Jackie was found as a stray, running in a neighborhood in Henry County, KY. She was very sweet and smart, but the neighbors feared that a person in the area would shoot her so we took her into foster care. She has been with her foster family now for 3 months and really needs to find her forever home. She is spayed, healthy, smart, loves kids and dogs, trained and house trained. She is a joy to have around. Please consider adopting Jackie today!
Our beautiful and loving animals mean the world to us, and we feel that since we saved them we are obligated to ensure they have a happy and healthy life. We require rescues, fosters and adopters to complete the appropriate forms we provide for application, and if approved, home visits are completed and then a final decision is made.
If approved, we require an adoption contract to be signed. All animals are spayed or neutered prior to adoption if old enough, and rescues must do so also.
Our adoption fees are $150 for adult dogs and $100 for puppies. We do also require a rescue fee of $50 for rescues that take our animals into their own rescue and adopt them. We also help rehome animals, and charge $25 to post out to our contacts, screen potential adopters and consult in the adoption process.
Adopting is a lifelong commitment so please consider your choices wisely.
Here are just a few of our Happy Tails we receive. We are so lucky to have such wonderful adopters!
MIKEY, ADOPTED APRIL 2009
"Hi, I am M.J. King who adopted Mikey last weekend. I can't tell you what a pleasure he is. I am keeping him at my 5 acre farm and there are 2 labs and another rescue dog which is probably a lab/shepard mix. When he got out of the car Sunday night he just fit right in with the other dogs. He is outside most of the day and sleeps in my bedroom at night. He sleeps all night and has not made a mess in the house. He follows us everywhere and is so sweet. I feel so blessed to have found him and I know it was meant to be. Thank you for your help in bringing him into my life. Please tell Debbie how well it is working out and thanks to you both for your dedication to helping homeless animals."
ROSIE, ADOPTED FEB 2009
"Thanks again for all your help in getting Rosie to me. I love her already. And Molly (my puppy) can't stop bouncing with happiness. They make quite the pair!"
EMMA LEE (now called Emily), ADOPTED MAY 2009
"We're delighted with Emily and finding that she's got a lot of 'puppy' in her indeed! She is sooooo good and has picked up on sitting to get her leash on and off and to get her muddy/wet feet wiped before coming, leash walking and heeling on the right side and going into her crate throughout the day of her own choice to take a rest. WOW! Smart cookie! She's also shown us that she can snatch rags and clothes from around the house and the cat's toys if we *blink*. We keep redirecting to the Kong and squeeky toys and rubber balls. Those puppy teeth need a workout! She's gotten raves and praise from the neighbors and friends and even when we walked her to the ice cream shack the other night. Your hearts and homes make life possible for so many that have a horrid fate awaiting them."
HELP US PAY OUR VET AND KENNEL BILLS VIA CHIPIN!
: We have $3000 in vet and kennel bills for our rescued dogs and puppies that need to be raised asap.
Donations are needed for our rescue animals spay/ neuter and kennel bills, without your help we cannot continue this important mission of saving shelter dogs and keeping dogs out off high kill shelters! We are a Kentucky Non-profit organization.
Please send what you can afford to:
Save a Shelter Dog Rescue
2880 Cliffview Court
Villa Hills, Kentucky 41017 http://saveashelterdog1.chipin.com/rescued-dogs-and-puppies-vet-bills-and-kennel-costs
We are a "virtual" rescue group in Kentucky made up of individuals who were tired of watching beautiful animals die in small rural shelters in Kentucky, and decided we HAD to do SOMETHING, so we did.
We began driving to the rural shelters, and rescuing dogs and puppies and the occasional cat. Since then, we have saved over 600 dogs and puppies in less than a year.
We are NOT an animal shelter. Most of our dogs and puppies are lovingly fostered at volunteer's homes, primarily in the Lexington, Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, Ohio region, however we do keep some in paid kennels until we can move them into a foster situation.
SASD needs your help! We need foster homes for animals,and transporters so if you can help, please contact us. We have many dogs and puppies who are in kennels, and need loving homes immediately.
The cost of kennels drains our resources and with a down economy, limits the amount of animals we can rescue from shelters. This is why foster homes are so critical to our rescue efforts.
Please consider being a foster home, it is a great way to get to know the animals, and help you decide whether you are ready for a pet of your own. We offer discounts on adoptions for fosters too!
We also need people to help with computer and administrative work, phone calling, photographing, driving animals to vet appointments, and driving them to meet transports and possible adopters.
If you are interested in fostering or transporting animals to and from appointments or to adoptive homes, please contact us today. You will help make a real difference in enabling healthy, formerly unwanted dogs to escape euthanasia and find forever homes. You will find it an incredibly rewarding experience!
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter
