Forum:Pet Shelter Help

Hi. I have Sims 3 Pets but didn't adopt cats or dogs because I was too busy with horses ( since there is no horses in Sims 2 Pets). When I would like to adopt a pet I adopted a baby pet from other people in the town, but I am currently playing Sunlit Tides and people have pets but nobody has put pets for adoption, so I heard on the internet you can adopt pets from shelter by using the phone, newspaper or computer. But by phone I can only place pets for adoption and by computer and the newspaper I have only the option Check Neighbourhood for Pets to adopt which searches other sim's homes for pets to adopt but not the shelter. When I try that it says there are no pets in the neigbourhood for adoption. How can I adopt from shelter? Anyway to get a new pet other than Create a Sim and it takes too long to befriend a stray(Currently I am trying to play without cheats). I have seen the Adopt Pet from Shelter option on cellphones but I don't have that option. All I have is the Place Pet for Adoption wich is greyed if there is no pet in husehold.

PLEASE, HELP ME!