Gladwin County Animal Shelter
We are always in need of donations/sponsers to help adopt some of our animals! Please e-mail kbw15kb@aol.com to work out the details - every little bit helps!
Our dogs love to sleep on Kuranda Dog beds, but we don't have enough for everyone. If you would like to donate a bed at a special wholesale price for a another dog to sleep in comfort, please click here.
Please take a look at the ones that have been here the longest and are in the most need of help:
Dogs - AC-1273-08, Jake, Patchey, and Butch.
Cats - All of them came in around the same time - please come and adopt one today.
As always any adoptions would make more cage space and save another!
Our Featured Dog...AC-1273-08
Hello, I came to the shelter as a stray on 10-6-08 and will be up for adoption on 10-13-08. I am about 2 years of age and about 50 pounds. I am a very sweet girl and I love to play with the other dogs. Please come and give me a chance! I am a great girl that will love you more than anything. I am looking for a family to love me and give me the home I am so much in need of - Could that family be you - I sure hope so! Please come and give me a chance! Thank you for looking to adopt, all the animals at all shelters need people like you!
Our Featured Cat...Kittens
Hello, we came to the shelter to look for our new forever homes. Please come and give us a chance! Thank you for looking to adopt, all the animals at all shelters need people like you!
There are many more animals at our shelter who, just like our featured pets, need forever homes. Please come and take a look at the animals that we have. We know that the pictures do not do them justice, they are great animals and deserve a chance. Thank you for looking and giving them the chance they need!
News
The holidays are around the corner and if you are shopping on-line you can help out the animals at the shelter! As you decide to make your online purchases, go to www.goodshop.com, select Gladwin County Animal Shelter, MI, and then click through to your favorite store and shop as usual. It is no extra charge for you and the shelter can get donations! It is that easy. So keep the animals at the shelter in mind this year when you are doing your shopping. THANK YOU!!!
The Shelter is now open Monday - Friday from 8am-4pm and the kennel is open from 9:30am-3:30pm. If you are a rescue needing to pull and these hours do not work with you arrangments can be made with Krystal to meet at the shelter after hours and on weekends (transports can also be worked with).
We are always in need of sponsers/donations. What this means is that you might not be able to help an animal out by adopting them but you want to help in other ways. You could sponser a dog/cat who is currently at the shelter to help them get adopted into a forever home! Some of the dogs at the shelter come in with heartworms and treatment can be costly. If the dog has a sponser a family, or person, might be more willing to adopt that animal knowing there is some money for treatment already taken care of. You can also help pay for the spay or neuter. We work with many rescue groups as well that might be able to help more animals out if some of the animals they are taking in have some vetting already paid for. Sponsers can be made in any amounts. If you would like to be a sponser or donate please e-mail kbw15kb@aol.com. Thank you in advance for helping animals find loving homes!
Who We Are
The Gladwin County Animal Shelter is a small shelter located in a rural community in Gladwin County, Michigan.
Adopting a friend
Adoption Fees:
Dog/Puppy - $20.00 plus a pre-payment to your vet of choice for the neuter/spay and rabies (if not already done)
Cat/Kitten - $10.00 plus a pre-payment to your vet of choice for the neuter/spay and rabies (if not already done)
To adopt a loving family pet:
Come in and see all the wonderful pets that we have available, a pre-paid spay/neuter form will need to be completed before you can take your new pet home. The pre-payment is made at your vet of choice and then you can take the animal home the same day. Follow up is made with your vet to make sure the spay/nueter was done as the contract stated.
Many of the animals featured on the site are picked up as strays, and often we don't have any background information. We can only tell you what we observe while they are in our care. If you need additional information regarding an animal listed on this site, please contact the shelter directly at 989-426-4579.
Come Visit Us!
Mondays - Fridays
Office hours: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Kennel hours: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Closed:Saturdays, Sunday, and Holidays
If the shelter hours do not work for you and your schedule AND you are very interested in ADOPTING a certain animal an appointment MIGHT be able to be set up. Please e-mail Krystal at kbw15kb@aol.com to see if an appointment would be able to be worked out.
Gladwin County Animal Shelter
919 South River Road
Gladwin, MI 48624
Phone: 989-426-4579
From Cedar Ave. (M-61) in town, turn south at the light located at Silverleaf (M-18). Landmark: there is a Rite Aid on the corner of Cedar Ave. & Silverleaf. Follow Silverleaf through a small neighborhood, the road winds and becomes S. River Rd. It will be rural, just stay on this road and the shelter is about a mile down on the left.
Email:
kbw15kb@aol.com
WISH LIST
The Gladwin County Animal Shelter is in need of the following donations
Good quality pet foods, kitty litter, pet toys, printer paper
PET TIPS & ADVICE
This information can help you care for your companion animal.
· Overheating (heat prostration) can kill an animal. Never leave an animal alone in a vehicle, since even with the windows open, a parked car, truck or van can quickly become a furnace. Parking in shade offers little protection, as the sun shifts during the day. When traveling, carry a gallon thermos filled with fresh, cold water.
· Don't force your animal to exercise after a meal in hot, humid weather. Always exercise him or her in the cool of the early morning or evening.
· In extremely hot weather, don't leave your dog standing on the street, and keep walks to a minimum. He is much closer to the hot asphalt and his body can heat up quickly. His paws can burn since they are not protected by shoes.
· Never take an animal to the beach unless you can provide a shaded spot and plenty of flesh water for her to drink.
· Always provide plenty of shade for an animal staying outside the house. A properly constructed dog house serves best. Bring your dog or cat inside during the heat of the day and let her rest in a cool part of your house. Always provide plenty of cool, clean water for your animal.
· Please be sensitive to old and overweight animals in hot weather. Brachycephalic (snub-nosed) dogs (especially bulldogs, Pekingese, Boston terriers, Lhasa apsos and shih tzus) and those with heart or lung diseases should be kept indoors in air-conditioning as much as possible.
· Keep a current license and identification tag on your dog or cat and consider tattooing or microchipping as a means of permanent identification.
· Avoid walking your dog in areas that you suspect have been sprayed with insecticides or other chemicals, as poisonings increase during the summer when gardens, lawns and trees are sprayed. These chemicals can sicken or kill an animal. Call your veterinarian or The ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center (ASPCA/NAPCC) if you suspect your animal has been poisoned.
· Be alert for coolant leaking from your vehicle. Animals are attracted to the sweet taste of coolant and ingesting just a small amount can cause an animal's death. Consider using animal-friendly products that use propylene glycol rather than those containing ethylene glycol.
· A clean coat can help to prevent summer skin problems, so keep your dog or cat well groomed. If he has a heavy coat, shaving your dog's hair to a 1-inch length will help prevent overheating. Don't shave a dog's hair down to the skin; this robs him of protection from the sun. A cat should be brushed frequently to keep his coat tangle-free.
· Take your companion animal to the veterinarian for a spring or early summer checkup, including a test for heartworm if your dog isn't on year-round preventative medication. Have the doctor recommend a safe, effective flea and tick control program.
· Never tie an animal outside on a correction collar. He can choke to death. If you must tether him, use a buckle collar with identification tags instead. (This applies in any season.)
· Never let your animal run loose. This is how an animal can contract a fatal disease, including rabies, or be injured, killed or stolen. Be sure there are no open, unscreened windows or doors through which your animal can fall or jump.
Use common sense to help keep your pet safe.
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter
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