District of North Vancouver Animal Welfare Shelter

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Our Featured Dog Brando



Brando is a superstar in the making - a bit of a young gun as it were! He was the featured dog at this week District of North Vancouver Council Meeting and impressed all in attendance with his charm and confidence. Brando has been learning about impulse control and how to make good choices. His desire to interact with people coupled with food and toy motivation make this young gentleman a joy to train. Brando is enjoying opportunities to interact with many other dogs at the shelter and is very appropriate, albeit persistent in his attempts to engage them. We think a home with an adult large breed female to show him the ropes would be just ideal.

Brando is under two years of age and deserves a fabulous forever home that will engage his athletic build and quick wits. Brando could live with children 12 and older. He will benefit from confident handlers who can provide him with the direction and structure to prevent behaviour problems reminiscent of his name sake!



Our Featured Cat Buttercup

Buttercup is a beautiful 4 year old spayed female domestic short haired dilute tortoiseshell cat. This means instead of black and orange Buttercup is a soft dove grey colour with light orange markings.

She was brought in by her owners as a result of a divorce. Buttercup's children were devestated to lose her. Buttercup lived with children and a dog in her former life as a much loved indoor cat. She doesn't love the company of other felines here in our communal cat room so we would prefer to see her go to a home where she will be a cherished single feline forever member of the family.


News

Since our opening on January 01, 2002, numerous improvements have been made at our District of North Vancouver Animal Welfare Shelter facility. Months of repairing, painting and renovating have given the shelter a new look, including a "Community Cat Courtyard", where cats can enjoy the outdoors in a secure environment, and a "Bunny Run" that allows rabbits to leave their condos to play outside. In addition to the new areas, the Shelter has a new "Community Cat Room" that houses cats ready for adoption, a "Singles Room" that holds strays pending a search for owners, and an "Isolation Room" for sick or pregnant animals. In the future, we hope to build a training area for Animal Behaviorists to work with behavior-challenged dogs.

We have implemented numerous animal welfare programs. Most notable is our Progressive Animal/ Canine Evaluation program, which has been used to place 264 animals in life long homes. Other programs include quality animal medical care, nutrition, socialization, exercise, behavioral training, fostering, lost and found; as well as programs on volunteer opportunities, educational tours, and assisting and liaising with rescue organizations. We also encourage the public to view our web sites at www.dnv.org and dnvpaws.petfinder.org

The staff at the Animal Welfare Shelter is dedicated to ensuring owners are more responsible, through education for the care and control, vaccinations, spaying and/or neutering and licensing of their pets. This is being done through education and with the outstanding support of ten veterinarian practices that volunteer their time at our Shelter. In turn providing our Community with a safe, healthy and caring environment for our animals and citizens.

Our Shelter has currently responded to 1764 different requests for service. These included picking up stray dogs, park patrols, transporting injured animals to receive veterinarian care, as well as investigating complaints related to dog biting, abandonment, animal cruelty, abiding by the scoop law and excessive barking. In the past 15 months we have cared for over 700 animals at our Shelter.

As in the past, our staff is always committed to developing new and innovative programs.

Who We Are

Animal Welfare Shelter & Services of the District of North Vancouver is a government funded facility, which provides a temporary home for animals until a responsible life long home is found.

We provide quality medical care, nutrition, socialization, exercise, behavioral training, and a progressive animal evaluation program to carefully select the RIGHT home for the success and well being of our animals.

We are responsible for picking up stray dogs, transporting injured animals to receive veterinarian care, investigating dog biting incidents, abandonment, animal cruelty, and scoop law and excessive barking complaints.

We are committed to ensure owners are more responsible for the care and control, vaccinations, spaying and or neutering and licensing of their pets through education. In turn providing our Community with a safe, healthy and caring environment for our animals and citizens.

Come Visit Us!

Map to our shelter

Closed Mondays.
Public enquires via telephone are welcome!

Hours of operation
Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 5pm
Telephone Enquires: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Open to the public 10am - 5:00 pm
Volunteers are welcome.

Our Shelter will be closed to the public on Mondays.
Volunteers are welcome anytime.


District of North Vancouver Animal Welfare Shelter
299 Mansfield Place
North Vancouver, BC V7J 1E4
Phone: 604-990-3711

Email: paws@dnv.org
Web: www.dnv.org/animalshelter/

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