Here are some suggestions that may help you find a new home for your dog or cat.
- If you are very determined to keep your pet often there are many people
that can offer assistance. Be sure to call trainers, veterinarians, and
family before you decide to re-home. If you are having a problem it may
be easier to solve than you think. And you may be able to keep your pet
after all.
- If you have a purebred dog/cat CALL YOUR BREEDER, a
breeder should take back ANY dog/cat they have bred at ANY age. If this
is not an option, look into Breed Rescue, as almost every purebred club
has a breed rescue. If you are not sure how to contact them give us
call or look online.* many people will find a breed rescue and think
because they are in Ontario or the USA they will not be able to help
them as they live in BC, but breed rescues usually have a large network
of people that valunteer all over the country.
- Call your local shelters, and see if you can post
your animal with them, call your paper, (often it is free) and make
posters and advertise at Veterinarian offices.
- Make sure your pet is up to date with vaccines (if
possible) and spayed and neutered. This will make it easier to find a
new home.
- Try not to wait untill the day before you leave town
to call your shelter, as we are all often limited for space. If we know
you are out there trying to find a home and you have two weeks we can
touch base with you closer to the date to see if you will need to bring
your animal in.
- Ask questions of the new owner, how will they treat
your pet. Be sure to give lots of history good and bad so the new
owners know what they might expect.
- Remember that your animal has offered you
unconditional love and they DESERVE to find a loving caring home. Try
to give them the best chance possible.
- If you need to leave your animal in a Shelter, call
around and find out what the differences are between the shelters in
your area, you may be suprised. If you say you are coming in to
relinquish a pet for adoption and change your mind PLEASE CALL as often
there is another animal waiting to come in and misses out because we
have held a kennel open for you.
- Call us, we are here to help and to offer assistance.
We want to help find your family pet THE RIGHT HOME THE FIRST TIME so
that it doesn't have to go throught this trauma again.
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