If you are new to the world of rescue, for the purpose of finding a new best friend, welcome! Please do consider adopting from a pound, or a rescue organization, and never, never, buy a puppy in a petstore!
PLEASE DO be respectful of our and all others' rescued animals and homes. Please, if you 'stop on the way' here...at the dog park, another rescue or public shelter, or even a breeder's place before you arrive here? TELL US and give us the opportunity to 'de-bug' you, and your family. Please do not take the chance on bringing parvo into our homes, to infect our dogs and puppies.
We go to great lengths to avoid infecting dogs with parvo, so that our dog....your dog that you adopt will be healthy and safe. Don't sabotage our efforts. Thank you.
Shaggy Dog Rescue, Ohio was formed to help the dogs on death row at our local pounds. Some of our dogs were scheduled to be put to sleep within a few hours had we not rescued them. Adopting a dog from SDRO will free up a foster home so we can save more dogs.
We do as often as possible continue to pull and save kill pound dogs, but we also have been accepting 'puppy mill' or breeder dogs into our rescue...dogs that are old, or weren't 'productive', or puppies that were not ordered to be sold at a pet store.
NOTES ON REQUIRED APPLICATION DEPOSIT:
For those listings noted with "Application Deposit Required", please read....Due to the high number of approved applications which do not result in adoptions, but still use a tremondous amount of volunteer time, we are now asking a modest deposit to accompany applications for puppies and young dogs (as noted).
If you submit an application, please send also a paypal payment of $25.00 to rainbowjudy@yahoo.com . Your deposit will be returned if: We cannot approve you to adopt, or if we do not give you an answer as to approval within four days (assuming that we can reach your references).
Your deposit will remain with us, if: You are approved, it will go toward the adoption fee; if the applicant changes his or her mind about applying, OR if the applicant is approved, but does not actually adopt the puppy or dog within a week. (We might discuss a deposit on the dog, to hold it of absolutely essential).
If you are interested in any of our dogs, please email us for an adoption application. Our adoption fees vary depending on expenses, age, and breed.... DEPENDING ON AGE, that fee will include spay/neuter, vaccinations, heartworm tests, worming, and rabies shots. (Our veterinarians do not believe in, or perform pediatric altering surgeries, and puppies cannot have rabies shots prior to 14 weeks of age.) Purebreds dogs with AKC papers, if we acquire them at auction, are adopted at a higher fee.
We require that all dogs and cats in a home be altered before we can approve adoption of one of our dogs.
We are not a shelter or a kennel. We are a small group of people who dedicate our hard-earned money and spare time to saving dogs from euthanasia. Our dogs are all housed in our homes where they are evaluated to determine the type of homes they need. All of our dogs can tested for temperment. At this time, testing with cats and kids is problematic. Adoptions are NOT based on first-come-first-served. We try to place our dogs in the homes that best suit their needs. We can best answer your questions via email, and usually respond in less than 24 hours.
Our volunteers make it possible to what we do best -- save lives. If you are interested in joining an animal rescue group, just browse the shelters and rescues on Petfinder. You'll be sure to find several who would appreciate your help. :
