Safe Hands is in desperate need of foster homes. especially for medium and large dogs. We can only rescue as many pups as we have fosters for.
Please e-mail us if you can open up your home and heart to a foster pup.
Foster a dog. Save a life!!
Safe Hands has a website! Visit us at www.SafeHandsRescue.org
Safe Hands Animal Rescue
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Our Featured Pet...
Meet Winnie
Winnie came to us 6 months ago with her six tiny pups. She was a shy girl... who didn’t really want to have anything to do with people. She would make herself invisible so no one would notice her or try to touch her or pick her up. Her pups have all been adopted into their forever homes.... and now Winnie wants to find her forever home too.
This is what Winnie's foster mom has to say about this sweet girl: " She is still very timid and afraid (to the point of shaking) around strangers, but once she knows that she can trust you, you're a friend forever. She’s come so far... and her sweet, shy... but playful personality just shines through when she jumps around happily to greet me when I come home. I may have been gone 5 minutes or 1 hour and still receive the same enthusiastic greeting everytime. She plays nicely with other dogs and even enjoys the company of cats. She is fully house trained and so well behaved that you forget that she is even around some- times. She hops into bed with us at night and has slowly progressed from sleeping down by our feet to very nearly putting her head on the pillow next to us... She lays down, gives me a look and a sigh of relief and quickly falls to sleep. She has grown to enjoy the human touch....and sometimes initiates it herself and no movement on our part during the night is going to make her leave that spot.
She runs and wiggles that little butt of hers while she plays outside in the yard and sometimes will play on her own by throwing toys and balls in the air.... and will run fast to chase squirrels into the trees with the other dogs.She walks well on a leash... but has a fear of cars on the road and hasn’t done well on walks. Eventually, she may overcome this... but this will probably take time and patience as well. Short walks could eventually turn into longer walks. Time will tell. The perfect home for Winnie would have dog(s) and/or cat(s). She would definitely need a fenced yard and a family with lots of patience and love. Winnie will come around, but she will do it in her own time. The perfect family will need to earn her trust and will be rewarded with the sweetest dog on the planet."
MEET & GREET
Who We Are
Safe Hands Animal Rescue is dedicated to saving lives and finding forever homes for stray, abandoned and surrendered dogs in high kill shelters. We are now incorporated and are preparing our 501(c)3 application. Of great importance to us is to reduce the stray population and need for healthy animal euthanasia through spay/neuter programs, education, and promotion of respect for the furry creatures that share our lives
We are a small, no-kill, volunteer run organization. All of our dogs listed are in foster homes waiting to be adopted and because of this, we get to know the dogs' personalities very well and use this information to match them to an appropriate home. We do not have a physical shelter. This rescue is not funded by public funds nor does it receive many donations so it is dependent on adoption fees to keep operating. We have a great need for foster homes. If you are interested in providing foster care, and live within an hour of the Twin Cities, please e-mail usDonations ALWAYS needed are: dog toys, puppy pee pads, natures miracle (for pet stain removal), Nutro brand chicken and rice puppy and dog food, Lysol disinfecting wipes, paper towels, large clean towels, dog crates, leashes, collars, especially very small puppy collars and gas cards to help with our transports.
Adopting a friend
We only adopt out animals to homes within 60 miles of the Twin Cities. Our adoption process begins with the return of our pre-adoption form, available upon request or on our website. After reviewing your application a meeting is scheduled between you and the pup, sometimes in the fosters home, a neutral dog friendly place or at our Meet & Greet events held twice a month at Dog Days in St Paul. If any resident dogs are in your home, it is recommended that the pups meet at this time. After the meeting a home visit is scheduled and if everything goes well with the visit the adoption is finalized at that time. A home visit by one of Safe Hands representitives is REQUIRED prior to finalizing any adoption and we must meet all members of the household where the pup will be living sometime during the adoption process. We reserve the right to refuse any applicant for any reason
Adoption fees vary and cover the cost of vetting for the animal. The fee includes vet exam(s) , spay/neuter, de-wormings, Revolution, Capstar and up-to-date vaccinations. We feel strongly that spay and neuter is the only answer to stopping animal overpopulation, therefore, no adoptions are finalized until after the spay or neuter. NO exceptions.
Come Visit Us!
If you're interested in one of our great pups please fill out our online pre-adoption application on our website at www.SafeHandsRescue.org We also have adoption events twice a month at various locations in the Twin Cities.
P.O. Box 19623
Minneapolis, MN 55419-0623
Email: safehandsapp@gmail.com
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