We have an urgent need for foster homes in CT. Do you have time and room and love to share with a homeless Corgi? We have to say "NO" to so many dogs who need help because we don't have a foster home to place them in. It's so sad. Please help us to save more little lives! Yes, it IS hard to say "good-bye" sometimes to a foster dog who you have welcomed in to your home and in to your heart: but we do dogs a serious disservice if we love them so much that we cannot bear to help SAVE them. Send an email to Jeanne, if you think you might be able to help:
bark3times@gmail.com Thank you so much!
Want to help but can't foster? We ALWAYS need supplies for our rescued dogs!! You can help by sending us a Petco gift certificate: just click on the banner below and follow the simple instructions. Please specify which of our Little Leggers you would like to help and we will post a big THANK YOU to you, on that dog's Petfinder page. (NOTE: you will be asked for the rescue/shelter's email address and the one you need to use to make a donation to Little Legs is: dihamelin@comcast.net )
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Who We Are
We love all dogs but since we can't save 'em all, Little Legs Rescue concentrates on rescuing Corgis and Corgi-mixes. (We occasionally take in other small/medium-size short-legged dogs, too) We don't have a shelter: our short-legged guests are housed in foster homes where we get to know their personalities and their likes and dislikes until we can match them with good, forever homes. All of our dogs are vet-checked and altered before placement. We rescue to try to make a "Little" difference in the overpopulation of dogs in the U.S.A. There are simply not enough homes for the millions dogs and cats who end up in shelters across the country. Please be a part of the solution to the homeless pets problem: spay/neuter your pets, support your local shelter and your local rescue group, and be a responsible pet owner. Your pets are not disposable and adopting needs to be viewed as a life-long commitment to the care, training and financial support of the animal.
Adopting from Little Legs Rescue
If you are interested in adopting a Little Legs dog, your first step is to fill out an Adoption Application. We can send the application to you via email (as an attachment in Microsoft Word) or we can send it to you via regular U.S. Postal mail. Please specify how you would like to receive your application when contacting us, and if you would like it mailed, please provide your complete mailing address. References will be checked and if your home seems like it might possibly be a good match for the dog you are interested in, one of our volunteers will be in touch with you. We will arrange to have a Home Visit done before the adoption can be finalized. What is a Home Visit? A volunteer will set up a mutually convenient date/time to come to your home and meet you, your family and your current pets. It's basically a way for us to verify, in-person, the information you have supplied on your Adoption Application about your home, your yard, and your family. The Home Visit is done before you can go to meet one of our dogs at his/her foster home and is a mandatory step in our adoption process. Unfortunately, we are sometimes unable to find someone to do a Home Visit, if you live far away from our geographical area. Please keep in mind that we get to know our rescued dogs, as time goes by and they settle-in to their foster homes. Our mission is to find the best possible match for EACH INDIVIDUAL DOG, based on what we learn about their likes, dislikes, activity level, personality, etc. If you don't get to adopt the dog you applied for, please don't get angry or upset with us: it usually doesn't mean we think you're an unsuitable home: it simply means we don't feel you're a good match for that particular dog.
Little Legs' Adoption Fees
The adoption fee varies for each dog. We try to re-coup as much money as we have spent on the dog: for veterinary exams, immunizations, spaying/neutering, heartworm tests, flea control, food, etc. Most of the time, we have to pay shelter fees for the dog we rescue and sometimes we incur expenses in having the dog transported to his/her foster home. Some dogs come to us with medical problems which need to be addressed before they can be adopted out. We are not in this for money and we will always ask a fair price for the adoption fee for each of our Little Leggers.
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