I have been working with animals and doing rescue work ever since I was about 9 years old. I was the kid who always brought home sick and injured animals to heal and find new homes. I first volunteered at my local animal shelter at about that same age. I have been doing dog rescue work such as this for about 13 years. It started when I was looking to get a puppy for myself. I couldn't find exactly what I wanted at that time so I decided to foster until I found the right one. I have been fostering off and on ever since! While it's not for everyone and it certainly has its ups and downs, I just don't feel like I'm complete when I'm not helping animals find their forever homes and families. Most people ask me "How do you do this? Isn't it super hard and sad?" and the answer is yes. It's loud, messy, sad, heartbreaking, draining, and gross sometimes but the rewards of seeing a sad, dirty, sick, scared animal change into the beautiful, loving, amazing pets they always deserved to be makes everything else seem well worth it. The joy from this is literally what keeps me going, it's the only thing other than my children/family that gets me out of bed and gives me purpose.
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Trumbull, Mahoning, Portage Counties and beyond.
Additional adoption info
All animals are properly vetted prior to leaving. This includes proper vaccines, health check, meds and preventatives. This could be more depending on the condition of the animal. If they aren't spayed and neutered by us before adoption, they will leave on a spay/neuter contract or have an appointment setup for return to our vet for spay and neuter. All puppies must be fixed by one year of age unless specified by their qualified vet, proof will be needed either way. Any older dogs will have an appointment scheduled for sterilization and the adopter will agree to transport said animal back for that procedure. The adopter can opt out only if they have a verified appointment for spay/neuter with their own vet. Once a puppy is fixed, as long as it is within the time-frame given, they will be reimbursed $150 of their adoption fee to help cover the expense incurred. Proper proof is required and protocol must be followed. We take in a wide range of dogs (age, breed, health conditions) from various places, owner surrender, hoarder cases, abandoned, transferred from other organizations, etc. We are foster based so we can only take in what we have the space and abilities to handle at any given time. All animals will leave with their paperwork, contract, first month of preventative meds, and a welcome home bag with items like a new collar and leash, blanket that smells like home, toy/chew, dog tag, bandana, etc. This just depends on what we have on hand at that time. If you have any questions please let me know.
Leetonia, OH 44431
1825 S. Lincoln Ave.,
Salem,
OH
44460
1349 South Green Road,
South Euclid,
OH
44121
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