We are a rescue friendly shelter in Southeast Ohio, about 2 hours south of Columbus, located near the ohio River. We try to unite lost dogs with their owners, and find homes for all the loving dogs that come to our shelter. But there are just too many.
We are always looking for loving homes, volunteers, and donations to help the dogs.
There also aren't enough hours in the work day for the dog warden to pick up strays, deal with legal dog cases and enforce existing dog confinement and ownership laws. We need help and you can make a difference by adopting just one dog. We can't do that without your help. If you can't adopt, please have your current pets spayed or neutered. It saves lives!
Shelter Wish List
Towels
Bleach
Mops
Blankets
Straw/hay
Fencing or pens
Cages
Toys, Collars and Leashes
Happy Adoptions
Please stop in to drop off these supplies and say "Hi!" to Tom, the dog warden! If you would like to mail us any supplies or donations, please send them directly to the shelter. Checks for donations should be made out to Meigs County Dog Shelter.
Adopting a friend
Come in and see our wonderful dogs and puppies. See a new friend? Talk to the dog warden. The shelter will not adopt to breeders or "collectors" and has the right to refuse adoption when it is in the best interest of the dog not to go with them.
Also, please excuse our mess, as the shelter is an older facility, and while we work hard keeping it clean and maintained, it can be quite hectic at times. Please call for anything you would like to know. Please leave a message if there is no answer, and your call will be returned!
Our Adoptable Pet List Adoption costs are $21, plus the cost of a Tag, which is $6 for a new dog over three months. If you live outside Meigs County, you will be required to get your tag in your home county within 30 days.
For an additional $20 you can have your new dog Microchipped. This will help ensure that if your dog goes to a shelter, the shelter can contact you immediately.
All dogs are in need of wonderful homes! Because of the huge numbers of unwanted dogs in Meigs county, we cannot list a specific "featured pet" and be certain that it will be available. We adopt out and send dogs to rescue constantly on a first come first serve basis.
Just a few of our dogs that have found wonderful homes.
PUPPIES!!!
That's right. We have puppies.Lots of them. All different kinds come into the shelter every week. Just stop by the shelter,or give us a call.
Meigs County Dog Shelter would like to thank the countless number of volunteers who have helped rescue hundreds of dogs in 2008. We hope to increase this number even more in 2009. If you would like to become an official Rescue organization with us, please call or email.
We are looking forward to some repairs around the shelter this year, and are definitely in need of supplies. Anyone with extra fencing and dog kennels should feel free to call us. We can arrange for pickup in SE ohio.
Rescues!
We are rescue friendly and love for our dogs and puppies to go to any reputable rescue. While we prefer to adopt out our animals to local loving families, we are more than willing to work with adoption families and rescues from all over the country, and even in Canada. Our dogs have been sent from California to Maine to Florida, and we would love to add your town to out map of loving placements.
While we do not have the funding to transport the animals ourselves, we do have some volunteers that can help with some transports. If you can't make a transport yourself, we can arrange for you to talk to these volunteers. information!
To sign up, please fill out this form, and email or call us to let us know.
MCDS Rescue Group Application
Pets Ohio License Plates!!!
Foster Homes!
We are always looking for a good Foster Home for some of out dogs. There are many times when a dog can not be adopted out right away, and to be able to give them a good home to stay in while they wait is priceless.
All foster homes must go through our Application process, which includes a home visit.
To sign up, please fill out this form, and email or call us to let us know.
MCDS Foster Home Application
Volunteers!
We have a wonderful volunteer who takes the photographs & posts the pictures. She is often photographing the dogs ALONE, and it is very difficult, so please forgive us if they are poor quality. We understand how vital it is for anyone to see a dog before rescuing or adopting it, though, which is why we try to put up at least some image of each dog. IF you would like to see more photos of a particular dog, please email the shelter at meigscountydogshelter@yahoo.com
We also have volunteer positions available, both in the shelter helping care for the animals, and as foster homes for dogs awaiting transport. If you would like to do either, you may call the shelter or email us.
The Doggie Do-Gooders Do It Again
The ColumbusDogConnection.com have helped us out several times in the past several years. From helping install heaters, install a working bathroom, to redoing some of the kennel fencing, they have been a wonderful group to work with.
They have also made elevated beds, to keep the dogs off the cement. Please read more on how you can help or see the directions to make your own, plus how Habitat for Dogmanity 3 changed our shelter at ColumbusDogConnection.com. We can't even begin to express our thanks to everyone who made this project such a success! Thank you CDC for your amazing generosity and wonderful ideas! The dogs love the beds!
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Donate a Kuranda Dog Bed
Looking for a meaningful and lasting gift for a Pet Lover? Donate a Kuranda dog bed to one of our dogs in the name of a friend or family member. A personalized Gift Card will be mailed to them to inform them of the wonderful gift you have selected for them. Please
click here.
Meigs County Dog Shelter 41790 Fairgrounds Lane
Pomeroy, OH 45769
Phone: 740-992-3779
Email: meigscountydogshelter@yahoo.com Shelter Hours:
Mon-Sat 8:30am to 11:00am After hours by appointment on request.
