Established 1997

  

Our dogs love lying on their Kuranda beds.  They keep them off of cold drafty floors during the winter and provides excellent ventilation in the hot summer months.

 

Though they benefit greatly from Kuranda beds, we don't have enough for everyone.  If you would like to donate a bed at a special wholesale price so another rescue dog can sleep in comfort, you can do so directly from the Kuranda web site.

 

Click here to help!!!  http://kuranda.com/donate/5449/

Cassy is shown enjoying her Kuranda bed.



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Many people think the only way to help rescue is to foster a dog.  This is not true, there are many ways to help rescue dogs without fostering.  Below is a list compiled by some rescues that are just SOME of the ways that you can help rescue.

If you can…..

1. Transport a dog
2. Donate a dog bed or towels or other *bedding* type items... (Gently used dog equipment is always welcome)
3. Donate MONEY
4. Donate a Kong.....a Nylabone...a Hercules?
5. Donate a crate
6. Donate a x-pen or baby gate
7. Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate
8. Donate a leash
9. Donate a collar
10. Donate some treats or a bag of food
11. Donate a Halti or promise collar or a gentle leader
12. Walk a dog
13. Groom a dog
14. Donate some grooming supplies (shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.)
15. Donate a lawnmower
16. Make a few phone calls
17. Mail out applications to people who've requested them
18. Provide local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet ownership
19. Drive a dog to and from vet appointments
20. Donate long distance calling cards
21. Donate a scanner or digital camera
22. Donate a photocopier
23. Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership
24. Donate a gift certificate to a pet store
25. Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fundraiser
26. Donate flea stuff (Advantage, etc.)
27. Donate Heartworm pills
28. Donate a animal first aid kit
29. Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed
30. Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week....Two weeks
31. Be a Santi-paws foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days
32. Clip coupons for dog food or treats
33. Bake some homemade doggie biscuits
34. Make purchases through or via a web site that contributes commissions earned to a rescue group
35. Host rescue photos with an information link on your website
36. Donate time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc.
37. Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit
38. Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog
39. Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue
40. Volunteer to do rescue in your area
41. Take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a free ID tag and instead of getting it for your own dog, have the tag inscribed with your rescue's name and phone number to contact
42. Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescued dogs
43. Donate vet services or can you help by donating a spay or neuter each year or some vaccinations
44. Interview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues
45. Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on dogs on dogs currently looking for homes or ways to help rescue
46. Take photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the rescue groups
47. Maintain web sites listing/showing dogs available
48. Help organize and run fundraising events
49. Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a database
50. Tattoo a rescued dog
51. Microchip a rescued dog
52. Loan your carpet steam cleaner to someone who has fostered a dog that was sick or marked in the house
53. Donate a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products
54. Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have a quarantine area for quarantining a dog that has an unknown vaccination history and has been in a shelter
55. Drive the fosters' children to an activity so that the foster can take the dog to obedience class
56. Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action
57. Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class
58. Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class
59. Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog
60. Help the foster and rescue organizations clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop what those foster/rescued dogs poop)
61. Offer to test the foster dog with cats
62. Pay for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a *Do It Yourself* Grooming Place
63. Bring the foster take out so the foster doesn't have to cook dinner
64. Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone who fosters/rescues dogs all the time
65. Lend your artistic talents to your club's newsletter, fundraising ideas, T-shirt designs
66. Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club
67. Go with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to be euthanized
68. Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to identify your breed or provide photos and breed information showing the different types of that breed may come in and the different color combinations
69. Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising event
70. Offer to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding a grooming seminar
71. Help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer training questions
72. Loan or donate a crate if a dog needs to travel by air
73. Put together an *Owner's Manual* for those who adopt rescued dogs of your breed
74. Provide post-adoption follow up or support
75. Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle
76. Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place rescue dogs
77. Volunteer to screen calls for that ad
78. Get some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster home
79. Microchip your own pups if you are a breeder, and register the chips, so if your dogs ever come into rescue, you can be contacted to take responsibility for your pup
80. Donate a small percentage of the sale of each pup to rescue if you are a breeder
81. Buy two of those really neat dog-items you "have to have" and donate one to Rescue
82. Make financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of caring for your dogs after you are gone - so Rescue won't have to
83. Make a bequest in your will to your local or national Rescue
84. Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer
85. Donate other services if you run your own business
86. Donate the use of a vehicle if you own a car dealership
87. Loan your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to s/one driving a rescued dog
88. Donate your used dog dryer when you get a new one
89. Let rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing to be a rescued dog's escort
90. Do something not listed above to help rescue
91. Donate a doggy seatbelt
92. Donate a grid for a van or other vehicle
93. Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the rescued dogs that have been placed
94. Donate other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued dogs
95. Donate a roll-a-treat or Buster cube
96. Donate clickers or a video on clicker training
97. Donate materials for a quarantine area at a foster's home
98. Donate sheets of linoleum or other flooring materials to put under crates to protect the foster's floor
99. Donate an engraving tool to make ID tags for each of the rescued dogs
100. Remember that rescuing a dog involves the effort and time of many people and make yourself available on an emergency basis to do whatever is needed

 **any gently-used dog equipment is always welcomed.