The crashing Housing Market is not only affecting Americans all across the nation, but it is starting to take a toll on their pets as well. People who are in the midst of foreclosure often do not think of all of the consequences of losing their home. Many are forced to move from their homes, and as a result, they no longer have a big enough space to care for a pet, or move into a building that do not allow pets. This is causing many pet owners to have to put their pets up for adoption or give them away to shelters. Many pet owners with large dogs can no longer keep them because they don’t have anywhere for them to play and get exercise because they have lost their large yard in which they used to live. It is unfortunate for not only the homeowners, but the poor pets who lose their families. Many animal shelters all over the country have seen an apparent increase in the amount of animals who have been given up during this recent downturn of the housing market. Employees of the animal shelters are hoping that this will not be a ongoing occurrence and that once the housing market makes a turn around that some of the pets will be adopted and taken into loving homes.