11/15/2025
November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month!
There are so many reasons to adopt a senior pet, including, but not limited to:
- They have established personalities so you’ll know in advance of adoption if they’re calm, crazy, always meowing, or have any other quirks!
- Known medical history. As seniors they’ve likely already developed any medical concerns they’re going to, so there are less surprises!
- Most senior pets are less rambunctious, most of them calm down in their old age!
Senior pets require less supervision and tend to have better manners than younger pets!
- Most are already housebroken – no need for litter training a cat, or to make sure your dog knows to go outside to use the bathroom!
- In many cases senior pets are able to form just as deep a connection with you as a younger pet, and sometimes those connections are even deeper as they often know they’ve been taken out of a bad situation to a safe place.
- Cats and dogs are deemed “seniors” at just age 7 (age 5 for giant dog breeds) so they still have years of love to give!
- Most importantly….senior pets need your help! Younger pets are more likely to be adopted, especially young puppies and kittens, and so shelters and rescues often have many senior pets in need of homes that are being overlooked in favour of the younger ones.
There are many senior pets in need of a forever home, please visit your local rescue, the Toronto Humane Society or Toronto Animal Services to see what pets are in need of homes!
