NEW FREE WISCONSIN CLASSIFIEDS FOR PETS, LIVESTOCK

[keith]

We've added a free Wisconsin classifieds section with sub-categories just for pets. Our new free Wisconsin want ad categories are:

PETS AND PET SUPPLIES, LIVESTOCK IN WISCONSIN

BIRDS FOR SALE

BIRDS WANTED

CATS FOR SALE

CATS WANTED

DOG BREEDING, TRAINING, SUPPLIES, ETC.

DOGS FOR SALE

DOGS WANTED

HORSES FOR SALE

HORSES WANTED

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE

LIVESTOCK WANTED

OTHER PETS FOR SALE

OTHER PETS WANTED

REPTILES FOR SALE

REPTILES WANTED

VETERINARY SERVICES

This should make it much easier for buyers and sellers alike.

Everyone with an ad in the 'For Sale: Pets and Pet Supplies' and the 'Horses and Livestock' categories: Please change your ad to the appropriate new category.

To move your ad:

Login to theBubbler.com
Go to Classifieds
Click on 'Your Ads'
Click on 'Edit'
Change the Category

After about 2 to 4 weeks, ads that have not been moved will be deleted.

Questions, suggestions and comments are welcome via the 'Contact Us' page and in the Forums.

Please remember to tell all your friends, family and associates in Wisconsin about our free Wisconsin classified ads. Thank you.

Regards,
Keith

[keith]

Here's what we ended up with (no ads deleted - we moved them all on behalf of our free classifieds users). The numbers in parenthesis are the number of ads currently in the category. The first line is the overall category with 355 free ads for pets and livestock in Wisconsin!


Pets and Pet Supplies, Livestock in Wisconsin (355)

Animals Lost and Found (1)

Birds, Bird Cages, Supplies, Etc., For Sale (24)

Birds, Bird Cages, Supplies, Etc., Wanted (9)

Cats For Sale (17)

Cats Wanted (2)

Dog Breeding, Training, Supplies, etc. (28)

Dogs For Sale (82)

Dogs Wanted (16)

Fish, Fish Supplies and Equipment For Sale (13)

Fish, Fish Supplies and Equipment Wanted (1)

Horses For Sale (68)

Horses Wanted (2)

Horses, Feed, Training, Supplies, etc. (31)

Livestock For Sale (11)

Livestock Wanted (10)

Other Pets For Sale (27)

Other Pets Wanted (1)

Reptiles For Sale (6)

Reptiles Wanted (2)

Rescue Services, Shelters, Humane Societies (2)

Veterinary Services (2)

Tell us what you think. We're still open to suggestions and we sure hope you'll both find this system easier to use...and that you'll tell all your friends about it!

Regards,
Keith

[Scarberry2003]

Love the new ad formats. How about ONE MORE catagory??? ;o)

A pets for adoption or free to good home section?

[Kris10]

Pets available for adoption or free can be added to their respective "For Sale" category (i.e. Cats for Sale, Horses for Sale). Keeping the title as "Cats for Sale" just makes it easier than "Cats for Sale, Adoption or Free to Good Home!"

I encourage anyone thinking of offering a pet "Free to a Good Home" to read the following article:

www.petrescue.com/library/free-pet.htm

A nominal adoption fee can help weed out people collecting pets for horrible intentions, like dog fighting. Please require an adoption fee for your animals.

[holrosa]

I would like to know where in Wisconsin the people are who have puppies to give away. I mean sites I have researched want the same amount for a mix breed puppy as a purebred. There are those of us out here who would love to give a puppy a forever home, but who is going to pay $200 for a mixbreed? The Shelters/Rescues up here charge more than some other States. (In Missouri the free is $40 and in Tennessee the fee is $65) Don't these places realize that some people just cannot afford the prices, yet have it in their hearts to give a puppy or kitten, a dog or a cat a forever home? Rescue sites here won't eve let one go to anyone with children under 5. One site up here, if a person is giving away a pet, they take it off even before you finish reading the ad! I mean if people are so paranoid, then make a contract with the person looking saying they have to show proof of a vet visit and tag registration within a certain period otherwise they (the original owner) have the right to come and take the animal back. I almost went and got a purebred that was advertised in the Newspaper, only to find out it was a Puppy Mill. The guy listed it under his name, not the name of his Kennel. Luckily I googled the telephone number before I called and then googled the kennel. Here my beloved pet of 10+ years died and I was going to go to a Puppy Mill? I am about to go down to my mother in Tennessee and get me a "Free" puppy. They are allowed to advertise down there on thier local sales site.

[Kris10]

Originally Posted by holrosa

I would like to know where in Wisconsin the people are who have puppies to give away.... Don't these places realize that some people just cannot afford the prices, yet have it in their hearts to give a puppy or kitten, a dog or a cat a forever home?

There are a lot of reasons "free to a good home" ads are becoming scarce.

Recently, in San Antonio, several cats were given away for free from a Craigstlist ad. They ended up in the hands of a sick freak that brutally tortured, mutilated and murdered them. It is one of the most vile, horrific cases of animal abuse I've ever read about. For every person with good intentions that wants a free pet, there is also someone out there looking for an animal to abuse.

Free pets can also end up in puppy mills as breeding stock, in dog fighting rings or as lab animals.

The other concern often voiced with free pet requests is long-term care. If someone can't afford a purchase an animal, how will they be able to afford food, vet bills and other needs?

