46. Just some casual mother-daughter bonding

Best Friends Animal Society leads the mission to end the killing of pets in shelter homes across the U.S by 2025. Since only 5.8K out of 16K communities are no-kill, every year, thousands of pets are left homeless.

A significant percentage of the dogs in shelters are purebreds. There are also designer dogs whose owners' life changes stopped them from taking care of the dog in the right manner. For this reason, specifically, spaying and neutering dogs is an extremely important undertaking to further the goal of keeping pets out of shelters and in the end, saving their lives.

"Mother dogs can be spayed as little as a few days or weeks after their puppies are weaned, or sometimes even while they are still nursing – consult with your veterinarian to determine what's best for the individual dog. Ideally, pets should be spayed/neutered before the age of four months, and before they have (or father) even one litter," Best Friends said.