Pets for Christmas require a lot of preparation and patience

Pets for Christmas require a lot of preparation and patience.
With Christmas fast approaching and many animal shelters across the province full of animals, an easy decision may be to give someone a pet for Christmas.
But raising a pet can require time, patience, and plenty of money, so people should fully know what they're getting into.
They can also cause a problem when regarding allergies, children, or any other pets in the house.
Saskatchewan SPCA Community Relations Coordinator Josh Hourie says that the best practice is to make sure any recipient is willing and able to have a pet.
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"It's important to note for sure that the person you are giving the pet to actually wants the pet.
We have heard of situations where people have given an animal as a gift, only to find out that the person they're giving it to is actually not interested in having a pet."

This can, in turn, cause shelters to need to retake those animals if they end up being surrendered - something that may not even be possible due to an intake freeze in many jurisdictions.