[pk]

The other concern often voiced with free pet requests is long-term care. If someone can't afford a purchase an animal, how will they be able to afford food, vet bills and other needs?

I for one answered a free ad for 3 FREE beautiful pure bred cats. I was worried what I was getting into but after several phone calls and long conversations with the owner I knew she was simply looking for good homes for her cats because she was moving to Florida and could not take them where she was going.

I would like this person know if she still has continued reading the bubbler that her cats are doing wonderful. A friend and I went and picked up all 3 cats with another of our friends receiving the 3rd one. Each of us has given wonderful homes to each cat. They are all pricelss to us as they are now family members and spoiled.

Did we look for free because we could not afford to buy or take care of them? With vet bills as high as they are now, I will say that if I had to pay 700.00 for each of these cats as the previous owner did and then the vet bills on top of that...that would have been a crunch to me. But my daughter always wanted a Savanah Cat and we were thrilled we found these kittys on the bubbler. Yes, they are all being taken care of with the proper food, vet checked if and when needed, ( I think one has been to the vet many times just to make sure he was doing great with food, etc.).

I realize what you are saying when you say to be cautious with free animals but I just wanted to put my story on to show there is another side also.

If this person had put the cats up for sale for the amount they were worth, I would have pasted them by simply because the price for purebred anything is to steep in my thoughts now.

And again...thank you, thank you, to the person that gave us part of her family, and again, they are all being well loved.

You can see a pic of Cojo in the cat's section.

And thanks bubbler for having the ad in for us to see.

pk

[pk]

I also want to add to those that look at free ads...be very cautious as in any ad. You are acting on an ad from an unknown source or person. AS in anything on the internet things aren't always as they seem.

As in my story, when answering the free ad we were given a phone number to call and received emails. My friend and I spoke to the owner in great lengh before we agreed to meet. We then agreed to meet in a public place and we went together to meet this person.

I also have to say not everyone goes for free because they can't afford to pay. And not everyone gives away for free for a bad reason either. I asked this person several times why she was 'giving' the cats away. In her mind even though she paid 700.00 plus the cost of declawing, shots, etc. for each cat, she simply wanted to find 'loving homes' more over getting 'paid'. After many talks back and forth I'm sure she felt she made the correct choice as did we.

Again, please understand that not all stories end up like ours did on either side....so alot falls on the person answering any ad, whether it is free or for money. Scams are out there so everyone must be careful.

[holrosa]

Why is it every ad I read in other States all say they are the worse States for Puppy Mills? I have heard this from people in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas and now Wisconsin. Puppy Mills are everywhere and unless you get your Legislators to enact a bill to regulate them, you will have them and there is nothing you can do for the poor animals. My mother in Tennessee got three breeders shut down just for being "suspected" of being a Puppy Mill. Just like the guy up there in Plymouth, Wisconsin. He is advertising Springers and a few other breed in our local Newspapers under his name, not his Kennel since he was a focused story on our news station and the NoPuppy Mill Organization we have. It was that if I never Googled his Kennel name, I would have never known. Yes, I have reported this to the AKC & CKC. I was going to go and look at his Springers. I figured if I am forced to pay $150 - $300 for a mix-breed, I might as well get a Purebred. Luckily I didnot go for I would have probably caused a riot. And there are alot of poor mix-breed pups out there who are looking for a forever home. If you see animal abuse, call the Animal Control in your area!

As for the comment of "Free Pet Ads" :
The other concern often voiced with free pet requests is long-term care. If someone can't afford a purchase an animal, how will they be able to afford food, vet bills and other needs?

Dumb question. Why would anyone want a pet in the first place if they could not feed it or take care of it?? Don't always put the blame on the people looking for a free pet. Alot cannot afford to go and spend oodles of money at one shot. Look at the irresponbile Pet Owner who allowed their pet to have babies in the first place and then when no one will take them for the large fees they want for a mix breed, they dump on a side road or in a dumpster.

When I finally find the puppy I am looking for, it will be going down to Tennessee by my mothers vet who only charges $25 office visit and $15 for all the shots including rabies. My cat of 19 years who recently passed, I took down there for a operation a year ago and the Vet only charge $75 total and that included updating all his shots. (Here the Vet wanted over $300 just for the operation!) People from all across the Midwest plan their vacations so they can stop by him and get their pets annual shots and checkups. This is "true", no bull. When I had gone to pick up my cat after its operation, a couple from Oklahoma was there having their dogs annual checkup. So until then, I am still in search of my "Free Puppy or Puppies".

[Kris10]

Originally Posted by holrosa

Dumb question. Why would anyone want a pet in the first place if they could not feed it or take care of it??

People don't often realize the expenses a pet can bring. Visit any shelter or rescue and you'll see animals surrendered because their owners couldn't afford care. There will be starved cats because their owner's didn't provide enough food. There will be dogs with heartworm because they didn't get medication. You'll see pets surrendered because they got old or developed a disease that is expensive to treat.

When my husband and I adopted a cat from a shelter, it came with all its initial shots and neutering. When we took in a stray, we had to pay for everything from scratch - kitten food, vaccines, ear medicine, neutering and extra vet visits when the cat developed a skin irritation. This cost upwards of $500, but we would have never taken that kitten in could we not afford these costs. Another person may have looked at those bills and surrendered the cat... or worse.

As PK describes, she did a lot of research before getting her cat. You're planning ahead because you've already looked at vets and found low-cost options. This is exactly what people need to do before getting any pet, free or not!