much brightness into our lives - but it is a mistake to promise people that adult dogs won't have behavior issues.
comboplush 6 years ago
The most hump-enthusiastic dog I ever met was an eleven year old senior.
Night Owl 6 years ago (edited)
I get it but grown-a*s adult dogs and cats are all individuals and different so some of them still do some or even all those things but you can still train and teach most of them. Another problem is if animals aren't socialized right and trained from when they were little but even then they can in most cases still be worked with, taught and trained and deserve another chance
Sandij D 6 years ago
I have adopted adult animals all my life. Wish I had these posters when counseling others. Everyone wants a cute puppy ... until it chews their shoes, etc. and eliminates all over their apartment. Then, they post an ad online or bring them back.
Michelle Stuart 6 years ago
It's all fun and games till you realize puppies/kittens are like babies and they need A LOT of attention!
Load More Replies... Dany Pierce-Knies 6 years ago
We adopted a ten year old Dalmatian from our local rescue organization... and she was awesome! We were blessed enough to share our lives for 5.5 more years. I am 100% sold on adopting another mature/senior dog.
Demonic cow 6 years ago (edited)
My two year old tabby, Sadie, is not yet a grown-a*s adult. I’m trying to train her not to kick up the litter and fling it everywhere.🙄🐱
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
MIght be easier to get one of those hooded litter trays! Though when I looked after my sister's cat he would walk out and then shake his paws thoroughly and fling it everywhere.
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